a. health expo in moscow recently they showed off their latest wares they produced a range of high tech equipment all of it focused on getting past the barriers that nature's created. based in st petersburg the company is certainly no newcomer to the russian medical tech scene it was started in the late one nine hundred eighty s. team of engineers responsible for the first camera developed in the soviet union over the years and decades electron has slowly but surely improved and expanded the products it offers to the medical profession by the company's calculations it currently accounts for about twenty five percent of the markets in which it operates. at this point one of its main offerings is an entire set of x. ray machinery for doctors that need to get a peek on the inside accuracy in which clarity most important which requires electrons to take certain precautions. so obviously. these are a whole number of tests objects that allow us to evaluate farias image parameters like this one which shows us the resolution that is the smallest objects you can see in a human body for example t

a thousand times what is considered safe. the researcher thinks the state needs to move cautiously.. >> we think the law should move carefully and changes should be to protect health. we don't want to see more expo sthour toxic chemical autos the price of meat going up. the cost of wholesale beef at a all time high right now. consumers paying 5% more. the price hike being blamed on drought, poor conditions and late freezing weather. if you haven't made a sand fwhich a while you're not alone. kaels up almost 5% since 2010. so that means a lot few of us are making our own these days. nearly half eaten bought at restaurants rather than at home. >> big change. >> big meal went out. >> where he. >> michael, thank you. >> sure. >> weather is like goldie locks. >> it's just right. yes. >> comfortable up here on the roof. sunshine. you'll see what it looks like. sprinkles around clear lake area earlier. you can see rain coming towards south lake tahoe area. it's switching over to snow. check out this view. you can see flakes there. so we're watching for that snow. in may it's snowing. temperatures 62 degrees in san francisco. it's 70s in oakland. and check out the view you can see what is coming back in

health focused attention on using genetic testing to prevent cancer. the technology is allowing doctors to tell more and more patients about the risks they face and tailor treatments accordingly. >> earlier this month, a major biotech expo was held in tokyo. it's the largest in asia. among the diagnostic and pharmaceutical equipment on display, it was the genetic apparatus that garnered the most attention. gene analysis can be done in just three minutes. this testing equipment comes in a small lightweight package. ten years have passed since the work of sequencing the human genome was completed. today, gene analysis technology is developing fast. it's already being used clinically in deciding the treatment for diseases such as cancer. this medical testing laboratory in kyoto conducts genetic testing. it receives requests from hospitals all over japan. all that's needed is ten cubic centimeters of blood. this sample came from a cancer patient. the analysis will show whether the patient should use a drug that's proved highly effective for some people. >> translator: if there's a little "c" highlighted in blue, that tells us there's a genetic mutation. >> they found genetic sequences that indicate the drug could be effecti

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