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Grants and competitions

Doctor and laboratory in your pocket

The team that proposed the best technical concept of an easy-to-use, lightweight and mobile device that can detect a whole set of diseases without the participation of a doctor will receive a prize of up to 9 million rubles and the opportunity to work in Skolkovo!

19.04.2012
Biomedicine

Glioblastoma vaccine: the result is positive

A new therapeutic vaccine against recurrent brain tumor – glioblastoma – in the phase II clinical trial increased the life expectancy of patients by 7 months or more.

19.04.2012
Cellular technologies

Bald mice have grown human hair

Biologists believe that further experiments with human cells will create a safe and convenient tool that allows bald men to restore their hair in a few weeks.

18.04.2012
Note to the businessman

You can make a good business on genomics

According to the latest report of marketers, by 2016 the market volume of equipment for studying the genome will reach 9 billion US dollars.

18.04.2012
Cellular technologies

Restoring the heart saves lives

Thanks to a unique method of implantation of blood vessels grown from the patient's own cells, a girl born with a life-threatening heart defect will be able to lead a normal life.

17.04.2012
Controversial

A billion for brain powder?

Professor Markram still hopes to receive a billion euros to continue the project on computer modeling of the human brain, despite the negative reviews of colleagues to the point of unprintability.

16.04.2012
Bioethics

Unethical bioethics

Ten years ago, Diana Irving published an article "Bioethical Confusion". In a new article on the same topic, her doubts about the ethics of bioethics sound even more acute.

16.04.2012
Healthy skepticism

Scarier than an atomic war

Starting with illiterate, but having some claims to be connected with the reality of reasoning about genetics, the author has come to miracles with torsion fields. However, the final chord is still ahead – we are waiting for a collision with the laboratory... combat parapsychology.

16.04.2012
Grants and competitions

Postdoctoral oncologists are expected at Gutenberg University

The project is dedicated to research in the field of chemotherapy and immunotherapy of oncological diseases. Fundamental training in molecular biology and protein biochemistry is required to participate in research.

13.04.2012
Genetic engineering

Modified stem cells to fight HIV

Modified human hematopoietic stem cells differentiate into HIV-specific CD8 T lymphocytes and destroy infected cells in the animal model.

13.04.2012
Cellular technologies

Stem underground workers are not hindered by prohibitions

Despite the tightening of the ban of the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China on the clinical use of stem cell treatments that have not received official approval, the illegal business of cell therapy continues to flourish.

13.04.2012
Genetic engineering

Synthetic biology in Siberian

At the Novosibirsk Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, work is underway to create a microchip DNA synthesizer.

12.04.2012