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HIV vaccine: modest, but good luck

For the first time, the effectiveness of a vaccine preventing infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been experimentally proven.

24.09.2009
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Will we save on covid?

The plan to vaccinate up to 3.5 million residents in St. Petersburg has been reduced: the authorities believe that 1.2 million vaccinated people will be enough, and perhaps even less.

18.02.2021
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Workout

In China, the first successful head transplant operation was performed on a corpse. The next step may be a head transplant to a living person.

10.04.2018
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Kombivichvak remains in the demo version

Vector has been waiting for money for the second phase of clinical trials for the fourth year. The other day, the developers reported on the results at the next forum – maybe Dvorkovich, who was present there, will put in a word at the top?

21.09.2015
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Suicide by inheritance?

Carriers of three "dangerous" mutations of the NTRK2 gene attempted suicide 4.5 times more often than individuals with normal variants of this gene. According to the authors, this confirms the role of hereditary factors in the formation of suicidal behavior.

02.02.2010
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Theranostics: therapy and diagnostics in one nanoparticle

Nanoparticles "trained" to track down cancer cells and destroy them with the help of high temperature are one of the first creations from the field of theranostics, an emerging field of medicine combining therapy and diagnostics.

21.12.2009
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Rich people of St. Petersburg: Andrey Fomenko

Talking about his second brainchild, the Eternal Youth Foundation, Andrei Fomenko complains that his ideas for investing money in biotechnology, which would allow a person to live longer, have not yet found mass support among other oligarchs.

18.03.2009
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Russia without GMOs

The State Duma adopted in the third reading a bill that prohibits the cultivation and breeding of genetically engineered plants and animals in Russia.

24.06.2016
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More than two hundred thousand authors

The editorial board hesitated for a long time to publish an article, the authors of which were, in addition to ten professional biologists, also 218,837 participants of the online game. In the end, the article was accepted.

24.02.2016
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Chinese Exclusive

Chinese scientists have developed a new bioengineered liver that will help patients with liver failure to wait for the transplantation of this organ.

27.01.2016
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A patch instead of a syringe

In an animal experiment, a patch with a vaccine turned out to be even more effective than an injection. This may be due to the fact that the vaccine injected with a patch penetrates directly under the surface of the skin, where there are many immune cells, and causes a stronger immune response.

16.07.2008
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The HIV vaccine turned out to be fake

A professor at the University of Iowa, in order to receive a grant of $ 19 million, falsified the data of a study on the development of an AIDS vaccine.

27.12.2013
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Human papillomavirus vaccine is safe

A group of scientists from Sweden and Denmark conducted a study, the result of which was the conclusion about the relative safety of vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer.

10.10.2013
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Unhealthy Russia

Bloomberg has published a rating of countries according to the health status of their residents. In the health rating, Russia ranked 97th out of 145 possible.

16.08.2012
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Mascara and lipstick save from death

As French scientists have found out, cosmetics not only nourishes, moisturizes, hides or emphasizes, etc., but also literally saves lives!

06.04.2009
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The most expensive

The FDA has approved a gene therapy drug for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy worth $2.125 million.

27.05.2019