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Biomedicine

Nanotechnology in medicine and pharmacy

The development of nanomedicine is closely connected with the revolutionary achievements of genomics and proteomics, which allowed scientists to get closer to understanding the molecular foundations of diseases. There are 5 main areas of application of nanotechnology in medicine: delivery of active drugs, new methods and means of treatment at the nanometer level, in vivo diagnostics, in vitro diagnostics, medical implants.

07.04.2009
Nanotechnology

Putin and Chubais have something to talk about

Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with the Director General of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies A.B.Chubais.

07.04.2009
Grants and competitions

Medals and awards of the Russian Academy of Sciences for young scientists

The 2009 competition for medals of the Russian Academy of Sciences with prizes for young scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences, other institutions, organizations of Russia and for students of higher educational institutions for the best scientific works.

07.04.2009
Other life sciences

Sow wisely!

To create ideal conditions that ensure almost the same size of microbial colonies (the relative standard error is about 1%) or Poisson distribution for their number, a special "ordered seeding" technique and a "poissoner" device were invented. They are most popular with molecular geneticists who need accurate estimates of mutation rates, recombination, transformation, survival, etc.

06.04.2009
Biomedicine

Male contraception: it is necessary to relax the tail

The CATSPER1 protein is part of the ion channel that launches calcium ions into the cell. As a result, the tail of the sperm begins to beat with increased energy. In the absence of this protein, the sperm simply does not have the strength, speed and mobility to fertilize an egg. Smith and his colleagues propose to cause the same condition artificially by blocking calcium channels with the help of medications.

06.04.2009
Genetics

The largest database of twins

The database is designed to provide material for scientific research in the field of inheritance of various human qualities. Most of these studies are conducted using information about twins.

06.04.2009
Other life sciences

Automation of science: a robot laboratory assistant and a robot scientist

Time will tell what these two works will mean for humanity. Enthusiasts of artificial intelligence can say that scientists have shown its ability to compare with the intelligence of humans. Anthropocentrists will object that we are talking only about special cases and it is premature to put an equal sign.

06.04.2009
Healthy skepticism

Korchevatel-2: jokes aside!

The message published on April 1 in a variety of online publications about the "Grubber-2", of course, is a joke. Unfortunately, part of this joke is the bitter truth: the text, although composed by a living person, is so delusional that many readers believed that it was written by a computer, was published in a journal claiming to be scientific.

06.04.2009
Bioethics

Pay (in an envelope or as a gift) for free healthcare!

The corporate norms existing among doctors, as before, support the practice of informal payment. Payment in the form of gratitude, made on the initiative of the patients themselves, is recognized by the overwhelming majority of doctors as a fully justified material compensation for the labor they spend. Extortion of money from patients, that is, receiving payment at the insistence of a doctor, is almost universally condemned.

03.04.2009
Biotechnologies - into life

Russian pharmaceutical industry: help financially!

In order for Russians to be able to buy domestic generic drugs in pharmacies that are not inferior to imported analogues, the Russian pharmaceutical industry needs modern equipment and qualified personnel. If you translate this phrase into the language of economics, then by and large, nothing but huge investments are needed for domestic pharma. Moreover, money will have to be invested not only directly in the pharmaceutical industry, but also in science and education.

02.04.2009
Prolonging youth

"Ions of Skulachev" against senile eye diseases

The list of senile eye diseases includes glaucoma, macular degeneration, various forms of retinopathy, cataracts, age–related hyperopia. Science knows that one of the reasons for such disorders is the accumulation of oxygen free radicals in the body. By neutralizing reactive oxygen species in the mitochondria of eye tissues, "Skulachev ions" restore vision.

02.04.2009
Your health

Prevention of stroke and heart attack: one tablet is enough

The composition of the miracle pill includes aspirin, three drugs to reduce blood pressure and a statin that reduces cholesterol levels in the blood. According to researchers, the use of a new pill that reduces blood pressure and cholesterol can potentially reduce the number of cardiovascular diseases by 62%, and the number of heart attacks by 48%.

02.04.2009
Healthy skepticism

The Best April Fools' Jokes

For a long time, newspapers and magazines of the world, serious and not so serious, have been delighting readers with practical jokes on the first of April. Let's remember the most talented!

01.04.2009
Genetics

A gene has been found that increases penis size and male potency

After analyzing the DNA of more than 1,000 inhabitants of Iceland, experts from the biotech company deCODER claim that they were the first to isolate a single gene responsible for male potency and penis size in the inhabitants of the country.

01.04.2009
Nanotechnology

Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology

Review of recent developments in nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology in the latest issue of the digest "Nanotechnology in the world" (February 2009).

01.04.2009
Note to the businessman

RUSNANO concentrates nanotechnology

The state corporation announced the cooperation between Rusnano and the government of St. Petersburg in December 2008. The corresponding agreement was signed by the General Director of Rusnano Anatoly Chubais and the Governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko. The cooperation provides for joint work on the implementation of state policy in the field of nanotechnology, the creation of conditions for the commercial use of the results of developments, as well as the implementation of investment and infrastructure projects and educational programs in the field of nanoindustry

01.04.2009
Healthy skepticism

"The Grubber", take two

Checking (by sending out computer-generated quasi-scientific texts for publication) of all scientific journals on the list of the Higher Attestation Commission, gave a good result: out of the first fifty verified journals, only one succumbed to this insidious trick.

01.04.2009
Healthy skepticism

Satan and Darwinism

For a long time, when I was young, I wanted to write an article, or even a whole book of criticism of Darwinism. I also came up with the name for such an article or book, "The Bible from the Devil." In such a title, these two themes are intertwined: Satan and Darwinism.

01.04.2009
Your health

Prevention of AIDS in Moscow

The city will not support programs to reduce harm from drug use and spread knowledge about condoms. Instead, at HIV prevention classes in schools, children will be introduced to Russian culture, religion and family values and will be told about the usefulness of sports and the harm of casual sexual relations.

01.04.2009