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Glycans as oncosuppressors

Scientists from the Burnham Medical Research Institute have discovered that one of the types of polysaccharides that make up cell membranes can act as oncosuppressors in breast and prostate cancer.

08.07.2009
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Again induced pluripotent stem cells – this time pork

For the first time, Dr. Lei Xiao and the team of the laboratory of the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, which he directs, managed to obtain "artificial" pig stem cells. As in the case of induced pluripotent human stem cells, pig tissue cells pass into an undifferentiated state under the influence of certain proteins.

03.06.2009
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One type of stem cell is good, and two are better

The tendency to form tumors is a serious problem on the way to the use of embryonic stem cells for the treatment of a variety of diseases and injuries. Malignancy of embryonic stem cells can be avoided if bone marrow stem cells are transplanted at the same time.

18.05.2009
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Old men and old women – educational toys

Further tests allowed to improve the invention, its interactive gaming table and information display, as well as to form a set of 20 computer games that train and regulate the most important mental skills, stimulate social perception. These games, among other things, are fascinating in themselves.

18.05.2009
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A stem cell bank has opened in Orenburg

The cryobank at the Orenburg Regional Blood Transfusion Station will isolate and store umbilical cord blood stem cells and adult peripheral blood stem cells at an ultra-low temperature for many years.

03.04.2009
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Reading is the best treatment. In any case, from stress

Neurophysiologists from the University of Sussex compared which activity is most effective in relieving stress. It turned out that neither music, nor walking, nor video games relaxed the subjects participating in the study as much as ordinary book reading. People who experienced severe stress relaxed and got out of stress the fastest by immersing themselves in reading.

01.04.2009
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Probiotics: How useful are "healthy" yogurts?

Probiotics, discovered more than a century ago by Ilya Mechnikov, are the basis of a functional nutrition system: they restore the beneficial intestinal microflora. However, despite all their supposed advantages, probiotics are not a medicine, and their effects have not yet been sufficiently studied.

26.03.2009
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Scandal in the family of painkillers

Anesthesiologist Scott Reuben is accused of fabricating the results of at least 21 clinical trials of painkillers over the past 12 years.

18.03.2009
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Helping hand

MSU students have created a bionic prosthetic arm. And this is not just an educational work, it is a sample ready for industrial production.

03.06.2019
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Sunscreen mustache

American scientists have found a link between the presence of a mustache and a reduced risk of developing lower lip cancer.

24.05.2019
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Investing in exoskeletons

VEB Innovations is investing 70 million rubles. in the development of an exoskeleton for children and adolescents, which the ExoaThlet company is engaged in.

09.04.2018
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Cow for $ 40,000,000

The "ideal cow" will combine the features of European milk yield and African resistance to heat.

29.01.2018
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Gardasil has reached China

This vaccine, which protects women from cervical cancer and men from genital cancer, is already used in 120 countries, including the USA, Australia and Russia.

24.05.2017
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Solid five

The authors of the report "Medicine of the Future: Russian pharmaceuticals in the context of global trends" on average rated mass Russian medicine by five points.

10.04.2017
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YaDonor.ru

Internet portal YaDonor.ru it is designed as a single platform where information about the state of the Blood Service and donation in the country is accumulated.

06.11.2008
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Anti-cancer tomatoes

Scientists have included two snapdragon genes responsible for the synthesis of anthocyanin in the genome of ordinary tomatoes. As a result, they managed to get dark purple tomatoes with a high content of a useful antioxidant.

27.10.2008
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Zika is for a long time

WHO has excluded the Zika virus from the list of emergencies. However, the status of the disease has been raised: now more serious and long-term measures will be taken to counteract it.

24.11.2016