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Nanotechnology

Nanoantioxidants have confirmed their potential

Injections of rapidly neutralizing reactive oxygen species nanoparticles will help in the treatment of stroke, heart attack, traumatic brain and other injuries, as well as during medical procedures, including organ transplantation.

17.02.2015
Biomedicine

Clostridium clostridium wolf

The fight against the bacterium Clostridium difficile is complicated by its resistance to most known antibiotics. But C.difficile can be successfully suppressed not with drugs, but with the help of a related species – C.scindens.

17.02.2015
Other life sciences

Keep it forever

Magnetic films, DVDs, and Blue-ray discs are capable of preserving a record for a maximum of decades. In order for the information to remain intact for centuries and millennia, you will have to use the recipe of nature – DNA molecules.

16.02.2015
Exhibitions and conferences

Scientific talks at Skoltech

At Skoltech SciTalks 2.1, Skoltech professors will talk about the most advanced and in-demand technologies in the field of biomedicine, about the organization of biomedical research both from the point of view of science and industry.

16.02.2015
Other life sciences

Russian innovative projects for mobile medicine

Information technologies will give patients the opportunity to independently check their health status, and attending physicians will be able to make a diagnosis in real time.

16.02.2015
Exhibitions and conferences

Biology is the science of the 21st century

The XIX International Pushchina School-conference of young scientists "Biology – science of the 21st century" will be held on April 20-24, 2015.

13.02.2015
Innovative Russia

There is only one freshness

To determine the freshness of meat, raw materials are photographed, and its digital image is subjected to mathematical processing. The values of the color characteristics correspond to different degrees of freshness. There are no analyzers of this type on the Russian market yet.

13.02.2015
Genetics

A new method of genome-wide analysis of embryos for IVF

The technique developed by Complete Genomics will allow to identify dangerous mutations in embryos prepared for in vitro fertilization that are not inherited from parents, but spontaneously arose in an egg or sperm.

13.02.2015
Various

Telepathy for the paralyzed

Two groups of researchers are developing portable and inexpensive "telepathic" devices that will allow for the simplest dialogues with a paralyzed patient at the level of "yes" or "no" answers.

13.02.2015
Innovative Russia

The first Russian three-chamber pacemaker

In the treatment of chronic heart failure, it is necessary to use three-chamber pacemakers. Such devices have to be imported, which significantly increases the cost of treatment.

13.02.2015
Various

For loyalty to science

The Ministry of Education and Science presented the award "For Loyalty to Science" to projects that had the greatest impact on the popularization of science in Russia.

13.02.2015
Grants and competitions

"Start" – 2015

The competition is held in the following thematic areas: information technologies; medicine of the future; modern materials and technologies for their creation; new devices and hardware complexes; biotechnologies.

12.02.2015
Biomedicine

Will blocking interleukin-10 help with Alzheimer's disease?

In the absence of this cytokine, the body's immune system is able to clear the brain of toxic plaques, which are a characteristic sign of Alzheimer's disease, and reverse the process of memory loss and damage to neurons.

12.02.2015
Your health

Seven facts about hepatitis

Hepatitis is not always an infectious disease. But viral hepatitis is still the most common. There are at least six different viruses that cause hepatitis.

12.02.2015
Cellular technologies

Three in a boat

It is possible to prevent the inheritance of mitochondrial diseases with the help of an uncomplicated – in words – procedure, which is based on the use of mitochondria from the "third parent".

12.02.2015
Other life sciences

Robotic sock against deep vein thrombosis

A new robotic sock that reduces the risk of developing deep vein thrombosis will improve the survival of bedridden and immobile patients.

12.02.2015