Day: December 22, 2021

Demonstration of the transistor at Bell Labs On December 23, 1947, the experimental design division of Bell Telephone Laboratories of the American Telephone and Telegraph company held a presentation of a semiconductor bipolar amplifier device. This day was considered the date of birth of the transistor. The presentation of the first solid-state transistor marked the beginning of a new era in the development of mankind — the era of semiconductor electronics. Execution of Beria On December 23, 1953, Lavrenty Beria, the long—time head of the Soviet special services, Hero of Socialist Labor, Marshal of the Soviet Union and one of the most sinister figures of the Stalinist regime, was shot in the bunker of the headquarters of the Moscow Military District by a court verdict. Together with him, six of his closest associates, the security forces, were shot. He was accused of espionage in favor of Great Britain and other

Following the meeting of the strategic advisory group on immunization (SAGE), experts said that children and adolescents are least susceptible to severe coronavirus, so they should not be in a hurry to vaccinate them. “The burden of severe diseases in these age groups is low, and high vaccination coverage among the groups most at risk has not yet been achieved in all countries,” the WHO said. On December 20, the Russian Ministry of Health included the COVID-19 vaccination in the national calendar of preventive vaccinations. The priority of the first level for mandatory vaccination against coronavirus in the department included Russians over 60 years old, medical workers, social service and education employees, people with chronic diseases and residents of cities with millions. The head of the National Medical Research Center (NMIC) for Children’s Health of the Ministry of Health of Russia Andrey Fisenko said that vaccination of adolescents against coronavirus

“Today’s authorization introduces the first drug for COVID-19 in the form of tablets taken orally – this is an important step forward in the fight against this global pandemic,” the report says. The drug is not approved for pre-exposure or post-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 or for the beginning of treatment of patients requiring hospitalization due to severe or critical course of COVID-19. Pfizer shares are up 2% in trading on the New York Stock Exchange. At 20:56 Moscow time, the price for the paper was $60.17, which is 2.01% more than at the close of trading of the previous session. Pfizer previously reported that the pills it developed against COVID-19 reduce by 90% the likelihood of hospitalization or death in patients belonging to the high-risk group. The drug was tested on a group of 2,246 adults. None of the study participants who received the drug from Pfizer died, 12 deaths

“He really has a very high level of antibodies, his titers are very high. He had just been revaccinated, a booster was made, and plus he also took part in an experiment with a nasal vaccine. Therefore, I hope this is a sufficient level of protection,” Peskov said. The spokesman noted that he himself has a fairly high level of antibodies to the coronavirus. “And although I had a fairly high level of antibodies, I also”Sputnik Lite” I made myself to insure myself. Moreover, it is already clear that “Sputnik V” and “Sputnik Lite is the most effective in the world against the new Omicron strain,” Peskov added.

“Today we received the registration certificate LP-007720 dated 12/22/2021 for the highly specific antiviral drug MIR 19, the peculiarity of which is that it works at the gene (post—transcriptional) level, namely, selectively suppresses the activity of vital RNA sequences of the virus, while not affecting the human genome,” Veronika Skvortsova, head of the FMBA of Russia, said. As explained by Musa Khaitov, director of the SSC “Institute of Immunology” of the FMBA of Russia, the main components of the drug are synthetic molecules of small interfering RNAs (miRNAs), which target the pathogen genome inside an infected cell of the body and contribute to its degradation.