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Genetics

Under the hood of geneticists

A database containing the genomes of only 2% of the inhabitants of a country or city will allow to determine the identity of virtually all its inhabitants.

12.10.2018
Biotechnologies - into life

Universal frame

Anything can be grown on the threads of the mycelium: from biodegradable packaging to artificial meat and leather.

12.10.2018
Cellular technologies

Retinal Organoid

An artificial fragment of the retina made it possible to study the development of color vision and the appearance of sensitive cones of different types.

12.10.2018
Your health

Drink the cream!

Scientists have confirmed the benefits of high-fat dairy products for the prevention of diabetes.

12.10.2018
Genetic engineering

Children from same-sex marriages

Chinese biologists have for the first time bred GM mice from same-sex parents – a pair of females, as well as from a pair of males.

12.10.2018
Various

The good are not rich

Kind and decent people are extremely rare among successful businessmen – they lack greed and selfishness.

12.10.2018
Other life sciences

Let's live together

Increased aggressiveness, less social activity and curiosity are associated with a shorter life expectancy.

12.10.2018
Genetic engineering

Mice with a corrected enzyme

Gene therapy cured rodents of phenylketonuria. In the future, the method can be used to treat people.

12.10.2018
Biomedicine

The paradoxical vaccine

Vaccination will not protect people from malaria, but will make the mosquitoes that have bitten them unable to spread the pathogen of the disease.

12.10.2018
Other life sciences

The Moor has done his job…

Wireless implants with the help of electrical stimulation accelerate the recovery of nerves, after which they decompose without a trace.

12.10.2018
Genetics

When time does not heal

Violations of DNA repair mechanisms can significantly increase the risk of cancer, especially in the context of aging.

11.10.2018
Your health

Vaccination against cancer

Now in St. Petersburg, vaccination against the human papillomavirus costs about 10 thousand rubles.

11.10.2018
Other life sciences

Fingerprinting addiction

Unlike standard procedures, the approach is non-invasive and hygienic. Moreover, it can be applied even to deceased people.

11.10.2018
Innovative Russia

A lot of plans

"We expect to enter the top five scientific powers in five years," said the Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia.

11.10.2018
Grants and competitions

Sandoz HACk is back

The launch of the second international competition of ideas in the field of digital solutions to increase the availability of medicine at the local level.

11.10.2018
Other life sciences

Exoskeletons and new interfaces

Mikhail Lebedev – about the latest developments in the field of brain-computer interface, prosthetics and exoskeletons.

10.10.2018
Healthy skepticism

LIED-2018

The jury of the anti-award "LIAR-2018" decided that the contribution of RAS member Oleg Ilyich Epstein to pseudoscience is the most significant.

10.10.2018