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Alzheimer's disease and herpes: the tasks are clear...

Taking into account the new data, the authors suggested that drugs used to treat herpes can also prevent the development of dementia in Alzheimer's disease. A possible alternative to fighting this disease may be vaccination against the herpes virus.

09.12.2008
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The world's first Korean genome has been decoded

The first Korean genome was sequenced by its "owner", oncologist Kim Seng Jin and his colleagues from Gachen University of Medical Sciences with the support of the Korean Bioinformatics Center.

08.12.2008
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Personal genome in half an hour

The Californian company BioSciences has developed a prototype of a biochip, with the help of which it plans to reach the milestone of "$1,000 per genome" by 2013.

05.12.2008
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Exchange of minds

Researchers have learned to evoke the illusion of being in someone else's body. Depending on the conditions of the experiment, the subjects perceived as their own body of another person, or a mannequin.

05.12.2008
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Caution: Stem cells!

Questionable methods of stem cell treatment are most actively advertised by medical institutions in countries such as China, Thailand, India and Russia.

05.12.2008
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Rusnano asks scammers not to worry

The project selection system created in the Rusnano state Corporation will not allow fraudsters to "fall for public funds with their adventurous ideas," Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said at the International Forum on Nanotechnology.

04.12.2008
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Don't chase expensive pills!

Branded drugs can cost several dollars per pill, while generic drugs cost only a few cents. In terms of effectiveness, no difference was found between them, at least in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

04.12.2008
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Rusnanotech-2008: watch the live broadcast!

The First International Forum on Nanotechnology opened today at the Expocenter on Krasnaya Presnya. An online video broadcast from the Forum is being conducted on the RUSNANO website.

03.12.2008
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The genes of artistry

Two genes have been identified that are involved in the performing arts.

01.12.2008
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Nanoassay on the roads

Philips has developed an espresso drug detector using nanotechnology.

01.12.2008
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Innovation failure

A feature of the introduction of pharmaceutical innovations in Russia will be the emphasis on drugs with a new metabolism, new forms and methods of delivery of the active molecule to the diseased organ. However, today it is far from that.

01.12.2008
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The oldest inhabitant of the Earth has died

Now, according to the American Center for Gerontology, Maria de Jesus from Portugal has become the oldest person. She was born in 1893, and is only a few months younger than Edna Parker.

28.11.2008