Inhumane vivisection
Students of the Timiryazev Academy and a number of other Russian universities will no longer dissect animals. Inhumane vivisection was replaced by videotapes and computer programs.
18.02.2008Students of the Timiryazev Academy and a number of other Russian universities will no longer dissect animals. Inhumane vivisection was replaced by videotapes and computer programs.
18.02.2008To carry out work within the framework of a joint project on the development of personalized medicine, which received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health last October, scientists use tissue microchips, pattern recognition algorithms and network supercomputer computing.
18.02.2008Mice in which two genes controlling the synthesis of type 1 interferons were knocked out became virtually invulnerable to viral infections dangerous to ordinary rodents.
15.02.2008Humanity has come to a turning point in its history. It will either find a way to survive in a world that will be changed by global warming and the robotoom, or it will plunge into the era of obscurantism, says English futurist James Martin.
14.02.2008Any donor kidney received from a deceased person has a passport. The kidney enters a medical institution where it will be used for transplantation, with a passport containing all the data about it.
14.02.2008Of course, the neurophysiology of mice differs from that of humans, so it's too early to draw final conclusions. Nevertheless, the work of Professor Hyman and his collaborators strongly supported the hypothesis of the beta-amyloid nature of Alzheimer's disease.
14.02.2008The undoubted advantage of the invention is that you do not need to take pills at all. Medications enter the body by themselves, and in most cases a person does not even notice it. According to the creators, the implant does not prevent a person from talking or eating.
14.02.2008Today, silicone body parts will not surprise anyone, every year the number of people who want to add volume due to silicone is only increasing, and this is despite the fact that researchers continue to find new flaws in such implants.
13.02.2008This is almost 2 times more than spent on the first stage of the program. This is due to the fact that the second stage provides for higher costs for the construction of farms for the maintenance of transgenic herds, the creation of industrial herds of animals themselves – producers of human medicinal proteins, the development of technologies for the isolation of human proteins from animal milk and the creation of medicinal, food and perfumes with the organization of their pilot production.
13.02.2008This article is intended more for venture investors, but it is also useful for startups to find out how venture investors evaluate startups when investing in them at an early stage.
13.02.2008The contribution of genes to life expectancy is only 25%, and the chances of changing the second hundred are not only in relatively healthy people, but also in patients with various chronic diseases.
13.02.2008One of the most sensational scientific achievements of the outgoing year was the development of methods for genetic reprogramming of human somatic cells, converting them into full-fledged analogues of embryonic stem cells.
13.02.2008Vladimir Shabalin, Director of the Gerontology Research Institute, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, knows all the secrets of aging and life extension and willingly shares them.
12.02.2008The results of comparing the genetic profiles of cancer and normal stem cells indicate that some experimental drugs designed to treat other types of cancer and currently undergoing trials can help in the fight against liver cancer.
12.02.2008The laboratory is already ready to accept orders for biotesting. There is everything for conducting experiments on the stream – a wide arsenal of high-quality techniques, qualified specialists, an authoritative brand of biofac.
11.02.2008If mesenchymal stromal cells rarely go beyond the bones on their own, then the release of hematopoietic stem cells into the blood occurs regularly, we can say – strictly by the hour.
11.02.2008Two nucleotides are connected by a strong covalent bond, and with the third and the amino acid – by weak physico-chemical bonds. To strengthen this connection, we need another three – complementary. It will turn out to be a six, which will be supported by hydrogen bonds between complementary nucleotides.
11.02.2008microRNAs are involved in the processes of individual development of the body, including temporary control, death, proliferation and differentiation of cells, embryonic laying of organs.
08.02.2008I advise you to be wary of representatives of pseudoscience and mythologists who have flooded our scientific space. Stem cells have a huge potential for the treatment of many diseases, but we are still looking for optimal opportunities for their proper use.
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