Neuroprosthesis allowed the monkey to control the paralyzed arm
The experience opens up tempting prospects for paralyzed patients with spinal column injuries.
20.10.2008The experience opens up tempting prospects for paralyzed patients with spinal column injuries.
20.10.2008The centers should not just bring the most modern medicine closer to the residents of the regions. They should become points of growth for a fundamentally different, new healthcare.
20.10.2008The main advantages of the biopharmaceutical market are the rapid and efficient development of production capacities, the development of effective drugs, and the active expansion of such segments as bioinformatics and diagnostics.
17.10.2008The 29th International Exhibition and Congress on Chemical Developments, Environmental Protection and Biotechnology ACHEMA 2009 (May 11-15, 2009, Frankfurt am Main Exhibition Center, Germany).
17.10.2008The Association of Siberian and Far Eastern Cities (ASDG) announces the holding of the first open competition for innovative projects in Siberia and the Far East.
17.10.2008Haplogroups and haplotypes do not determine the shape of the skull or nose, hair color, physical or mental characteristics of a person in any way. But they forever bind the carrier of the haplotype to a certain human race, at the beginning of which there was a patriarch of the family, whose offspring survived and lives today, unlike millions of other broken genealogical lines.
16.10.2008New genetic companies for about $ 1 thousand will scan the genome of anyone who wishes and inform the customer of the information they are interested in. But does commercial DNA scanning contribute to improving the health of individuals and the nation as a whole?
16.10.20081st Congress of the Eurasian Association of Andrologists. The 4th Congress of the Professional Association of Andrologists of Russia (Sochi, Dagomys, May 28-31, 2009).
16.10.2008The Fund for Assistance to the Development of Small Forms of Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere announces the implementation in 2009 of the START-09 program for financing innovative projects at the initial stage of development.
16.10.2008At the current stage of development of functional genomics, it has become possible to determine which genes are expressed in different parts of the body — "work" and which "sleep". And not just to determine, but to obtain three—dimensional images of the distribution of gene activity in all organs and tissues - to create so-called atlases of gene expression.
16.10.2008About how justified self-medication is, as well as what dangers are fraught with our favorite painkillers, our conversation today with Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics of MGMSU Vladimir Drozdov.
16.10.2008We invite top management of medical centers, representatives of insurance, IT and investment companies to participate in the conference.
16.10.2008Science often discovers completely new properties in seemingly well-studied objects.
15.10.2008Internet use improves brain activity, at least in middle-aged and elderly people, by stimulating the brain centers responsible for decision-making and complex reasoning. And 10 hours of a computer game specially designed for elderly drivers for 10 years "rejuvenate" the brain according to its functional capabilities.
15.10.2008Doctors are sure that the more often medicines flash in commercials, the more side effects, exacerbations of chronic diseases and allergies they have to treat.
14.10.2008The results of the competition among 56 Russian small and medium–sized businesses participating in the Ninth Russian Venture Fair (2008, St. Petersburg) have been summed up.
14.10.2008Antibacterial peptides microcins and bacteriophages undeservedly forgotten by science can become a substitute for antibiotics, according to scientists of the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, who conduct fundamental research of natural antibiotic substances under the guidance of Professor Konstantin Severinov of Rutgers University.
14.10.2008Oleg Korzinov, Head of the Innovation Department of TSVT "HimRar": "Why shouldn't a Russian venture company create a seed fund in the field of living systems?"
14.10.2008Nanoparticles of the quantum dot class were encapsulated in a biodegradable hydrogel and modified with antibodies specifically binding to cell membrane receptors. The resulting nanocomposite structure penetrates the cells without destroying the membrane, and then hydrolyzes in the cytoplasm, releasing individual quantum dots.
14.10.2008In 2008, another open competition is held for the best scientific work of students in natural, technical and humanitarian sciences in higher educational institutions of the Russian Federation.
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