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From them, the rich…

The head of the Internet company InterActiveCorp media mogul Barry Diller cloned his Jack Russell terrier named Shannon. Just for $100,000.

16.03.2016
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A sermon on bioethics

With regard to the protection of life, science should by no means prevail over man: with such an admonition, Pope Francis addressed the Italian Bioethics Committee at an audience on January 28.

29.01.2016
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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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The anti-vaccination worker lost the bet

German Stefan Lanka, an opponent of vaccinations, was sentenced by a court to pay €100,000 to a doctor who provided him with evidence of the existence of the measles virus. Lanka intends to appeal the decision and threatens the opponent with legal costs exceeding the amount awarded.

17.03.2015
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Choose: stress and depression or gluttony and obesity?

Researchers have shown in experiments on mice that chronic stress leads to an increase in the concentration of ghrelin in the body. At the same time, the manifestations of depression and anxiety decrease, but a side effect of this beneficial property is increased food intake in experimental animals and, as a result, inevitable obesity.

18.06.2008
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"Death Watch" – a fake sensation?

Director of the Institute of Gerontology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Vladimir Shabalin: "Such sensations appear almost every month. But then it turns out that the sensation quickly "deflated". I am sure that the same thing will happen with the "death indicator"."

13.08.2013
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Titanium Silk

Synthetic mesh implants used in the treatment of hernias have a number of disadvantages associated with insufficient biocompatibility. The ultra-thin titanium mesh developed by the Yekaterinburg NPF Temp will reduce the number of complications.

25.01.2013
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A billion dollars for innovation

The budget proposed by the President provides for the allocation of a billion dollars for the creation of a network of national institutes for innovation in industry.

11.03.2012
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Tea without cholesterol

The generally accepted opinion about the ability of green tea to remove excess cholesterol from the body, to put it mildly, is greatly exaggerated.

11.07.2011
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A nanoplast instead of an injection

Soon, Russia will begin production of plasters for transdermal delivery of medicines packaged in micro- and nanoscale micelles, many of which are currently available only in the form of injections.

12.11.2010
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Laboratory in underpants

Microscopic carbon sensors on the elastic band of men's underpants determine the pressure, pulse rate and level of physical activity of a person (by the content of hydrogen peroxide and NADH coenzyme on the skin, reflecting the intensity of oxidative reactions in the body).

16.06.2010
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Pigs were forced to suffer from diabetes

Genetically modified pigs, which consistently develop symptoms of type 2 diabetes, provide new opportunities for research into the mechanisms of development and ways to treat diabetes.

04.03.2010