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Stop HIV/AIDS

From November 27 to December 3, the All-Russian campaign "Stop HIV/AIDS", dedicated to the World AIDS Day.

28.11.2017
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Cyber attacks

Competitors must complete various motor skills tasks and overcome an obstacle course, which varies depending on the means of rehabilitation.

13.06.2017
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GM microbes for strengthening buildings

"Smart soil", which contains genetically modified bacteria that produce "bio-cement", will protect the foundations of buildings from destruction.

31.10.2016
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DNA vaccines against cattle dermatitis

The advantages of such vaccination are obvious: for example, it will take 9 days to treat a cow, not 18, and the cost of a DNA vaccine is 300 rubles instead of 2100.

19.10.2016
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A sad record

Russia took the last place in the rating of the effectiveness of health systems. Brazil, Azerbaijan, Colombia and Jordan were also among the five worst.

29.09.2016
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Donor cells against macular degeneration

Japanese doctors are planning to start tissue transplantation operations from donor stem cells in 2017 for patients with severe retinal disease – macular degeneration

07.06.2016
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The production of olfactory receptors is a step towards an "artificial" nose

MTI scientists have developed a method for mass production of olfactory receptors in the laboratory. This achievement is not only a step towards the creation of an "artificial nose" that can help solve many problems, but also brings scientists closer to deciphering the mechanisms of smell.

02.10.2008
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BCG vaccine against type 1 diabetes

The population of CD8 T-lymphocytes, responsible for the destruction of insulin-producing cells of the pancreas, in all cases dies under the action of a tumor necrosis factor agonist, while a similar population of cells of healthy people proliferates under these conditions.

01.10.2008
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A new genetically determined deadly disease

Gerontologists decided to equate aging with disease and include it in the new edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which is being released by WHO in 2018.

11.11.2015
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New antibiotics are urgently needed

Professor Laura Piddock expressed the hope that the article in the Lancet will become a "loud alarm bell for pharmaceutical companies" to develop antibiotics to which bacteria do not yet have resistance.

20.10.2015
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Did not survive the crisis

Yevgeny Andreev, an employee of the Center for Demographic Research of the Russian School of Economics, said that the statistics of mortality in Russia are sad, but perhaps will not affect life expectancy.

04.09.2015
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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are life-threatening

The risk group (with an increase from 10 to 50% depending on the dose) most often includes patients suffering from problems with the cardiovascular system, but even in healthy people taking medications increases the risk of stroke and heart attack.

15.07.2015
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A surgeon from the Guinness Book of Records

On June 22, 2008, surgeon Fyodor Uglov died in St. Petersburg at the 104th year of his life. He got into the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest practicing surgeon.

24.06.2008
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National Biobank in St. Petersburg?

The newly created biobank of St. Petersburg State University begins collecting DNA materials from people suffering from various diseases (from cardiac to neurodegenerative) for further research in the field of biomedicine.

05.03.2015