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'Intelligent' knife can tell tumor from healthy tissue A new kind of surgical knife can tell cancerous from healthy tissue in seconds and may help improve tumor removal in the operating room.

19 July 2013 10:01

Baikonur accident may affect genes Consequences of the crash of Proton-M rocket carrier with 3 Glonass satellites at Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan might manifest themselves as genetic disorders years later.

17 July 2013 18:55

US approves first brain wave test for ADHD US regulators on Monday approved the first brain wave test for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, saying it may improve the accuracy of diagnoses by medical experts.

17 July 2013 10:48

American surgeons giving master classes in Astana American and Kazakhstan surgeons will be exchanging experience in cancer treatment for several days in Astana.

16 July 2013 18:55

DNA flaw boosts cancer risk from diabetes: study A DNA flaw may explain why people with Type 2 diabetes are more prone to blood cancers than the rest of the population.

15 July 2013 13:03

100 doctors transplant organs from one donor to 4 patients in Kazakhstan Transplantation to four patients from one donor was made in Syzganov National Scientific Surgery Center in Almaty for the first time in Kazakhstan.

12 July 2013 18:23

More evidence of prostate cancer, omega-3 link US scientists said they have confirmed a surprising 2011 study that found a higher risk of prostate cancer among men who consume omega-3 fatty acids.

12 July 2013 11:12

Nearly six million die from smoking every year: WHO Despite public health campaigns, smoking remains the leading avoidable cause of death worldwide, killing almost six million people a year, mostly in low- and middle-income countries.

11 July 2013 19:06

Air pollution boosts lung, heart risks: studies Long-term exposure to particulate air pollution boosts the risk of lung cancer, even at concentrations below the legal maximum.

10 July 2013 18:44

Lifestyle

The rise of Alatau City: Air taxis tested in the city for the first time

20 May 15:53

Astana residents warned about the dangers of poplar fluff

18 May 17:48

How Eid al-Adha will be held in Kazakhstan in 2026

14 May 20:31

Articles

Poverty has a woman’s face. How patriarchy has driven Kazakh women into dependence and misery

28 August 2025 17:37

Dying art? A recipe to save Hong Kong's handmade dim sum

25 December 2015 16:30

Rail life: history of trains brought to life in Brussels

25 September 2015 14:19

Cambodia's Khmer healers get schooled in ancient art A lizard dipped in wine may not seem like an obvious asthma remedy, but as Cambodian traditional healers strive to turn their ancient wisdom into a professional industry.

10 July 2013 13:01

New gene sequencing yields healthy baby Scientists said Monday they had used a new-generation gene sequencing technique to select a viable embryo for in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) that yielded a healthy baby boy.

08 July 2013 14:23

No risk of pandemic yet from MERS virus: scientists The new MERS coronavirus that has claimed dozens of lives in the Middle East does not yet have the ability to trigger a pandemic, but vigilance is needed in case it mutates.

06 July 2013 12:29

H1N1 flu outbreak in northern Chile kills 11 At least 11 people have been killed in an outbreak of H1N1 flu virus in northern Chile, where the rate of infection is more than six times higher than the rest of the country.

05 July 2013 11:31

'Cousin marriage' doubles gene risk for babies: study First cousins who marry run twice the risk of having a child with genetic abnormalities, according to the findings of a study in the English city of Bradford, published Friday in The Lancet.

04 July 2013 19:39

Lithium greatly reduces suicide risk: study The mood-stabilising drug lithium reduces suicide risk by more than 60 percent among people with depression.

29 June 2013 11:06

Gene clues show which children will grow out of asthma A gene scorecard may one day help predict which youngsters are likely to grow out of childhood asthma and which will have the disease in adulthood.

28 June 2013 17:30

Britain pushes ahead with 'three-parent' fertility technique The British government on Thursday said it would pursue a radical fertility technique that uses DNA from three parents to create an embryo.

28 June 2013 14:57

Kazakhstan allocates 600 quotas for IVF in 2013 600 quotas for in-vitro fertilization (IVF) were allocated for 350 thousand infertile families in Kazakhstan in 2013.

25 June 2013 13:36

Breast is best for getting ahead: study People breastfed as infants have a 24 percent better chance than their formula-fed counterparts of climbing the social ladder.

25 June 2013 13:21