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Homo bionics – bionic man

Thanks to the latest prostheses and implants, improved integration with the nervous system, as well as compact but powerful energy sources, a person will be able to completely transform. After all, the potential of bionics is truly limitless…

Genetic testing: a dog is a human friend!

Dozens of tests have been developed to determine the predisposition of dogs and cats to genetically determined diseases and genes that determine the color and length of the coat. Such a gene analysis can be done both in Russia and in the former Soviet republics.

Development and production of innovative drugs in Russia

The International Forum of the Adam Smith Institute "Development and production of innovative drugs in Russia" will be held in Moscow, November 17-18, 2010.

Hyaluronic acid against cirrhosis and other liver diseases

Modified with hyaluronic acid drugs can selectively accumulate in the damaged liver and, therefore, be used for the treatment of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver and its malignant neoplasms.

Biotechnology in Russia: hope dies last

Five years of talking about the need to develop biotechnologies have not led to tangible results. Out of a couple dozen projects that have opened, only a few have been successful, many have died. But hope lives on.

The brilliance and poverty of medical genetics

By the end of the 30s, medical genetics in the USSR met the highest international standards. But its development was abruptly interrupted, and until now medical genetics in Russia is noticeably lagging behind the level of developed countries.

1000 Human Genomes Project: the third stage

During the third phase of the 1000 Human Genomes project, DNA sequences of 179 more people were determined in addition to the first six genomes.

How to make money on molecular biology?

Research in the field of molecular biology allowed Alexey Pogoda to earn 3 million rubles. Now he is bringing test systems to the market to determine hereditary diseases.

HIV gene therapy is at least safe

The technique consists in transplanting the patient's own blood stem cells, the DNA of which includes three therapeutic genes that protect cells from HIV.

We will invest $1,000.000.000 in the Russian pharmaceutical industry!

International pharmaceutical companies are ready to invest more than $ 1 billion in the production of their products in Russia in order to obtain the status of local producers.

Smoke a nanotube?

A membrane with carbon nanotubes will allow nicotine to be delivered to the body not constantly, like a nicotine patch, but at the moment when it is most needed by a person trying to quit smoking.

Fuzzy logic of aging

The so-called fuzzy logic helped scientists to build a mathematical model of cell aging. This model will allow us to advance in understanding the nature of aging.

Personalized medicine and genomics at the International Economic Forum

The achievements of genomics will make medicine more personalized in the near future, but there are both scientific and economic obstacles on this path, according to the participants of the panel session "What's after the genome?", which took place on Friday as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

"Viagra for ladies" is covered

As it turned out as a result of testing another "female Viagra", its effect does not differ from placebo, but causes significant side effects: depression, fainting, dizziness.

Achilles and the Turtle of Russian Innovation

In the countries of catching up development, to which Russia belongs, innovation processes occur quite differently from those we are trying to catch up with.

Pharmaceuticals with a human face

A breakthrough is being prepared in the pharmaceutical market. Pharmaceutical companies, in parallel with the production of medicines, are beginning to develop the latest methods and diagnostics for the treatment of patients.

Let's make a new liver out of the old one

Specialists at the Massachusetts General Hospital were able to transplant liver grown from healthy cells to rats. However, before that they had to clear the carcass of the old organ from the cells.

How to increase life expectancy by a third?

Scientists have identified a set of genes, blocking which allows to increase the lifespan of worms by almost 30%. The most active of these genes, Ash-2, is responsible for the synthesis of a protein involved in histone methylation.

Cancer Treatment: waiting for a breakthrough

According to James Watson, a revolution in biology will occur in the field of cancer treatment. Here we can expect breakthrough results in the next five years.