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Allergy Vaccine

The new vaccine is a combination of "cat antigen" with viral particles. Once in the body, this construct is recognized by the immune system as a virus and causes the production of protective IgG immunoglobulins.

28.08.2009
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The Land of Eternal Youth and stem cell differentiation

The Nanog protein (its name comes from the Celtic "Tir Nan Og" – "land of eternal youth") is the last switch in the chain of reactions on the way of reprogramming embryonic stem cells into somatic ones.

25.08.2009
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How the child will grow up, the DNA and EEG analysis will tell

Of those babies who showed increased activity in the frontal cortex of the left hemisphere at 9 months, carriers of the long allele of the dopamine receptor D4 gene grew calm and obedient. However, the same long allele in combination with increased activity in the right hemisphere gave the opposite effect.

14.07.2009
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Ageless girl?

16-year-old Brookie Greenberg from Baltimore looks like a six-month-old child.

26.06.2009
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Sequencing in Russian

At the D.I. Mendeleev VNIIM, the genome was decoded for the first time on Russian equipment. Whose genome it was, the authors did not report.

22.07.2020
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Anti-cancer genes in dendrimer packaging

Experiments on mice have shown that when such particles are introduced into the animal's body, they are captured exclusively by cancer cells, without causing any harm to healthy ones. After entering the cell, the genes "force" it to produce proteins that gradually kill tumor cells.

12.03.2009
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The cloned old lady died

In Japan, at the age of 21 years and three months, the world's first cow that appeared as a result of cloning died.

10.10.2019
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RUSNANO and Rospotrebnadzor signed a cooperation agreement

In particular, we are talking about the study of the impact of nanotechnology and nanomaterials on human health, the creation of scientific and methodological and regulatory and technical security for the use of nanotechnology and nanoindustry products, the formation of a unified system for assessing and confirming safety.

20.02.2009
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Gerontocracy in the gut

Scientists at the University of Helsinki have discovered a mechanism that impairs the regenerative abilities of the intestine in the aging process.

12.07.2019
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Smoking and a "young" stroke

The risk of stroke in men under 50 who smoked at least two packs a day was almost five times higher than in non-smokers.

20.04.2018
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10 main scientific events of 2008

In third place, after the Large Hadron Collider and the Phoenix rover, is the world's first artificial chromosome, created by American geneticist Craig Venter and his colleagues.

16.12.2008
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The Pharmacists' Conspiracy

The criminal conspiracy of two dozen pharmaceutical companies has been revealed. Secret agreements helped keep generic prices high.

02.11.2017
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The Great Chinese Database

In the first phase of the project, the center will store the genetic and medical information of 80 million people.

01.11.2017
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Self-healing retina

Scientists from the University of Washington have achieved the regeneration of retinal cells in mice for the first time. Perhaps it will be possible to start a similar process in the human eye.

28.11.2008
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Russian melancholy

According to a study by Genotek, 30% of Russians have a variant of the BDNF gene associated with a predisposition to depression and suicidal behavior.

09.06.2017
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"Scientists have found a gene that..."

Tomsk State and British Goldsmith Universities have launched the TAGS website, which tells in an accessible form about the latest achievements in the field of genetics.

06.04.2017
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Heart crisis

20 times more people die from stress caused by instability in the country than from incorrect diagnoses. Currently, the mortality rate (14.6 per 1000 people) Russia is on a par with the countries of Central Africa. At the same time, every third person who died in our country has not reached retirement age.

28.10.2008
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Geriatric-on-Amur

The Faculty of Postgraduate Education of the Amur State Medical Academy is preparing for graduation the first group of doctors of a new specialty for the Amur region – geriatricians.

21.09.2016