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Good sleep is a means of preventing Alzheimer's disease

According to preliminary (but quite convincing) data, chronic lack of sleep increases the concentration of beta-amyloid in brain tissues and increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in old age.

02.10.2009
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Pfizer vandalized

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn will pay $2.3 billion for the illegal promotion of their drugs.

03.09.2009
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Personalized Lymphoma Vaccine

Usually, follicular lymphoma can be suppressed with chemotherapy, but after a year, relapses are characteristic of this type of cancer. Patients who received an immunostimulator and a foreign protein with their own marker lived without relapses for 44 months. This is a very significant achievement, since previously with follicular lymphoma it was not possible to increase either the duration of the relapse-free period or the survival rate.

01.06.2009
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Theranos is closing

The medical company Theranos announced the completion of the work. At the same time, large investors will not be able to return the invested money.

11.09.2018
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Monoclonal antibodies against AIDS

The experimental method of AIDS treatment was successfully tested on macaques. The developers hope to start testing the new method on humans next year.

12.12.2008
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Prostamol uno does not cure prostatitis

The word "treatment" used in the advertisement indicates the possibility of affecting the body of patients, while the drug prostamol uno can only relieve the symptoms of prostatitis, but not cure the disease.

27.11.2008
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Grant for enthusiasts

Norilsk engineer Maxim Lyashko received a federal grant of two million rubles for the completion and launch of production of budget bionic prostheses.

28.09.2016
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Russian advanced therapy drugs

The opening of a research complex for the development of innovative medicines for advanced therapy based on the BIOCAD laboratory took place in St. Petersburg.

20.06.2016
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A healthy lifestyle protects against cancer by changing the activity of genes

A healthy lifestyle significantly changes the expression of hundreds of genes. The activity of a large number of genes, including several involved in the formation of tumors, decreases, while the work of other genes, including several involved in the fight against various diseases, is noticeably activated.

24.06.2008
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The Mammoth Revival project is ready to start work

The International Center of Molecular Paleontology will open in September this year in Yakutsk. The center will conduct genetic studies of the found paleontological material, mainly mammoth cells.

20.08.2014
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"The stroke gene"

If a person inherits mutant variants of the HDAC9 gene from both parents, the risk of ischemic stroke due to damage to a large artery is doubled compared to carriers of normal variants of the gene.

08.02.2012
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We sell Israeli companies "turnkey"

Cukierman Investment Company & Co Investment house is creating a fund for Israeli companies entering the Russian market in the field of high technologies and biotechnologies.

12.07.2011
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Boys, get vaccinated against cervical cancer!

A vaccine to prevent the development of a viral infection that causes cervical cancer in women also reduces the incidence and incidence of genital warts in young men.

10.02.2011
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Pretty girl, eat some candy!

The creators of healthy sweets claim that their product slows down the aging process and improves the complexion of the skin.

17.12.2010
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Infect cancer with a virus

In all six patients, the virus caused the death of cancer cells, and there were no signs of its reproduction in healthy tissues.

12.03.2010
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Ghrelin – a cure for parkinsonism?

As it turned out, the "hunger hormone" ghrelin protects the neurons that produce dopamine, and can become the basis for the development of a new method of treating Parkinson's disease.

02.12.2009
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Alcohol against Alzheimer's: useful, but in moderation and on time

"Most studies of the effect of alcohol on health eventually produce a two–horned curve – that is, the risk is increased for people who do not drink at all and for alcoholics, and for people who drink alcohol moderately, it decreases," comments William Thies, head of the scientific and medical department of the Alzheimer's Association.

15.07.2009