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Kazakhstan genetics grow embryonic stem cells
The technology includes extracting stem cells from an adult and returning them into the embryo form.
04 January 2013
Revealed: secrets of ancient Chinese medicinal herb
Scientist in the United States on Sunday offered a molecular-level explanation for how a Chinese herbal medicine used for more than 2,000 years tackles fever and eases malaria.
24 December 2012
Neurosurgery Center of Kazakhstan National Medical Holding received European Grand-Prix for quality
Kazakhstan's scientific neurosurgery center of the National Medical Holding won an honorary award - the European Grand-Prix for Quality in medicine.
20 December 2012
All kinds of heart surgeries are available in Kazakhstan: Yuriy Pya
Chairman of the National Scientific Cardiac-Surgery Center Yuriy Pya assured President Nazarbayev that Kazakhstan people no longer had to go abroad for heart surgeries.
14 December 2012
Journal cautions on cannabis-based MS drug
There is no strong evidence for the efficacy of a cannabis-based drug used in Britain to treat muscle spasms in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.
13 December 2012
Gene sleuths track spread of hospital superbug
Gene detectives on Sunday said they had pinpointed how a hospital superbug arose in North America in the early 2000s and spread to Europe before becoming a source of global concern.
11 December 2012
3 thousand people need kidney transplantation in Kazakhstan
We have no waitlists of those who require transplantation, as there are more and more patients every year; some of them die: expert.
07 December 2012
Obstetric bed inventor won Kazakhstan state innovations contest
Marat Suleimenov with his project of Modular Obstetric Bed won NIF50$K innovations contest in Kazakhstan.
15 November 2012
Scientists of Nazarbayev University working on artificial child lung
Second International Scientific Conference called Regenerative Medicine and Healthy Aging was held in Astana on November 1-2.
09 November 2012
Israelis aim to 'fix world' with custom cannabis
At the end of an unpaved road, in a quiet suburb of a sleepy town in northern Israel, horticultural revolutionaries are growing a strain of cannabis.
03 November 2012
'World-first' surgery gives Australian boy new hope
Australian doctors Thursday hailed what they described as a world-first surgical treatment for a boy suffering from a rare disease that sends his blood pressure soaring and triggered a stroke.
01 November 2012
Cancer drug helps MS patients, trials show
A drug initially developed to treat some types of cancer now appears to help people suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS), a study said Thursday.
01 November 2012
PHOTO: First Central Asian scientific molecular-genetic laboratory opened in Almaty
The ceremony of opening of the Center of Collective Use, the first innovative scientific molecular-genetic laboratory in Kazakhstan and Central Asia, was held in Asfendiyarov National Medical University.
31 October 2012
Breast cancer screening saves lives, says study
The benefits of preemptive breast cancer screening outweigh the risks, a study said Tuesday, insisting the practice saves thousands of lives.
30 October 2012
German doctors remove 28-kilo tumour from woman
Doctors in Germany said Friday they had removed a tumour weighing 28 kilogrammes (62 pounds) from a 60-year-old woman who had previously been diagnosed as obese.
27 October 2012
Orynbayev discussed scientific-technical cooperation in U.S.
Orynbayev visited several cities in Colorado and Pennsylvania leading Kazakhstan's delegation of representatives of Healthcare Ministry, Nazarbayev University, Kasipkor Holding and National Medical Holding.
26 October 2012
Obesity surgery is good for the heart: research
Bariatric surgery to help the obese shed weight also reduces risks of cardiovascular disease, according to a review published on Wednesday in the specialist journal Heart.
19 October 2012
100 billion tenge ($676 million) will improve life of disabled people in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan authorities worked out a 2012-2018 national program to uphold the rights and improve the living standards of disabled people.
17 October 2012
170 million Euro required for oncology patients in Kazakhstan
The 7th Congress of CIS Oncologists and Radiologists was held in Astana.
15 October 2012
Medical Diagnostic Centers Association established in Kazakhstan
It is very important to unite all medical diagnostic centers into one Association and to create a common Internet-space that would serve as a common system of electronic diagnostics: Baizhunussov.
15 October 2012