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Achievement – the first cloned camel

The world's first female camel clone, named Injez ("Achievement"), was born at the Camel Reproduction Center in Dubai (UAE) last Wednesday.

Another case of fake pills

The second criminal case has already been initiated against the St. Petersburg firm "G-Pharma" for carrying out unlicensed activities, production and sale of counterfeit medicines.

Ultrasound against cancer

Diagnostic and therapeutic medical HIFU-complex is an apparatus for the treatment of neoplasms of the mammary and thyroid glands.

Chubais met with the Minister of Employment and Economy of Finland

The development of cooperation between Finland and Russia in the field of nanotechnology is the main goal of the two–day visit, with which the RUSNANO delegation is in Helsinki.

Nanotechnology: any questions?

Ask – they will be answered by the Dean of the Faculty of Materials Sciences, Head of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry of the Chemical Faculty of Moscow State University, one of the organizers of the Nanotechnology Society of Russia, academician Yu.D.Tretyakov.

Wait for ichthyanders

Tests on humans on breathing not air, but a liquid saturated with oxygen, may begin in the foreseeable future.

The Ministry of Health warns: do not buy medicines online!

Buying potent drugs over the Internet can lead to unpleasant consequences – from money thrown away to death.

Clinical pharmacology: we are waiting for a change

The chief clinical pharmacologist of the country announced a course for the appointment of effective and inexpensive pharmacotherapy.

Pfizer will deal with stem cells

The company plans to allocate $100 million over the next 5 years. USA for research in the field of stem cell research. This Pfizer project will employ about 70 researchers who will focus on the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer.

The effect of baseline estradiol levels on the efficacy of anastrozole was studied

Researchers evaluated the effect of serum estradiol and testosterone concentrations on the efficacy of an aromatase inhibitor in preventing breast cancer in high-risk postmenopausal women

A new two-in-one microscope has helped scientists look inside cells

The researchers combined two imaging techniques in a single microscope to obtain high-resolution images of such cells

Human trials of two Ebola vaccines have begun in Liberia

Soon, similar tests will be conducted in Guinea and Sierra Leone. If the effectiveness of vaccines is proven, then their mass production will begin.

The Russian generic is no worse and much cheaper than the Swiss one

In the second half of 2015, a domestic analogue of the drug for metastatic cancer will enter the Russian market. The tests showed full compliance of the biosimilar with the original of the drug.

Antibody-coated nanotubes will "fry" the tumor

When the lymphoma cells were introduced into the culture, the nanotubes coated with antibodies bound to the cell surface, and the subsequent exposure to near-infrared light caused them to warm up to a temperature sufficient to destroy the cells.

The number of centenarians has increased in Japan

The number of centenarians of the country is gradually approaching the mark of six tens of thousands of people who have crossed the mark of a hundred years.

Where is the life line creeping?

In Russia, they did not live longer. The average life expectancy increased from 1990 to 2012 by only 2.5 months.

New Executive Director of the Skolkovo Biomedical Technology Cluster

Kirill Kai has been appointed Executive Director of the biomedical Technologies cluster of the Skolkovo Foundation.

How fasting and obesity are linked to cancer

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Scientists from the Department of Structural Biology of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry are engaged in the creation of targeted drugs that can treat specific forms of cancer. academicians M.M. Shemyakin and Yu.A. Ovchinnikov. New generation drugs are being developed in the course of studies of the structure, dynamics and functions of membrane proteins and peptides.

Falsified medicines: a drop in the sea is a fly in the ointment

The turnover of falsified medicines is about 0.1% of the total number of batches entering the Russian pharmaceutical market annually.