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Grants and competitions

Competition for young oncologists

The purpose of the competition is to support young scientists, stimulate their scientific activities, and reward them for scientific achievements that make a significant contribution to the development of oncology.

21.10.2016
Genetics

Evolution continues

In a new study, an international group of geneticists reconstructs human evolution that took place not in the Stone Age, but literally in recent centuries.

21.10.2016
Prolonging youth

The Immortality of Elizabeth Parrish

In September 2015, Elizabeth Parrish, director of the American pharmaceutical company BioViva, was the first in the world to change her genes in order to delay old age.

21.10.2016
Cellular technologies

Let's practice on chips

New drugs can be tested on animals, it is possible on human volunteers, but it is much more convenient and humane to use cellular models for this.

21.10.2016
Genetics

Do not put tomatoes in the refrigerator

Hypothermia reduces the activity of hundreds of genes in heat-loving plants, including those responsible for the synthesis of substances that make tomatoes taste sweeter and give them an attractive aroma.

21.10.2016
Note to the businessman

Biotechnology. Buy eternal life

Longevity-economy is being born before our eyes. Its boom will take place in the next 10-15 years, and this coincides with the planning horizon of venture funds.

20.10.2016
Nanotechnology

Antitubercular aerosol

Novosibirsk has developed an innovative method of delivering drugs to the foci of infection – not by pills or injections, but by inhaling nanoparticles 10-100 nm in size.

20.10.2016
Other life sciences

Non-genetic inheritance

The RNA fed to nematodes from the extracellular space, together with the yolk substance, enter the oocytes and then accumulate in the embryos, suppressing gene expression.

20.10.2016
Genetics

The legends of giants have been confirmed by genetics

The frequency of mutations in the AIP gene and the associated gigantism in the current inhabitants of Ulster could serve as the basis for legends and fairy tales about giants living in the north of Ireland.

19.10.2016
Genetic engineering

CRISPR/Cas9 as an assistant in the fight against HIV

It is possible to get rid of the immunodeficiency virus thanks to the revolutionary CRISPR/Cas9 system, which will allow cutting HIV genes from the DNA of the patient's cells.

19.10.2016
Biomedicine

I know you know…

A placebo has a positive effect on a person's well–being even if he knows that the drug he is taking is a dummy, and not a real medicine.

19.10.2016
Cellular technologies

Eggs "in vitro"

Japanese scientists managed not only to make the stem cells of mice turn into eggs, but also to achieve the appearance of offspring from these eggs.

19.10.2016
Biomedicine

Is it impossible to defeat cancer?

Science in the future is unlikely to find a way to completely defeat cancer. Probably, the disease will become chronic, with which you can live for decades.

18.10.2016
Other life sciences

Super-biochip

The installation made it possible to analyze the reactions of 3.6 thousand worms to almost a thousand compounds for 12-16 minutes. During this time, conventional biochips check one connection.

18.10.2016
Other life sciences

Silk with the addition of graphene and nanotubes

A diet of silkworms with additives of single-walled nanotubes and graphene led to the production of silk thread with improved properties, including electrical conductivity.

18.10.2016
Grants and competitions

Knowledge is power

Technological startups, small and medium–sized companies, representatives of the scientific community can become participants of the competition for developers of medical non-invasive sensors "Knowledge - Power".

18.10.2016
Genetics

Buy triploid pink salmon!

Scientists from Russia have shown that pink salmon, whose DNA contains three, not two sets of chromosomes, contains the same amount of nutrients as ordinary fish.

18.10.2016
Other life sciences

Hormones, part 1

In the first part of the article, we will talk about hormones in general and how they affect each of us – and sometimes in unexpected ways. To begin with, let's deal with male sex hormones.

18.10.2016