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Plastic Surgery to aid gene therapy

It is believed that gene therapy is a promising therapeutic approach that will significantly increase the effectiveness of treating tumors and preventing their recurrence.

Take care of your weight from a young age!

The change in body weight of adults occurs due to changes in the size of adipocytes, while children gain kilograms due to an increase in the number of these cells in the body. This means that it is much more difficult for adults who have been overweight since childhood to lose weight than for those who gained it at later stages of life.

The Prime Minister visited the bio-business incubator

During his visit to the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, the Prime Minister got acquainted with the activities of the BioBusiness Incubator, a structural research unit of MIPT.

Remote Lie Detector

Methods of remote monitoring of the physiological state can be used in the field of biomedical engineering, counterterrorism and security systems.

Eternal student

Australian Alan Stewart received his first diploma of higher education in 1936, and the fourth – yesterday, at the age of 97.

Smoke and don't be scared!

A federal court in Washington has blocked an FDA ruling ordering tobacco companies to place intimidating images on cigarette packs.

Biotechnology of Russia, on the rise!

The volume of production of biotechnological products in Russia from the current 24 billion rubles in 2015 will grow to 200, and by 2020 – to 800 billion rubles.

Your diet changes the activity of your genes

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The first customers of individual genomes

hoarding, which means – and a person.

Cancer drugs: citius, altius, fortius!

At various stages of clinical trials and under consideration by the FDA is a record number of antitumor drugs and vaccines of American pharmaceutical companies – 887.

Cold-resistant mice with "bird" muscles

Changing the places of the terms

As a result of the reorganization, all rights and obligations of the state corporation "Rusnano" will be transferred in full to the state joint stock company of the same name.

The legend of the temple of science "Skolkovo"

This opera, dedicated to the Skolkovo Innovation Center, is being rehearsed at the theater. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko.

Blockbusters Lose Patent Protection

Generic manufacturers, don't miss your chance: the terms of patent protection of blockbuster drugs with total sales of more than $200 billion a year are coming to an end!

Almost immortal clones

The aspen-shaped poplar lives for about two hundred years, but the clones growing from its roots (in fact, the same tree) are almost immortal. One such "tree" has been living for either 80 or 800 thousand years.

Why do whites and blacks react differently to treatment

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Elderly people use unnecessary information wisely

The ability to involuntarily memorize insignificant, at first glance, details is a kind of compensation for the absent-mindedness characteristic of the elderly.

A healthy lifestyle is takzdorovo!

Internet portal takzdorovo.ru It was opened as part of the Program for the Formation of a healthy lifestyle that started in 2009.

Do you want to be beautiful? Eat right!

According to a recent study, most of all, the perception of skin as beautiful, contrary to popular belief, is influenced not by a tan, but by a rational diet rich in vegetables and fruits.

Bioterrorists are coming!

To prevent the theoretical threat of bioterrorists creating dangerous viruses, two large biotech companies regulated their activities with safety rules.