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Technology transfer

AstraZeneca has launched the production of the first targeted drug for the treatment of lung cancer – osimertinib at its enterprise in the Kaluga region.

14.09.2017
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Faculty of BIOCAD

One of the largest innovative biotechnology companies in Russia is opening the Faculty of Molecular and Cellular Biotechnology in the Pushchino science city.

31.05.2017
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Milner Award – 2015

The ceremony of awarding the largest (in monetary terms) scientific Breakthrough Prize was held in California.

09.11.2015
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Dementia will develop in every third

Of those born in 2015 37% of girls and 27% of boys will suffer from dementia in the future. The number of cases may be higher, because in their calculations, the researchers did not take into account cases of dementia starting before the age of 60.

23.09.2015
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Honorary American Scientists

Russian and American scientists – Igor Efimov and Alexander Kabanov – have been elected honorary members of the American Institute of Biomedical Engineering, part of the US National Academy of Sciences.

25.03.2015
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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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Facebook users set the FAS against charlatans

After a complaint from Facebook users, the Federal Antimonopoly Service began checking ads for dietary supplements unregistered in Russia. In advertising messages, it is positioned as a cure for cancer.

02.08.2014
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Biochip for early diagnosis of cancer and not only

For example, in the diagnosis of upper respiratory tract diseases, antibodies or DNA contained in a smear from the patient's oral cavity bind to the molecules deposited on the biochip. After processing, the holes of the biochip, in which such binding occurred, begin to glow.

16.05.2008
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How does apoptosis begin?

Apoptosis – programmed cell death – begins with the perforation of the mitochondrial membrane due to the Bak protein.

13.05.2008
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Skolkovo: priority – diagnosis and treatment of cancer

The number of participants in the cluster of biological and medical technologies of the Skolkovo Foundation has now exceeded 200 companies. Half of them carry out projects in the field of cancer diagnosis and treatment.

08.07.2013
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Pension gender equality?

Experts working out the strategy of socio-economic development of Russia until 2020 ("Strategy 2020") propose a gradual increase in the retirement age in Russia for both sexes to 63 years by 2030.

14.03.2012
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There is no money for an HIV vaccine in Russia

The development of an HIV vaccine in St. Petersburg has been temporarily suspended. The reason was the lack of funding, which has not been received from the federal center for a year.

14.02.2012
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Kashpirovsky is not a pest? I'm sorry!

The Savelovsky court of Moscow granted the claim of the psychotherapist Anatoly Kashpirovsky to the chief psychiatrist of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation V. Shamrey and the VGTRK TV company. Shamrey claimed that Kashpirovsky was harming a significant number of people and understood this.

15.06.2011
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Do you want to get tested for AIDS? Spit it out!

An express test for AIDS based on a saliva sample has gone on sale in China, with the help of which people can independently check themselves for the presence of an immunodeficiency virus.

11.05.2011
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Embryonic stem cells will cure macular degeneration

Patients with one of the varieties of macular degeneration, Stargardt's disease, will become the second group in the world to receive stem cells from embryos left over from in vitro fertilization.

22.11.2010