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Did not survive the crisis

Yevgeny Andreev, an employee of the Center for Demographic Research of the Russian School of Economics, said that the statistics of mortality in Russia are sad, but perhaps will not affect life expectancy.

04.09.2015
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Treating obesity with electricity

An implantable device that blocks the activity of the branches of the vagus nerve going to the stomach with the help of electrical impulses has demonstrated the first successes in clinical trials of a new method of treating obesity.

19.05.2008
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Artificial cornea in Chinese

Chinese scientific and technical specialists have successfully developed the first domestic artificial cornea of the eye and completed clinical trials.

01.10.2013
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Gender selection

After learning that he is biologically a woman, the patient decided to remain a man and intends to take additional male hormones.

05.06.2013
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Fake medicines and dietary supplements: fraud squared

The Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation receives appeals from citizens who receive calls on behalf of fictional employees of the department with a proposal to pay compensation for ineffective treatment with medicines and dietary supplements.

19.04.2010
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Check the quality of sperm with your own hands

A test system for self-use will save time and money and improve the accuracy of diagnostics. In addition, the man will not have to donate sperm in the clinic, which is associated with obvious psychological discomfort.

18.02.2010
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DNA sequencing using nanopores: even faster and cheaper

A system of nanopores can significantly speed up genome analysis, allowing direct analysis of DNA chains from tens of thousands or more base pairs, rather than reconstructing their structure from fragments of short segments.

23.12.2009
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Stem cells save from amputation

Attempts to cure a patient with a complex open leg fracture complicated by infection failed, and the only alternative to amputation was experimental treatment with their own stem cells.

17.12.2009
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Fast food leads to overeating and obesity

Rapid absorption of food limits the production of "satiety hormones" and inhibits the feeling of satiety, which can eventually lead to overeating.

09.11.2009
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Jubilee Nobel Prize for the "aging enzyme"

Three American scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in the field of research on the mechanisms of cell aging and chromosome protection using telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.

05.10.2009
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Russian Innovation Week reminds

The Organizing Committee of the Russian Innovation Week invites you to take part in the II St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum, which will be held on September 30 – October 3, 2009 in St. Petersburg.

01.09.2009
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Direct reprogramming of cells

The method of cell reprogramming, which the authors called "transcriptome induced phenotype remodeling" (transcriptome induced phenotype remodeling) is that the original cell is not turned into a pluripotent one, capable of developing in several directions. Instead of "embryonic genes", a large amount of matrix RNA is injected into the cell, on which proteins characteristic of the desired type of cells are synthesized.

20.04.2009