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Guess what it is: six wings and eight legs?

KFC has filed a lawsuit against three Chinese companies that, according to representatives of the fast food chain, contributed to the spread of false rumors about its products.

01.06.2015
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The anti-vaccination worker lost the bet

German Stefan Lanka, an opponent of vaccinations, was sentenced by a court to pay €100,000 to a doctor who provided him with evidence of the existence of the measles virus. Lanka intends to appeal the decision and threatens the opponent with legal costs exceeding the amount awarded.

17.03.2015
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Inoperable melanoma was cured by the patient's own immune cells

American scientists have managed to completely cure a patient with inoperable metastasized melanoma with the help of his own immune cells. During two years of follow-up after therapy, the 55-year-old man did not show any signs of a tumor.

20.06.2008
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Choose: stress and depression or gluttony and obesity?

Researchers have shown in experiments on mice that chronic stress leads to an increase in the concentration of ghrelin in the body. At the same time, the manifestations of depression and anxiety decrease, but a side effect of this beneficial property is increased food intake in experimental animals and, as a result, inevitable obesity.

18.06.2008
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How to monitor the immune system

Scientists at the University of California have developed a contrast agent for positron emission tomography, which allows in vivo monitoring of the immune response during the development of many diseases.

11.06.2008
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All newborns – to the DNA database

According to the prosecutor, the DNA database of all newborns and children brought to the country would greatly facilitate the work of the police.

18.11.2013
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Artificial cornea in Chinese

Chinese scientific and technical specialists have successfully developed the first domestic artificial cornea of the eye and completed clinical trials.

01.10.2013
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"Death Watch" – a fake sensation?

Director of the Institute of Gerontology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Vladimir Shabalin: "Such sensations appear almost every month. But then it turns out that the sensation quickly "deflated". I am sure that the same thing will happen with the "death indicator"."

13.08.2013
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Nobel Stem Cells

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this year will be awarded to John Gardon and Shinya Yamanaka for their work in the field of developmental biology and the production of induced stem cells.

08.10.2012
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Tea without cholesterol

The generally accepted opinion about the ability of green tea to remove excess cholesterol from the body, to put it mildly, is greatly exaggerated.

11.07.2011
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Laboratory in underpants

Microscopic carbon sensors on the elastic band of men's underpants determine the pressure, pulse rate and level of physical activity of a person (by the content of hydrogen peroxide and NADH coenzyme on the skin, reflecting the intensity of oxidative reactions in the body).

16.06.2010
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Cancel gene patents!

Many interested organizations can follow the example of the American Civil Liberties Union and challenge patents for other genes related to hereditary diseases in court.

30.03.2010
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Hello, master! It's time to take a pill!

The mobile phone will make sure that the patient takes the pill on time, measure the pressure and pulse and diagnose the patient. Medical firms together with mobile operators are developing new services.

15.02.2010
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Genetically modified T-lymphocytes for arthritis therapy

After the introduction of genetically modified lymphocytes to mice with arthritis in the foci of rheumatoid inflammation, a decrease in the number of T-helpers and destructive processes of bone tissue, i.e., a decrease in the autoimmune reaction, was observed.

03.12.2009
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Another target of antitumor therapy: the AEG-1 gene

A detailed study of the AEG-1-triggered mechanisms of cell malignancy and the growth of blood vessels necessary for tumor growth and metastasis may allow the development of new methods for the treatment of oncological diseases.

24.11.2009
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Gene therapy saves from blindness

In patients with Leber's amaurosis, complete blindness develops by the age of forty. Gene therapy has proved particularly effective in the treatment of children who still have enough intact retinal tissue.

26.10.2009