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Russians over 50 are promised a lot of advantages

Yesterday, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Moscow hosted a presentation of the social project "50 plus", which in the future should bring the living conditions of Russians over 50 closer to Western standards.

29.09.2011
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And submit biotechnology here!

Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Economic Development to submit a coordination program for the development of biotechnologies no later than mid-May.

01.04.2011
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Liver in Chelyabinsk

The "artificial" liver developed by Chelyabinsk scientists will help many patients to wait for transplantation, and in some cases finally recover and no longer need such a complex operation.

15.02.2011
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Vitamin C and rejuvenation at the cellular level

Scientists are confident that if they manage to understand the mechanism of action of vitamin C, which has long been on the list of substances that slow down cell aging, it will be a serious step forward in the field of regenerative medicine.

30.12.2009
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Ten thousand genomes

The task of the Genome 10K Project is to create a genomic "zoo" in which a collection of samples of decoded DNA sequences of 10,000 vertebrate species will be collected.

06.11.2009
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Time Receptors

"Time receptors" – special groups of neurons responsible for the perception of time, discovered in the primate brain after many years of research.

02.11.2009
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How much is a pound of fat?

The maximum reward that can be received under the Pounds for Pounds program is 1,000 pounds. This amount can be received by patients who have lost 150 pounds.

07.10.2009
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The maniac was found on DNA databases

The police raised 16,000 criminal cases related to sexual crimes and compared DNA samples of suspects with the national data bank, which contains information about the DNA of 6 million people.

09.09.2009
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Nanotubes sniff out cocaine

Spanish researchers have linked specific antibodies to the main metabolite of cocaine, benzoylecgonine, to the surface of silver nanoparticles deposited on a matrix of carbon nanotubes.

02.09.2009
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The Land of Eternal Youth and stem cell differentiation

The Nanog protein (its name comes from the Celtic "Tir Nan Og" – "land of eternal youth") is the last switch in the chain of reactions on the way of reprogramming embryonic stem cells into somatic ones.

25.08.2009
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Ageless girl?

16-year-old Brookie Greenberg from Baltimore looks like a six-month-old child.

26.06.2009
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Educated people live six years longer than the ignorant

In particular, a 35-year-old employee with a higher education has better health indicators compared to his coeval worker. As a result, representatives of the first category live on average six years longer.

04.02.2008
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See thoughts

The people who participated in the experiment were shown a black-and-white image of geometric shapes and words. Then the information obtained by scanning the activity of the brain department that is responsible for vision was analyzed by a computer and displayed the resulting image on the screen.

11.12.2008
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IT giants invest in genomics

Microsoft and Google announced an investment of $58 million in the promotion of the DNAnexus cloud platform.

12.01.2018
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The Pharmacists' Conspiracy

The criminal conspiracy of two dozen pharmaceutical companies has been revealed. Secret agreements helped keep generic prices high.

02.11.2017
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Russian melancholy

According to a study by Genotek, 30% of Russians have a variant of the BDNF gene associated with a predisposition to depression and suicidal behavior.

09.06.2017