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OpenBio live

The OpenBio-2020 conference is being held in the Koltsovo Science city from October 27 to October 30. Everyone can join the event online.

27.10.2020
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What to expect on OpenBio?

TASS (Novosibirsk) will host an online press conference on the program of the open communications platform OpenBio-2020.

21.10.2020
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Dismissal by reduction

23andMe has laid off 14% of its staff. The reason is the decline in sales of DNA tests due to customer concerns about data privacy.

24.01.2020
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Descendants of the Phoenicians

About 6% of the modern inhabitants of the Mediterranean, obviously, are descendants of the disappeared people - the Phoenicians.

01.11.2008
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DNA database and human rights

Human rights activists and scientists are calling on the Government of Kuwait to abandon plans to create a DNA database of all citizens, expatriates and visitors to the country.

15.09.2016
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Express drug test for traffic police

The method of detecting prohibited substances in saliva can be used to detect not only marijuana, but also morphine, heroin, cocaine and other drugs.

14.09.2016
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The smell of death

Korean scientists have stated that the mechanism of reaction to the taste and smell of food can reduce life expectancy. Overweight people are most sensitive to the smell of food.

31.05.2016
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Copyright on genes

The American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of a group of patients, filed a complaint with the US government about the activities of the scientific and medical company Myriad Genetics.

26.05.2016
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Tablets from a 3D printer

In the USA, the world's first drug created with the help of 3D printing has gone on sale - the drug for the treatment of epilepsy Spritam.

25.03.2016
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Melanopsin will help to adjust the biological clock

The researchers created genetically modified mice with melanopsin-expressing cells sensitive to diphtheria toxin. Treatment of the retina of 8-week-old mice with this toxin did not affect their visual abilities at all, but completely deprived the biological clock of the animals of sensitivity to light.

17.06.2008
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Artificial bones – by individual measure

Scientists of the Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics have developed a method for growing "individual" bone tissue from human stem cells.

03.12.2013
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Estonian calf with human growth hormone gene

When the calf becomes an adult cow, it will be able to give milk saturated with growth hormone, which can then be isolated and used in the pharmaceutical industry.

04.09.2013
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Lost weight to death

According to various sources, about 2,000 people died due to taking a weight loss product containing amphetamines.

22.05.2013
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Health Foresight

On September 26, 2011, the Rosbalt press center hosted the launch of the unique project "Foresight of Health", designed to support the development of innovative technologies in the field of pharmacology and biotechnology.

01.10.2011
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Let's sing our genome!

On July 13, the New London Chamber Choir will perform the musical work "Allele" in the building of the Royal Medical Society, in which excerpts from the genomes of each of the 40 singers will be performed.

12.07.2010
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Do not leave a fortune-teller (who does not pay taxes) alive

One of the initiators of the bill pointed out that a significant amount of advertising of magicians, psychics and other persons who cause moral and physical harm to citizens is presented in the media. Due to the imperfection of legislation, fraudsters and charlatans act openly and with impunity.

06.07.2010