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CRISPR in Canada is owned by Merck

The Canadian Patent Office has granted a decision to grant Merck a patent for CRISPR technology.

Will you make such a sacrifice?

For six months, the subjects who ate 60% of the normal portion began to weigh half as much. But they have increased the density and length of their hair.

No vaccinations – no money

The introduction of new rules for the payment of child benefits has caused a number of protests. However, the Government decided that it was appropriate to take tough measures in this case.

Diabetics will be able to give up insulin

Researchers have begun developing a new form of medication for type 1 diabetes. If successful, patients will be able to refuse regular insulin injections.

Welfare concerns

The non-state pension Fund "WELFARE" and the Government of the Moscow region will create a network of rehabilitation centers for the elderly in the Moscow region.

Mitosis under control: new details

The discovery of a biochemical pathway called "mitosis control factor-2" raises more questions than it provides answers, because so far a lot is unknown about how the components of the mitosis control mechanism interact with each other and how an exceptionally high accuracy of chromosome separation is achieved.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry given for "DNA repair"

This year's laureates were Thomas Lindahl, a Swede, Paul Modrich, a US citizen, and Aziz Sankar, an American of Turkish origin, "for the study of DNA repair mechanisms."

Lactobacilli will protect babies from HIV-infected breast milk

A group of researchers has identified a special strain of lactobacilli living in the human oral cavity. This type of bacteria captures HIV viruses by attaching them to its outer shell. Since these bacteria grow and multiply in milk, it is enough to vaccinate a baby once to provide him with protection from infection until the end of the breastfeeding period.

The most detailed map of interneuronal connections

An innovative method of studying the brain – diffuse spectral tomography – allows you to record the spatial relationships between the processes of nerve cells – axons.

At your age, Grandfather, it is harmful to lack of sleep!

In elderly people, lack of sleep can aggravate already, as a rule, impaired protective reactions to abnormal folding of protein molecules, the frequency of which increases as the cell ages. The accumulation and aggregation of abnormal proteins in the cell is associated with many diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

Quantum dots increase the efficiency of RNA interference

Existing miRNA tracking tags glow for no more than a minute, while quantum dots emit light for many hours. Moreover, the new approach is 5-10 times less toxic to living cells than the chemical compounds currently used to monitor the course of RNA interference.

The virus is half a meter in diameter

The exact model of the African catarrhal fever virus exceeds the size of the original by more than five million times. It will help veterinarians develop more effective drugs to combat the spread of infection.

Rusnano will save Americans from alcohol poisoning

The financing attracted by the American company Aldea Pharmaceuticals will go to the organization of clinical trials of the drug AD-6626, designed to help patients with acute alcohol intoxication.

Cannabis clogs the brain structures responsible for emotions and memory

The results obtained indicate the fallacy of the generally accepted opinion about the weak toxicity of marijuana or even about its complete harmlessness. Despite the fact that moderate use may not cause significant neurotoxic effects, active daily smoking of marijuana can be toxic to brain tissue.

Cytomegalovirus vaccine helps in the treatment of glioblastoma

cytomegalovirus is registered in the blood and in the tumor tissue in more than 80% of patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Duke University scientists have suggested that vaccinating patients against cytomegalovirus may help in the fight against the tumor.

The discovery was taken for inspection

A Japanese scientist, whose recent research in the field of stem cell research was called revolutionary, announced the need to withdraw the results of his scientific research due to doubts about their accuracy.

"Nobel Prize" in (bio)chemistry

This year the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arie Warshel "for creating multilevel models of complex chemical systems" – including proteins and DNA.

Absinthe is not a psychedelic, but a path to rapid alcoholism

Coffee, estrogens and breast cancer prevention

Half a billion for the liver

The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced a competition for the implementation of experimental design work on the creation of a bioengineered liver. The maximum contract price is 518.5 million rubles.