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Note to the businessman

How $4.5 billion turned into Nothing

Last year, the fortune of Elizabeth Holmes, who founded the biotech startup Theranos, was estimated at about $4.5 billion. Now Forbes has lowered the initial estimate to... zero.

02.06.2016
Biomedicine

Medicine for RNA

American scientists have found a low–molecular compound capable (so far - in human cell culture) of blocking one of the RNA defects and eliminating the manifestations of the disease caused by it.

02.06.2016
Genetics

The cause of multiple sclerosis is a mutation

Multiple sclerosis can be caused by the replacement of just one nucleotide in the NR1H3 gene. The discovery refutes the opinion that this disease is never inherited.

02.06.2016
Genetics

Troll's Heart: details

A rare mutation that disrupts the ASGR1 gene reduces the risk of heart attack by a third. Amgen specialists have already started searching for drugs that can "turn off" this gene.

02.06.2016
Biomedicine

Biomarkers of preeclampsia

A team of Russian scientists has developed an approach to create a method of non–invasive diagnosis of preeclampsia - a serious complex pathology of pregnant women.

01.06.2016
Various

Those who died due to the crisis

The global economic crisis of 2008-2010. and the resulting increase in unemployment is associated with an increase in cancer deaths by more than 260 thousand cases in 35 OECD member states.

01.06.2016
Exhibitions and conferences

Life Sciences Baltics Forum 2016

The third International Forum of Life Sciences and Biotechnologies "Life Sciences Baltics 2016" will be held in Vilnius on September 14-15, 2016.

01.06.2016
Exhibitions and conferences

Meeting of investors, startups and authorities

The Venture Festival will be held in St. Petersburg from June 21 to 23 and will become one of the largest events for private investors and startups throughout Russia.

01.06.2016
Prolonging youth

Rapamycin was tested on dogs

The results of the experiment conducted on 24 dogs for several weeks are not enough to draw serious conclusions, so scientists plan to start long-term trials.

01.06.2016
Theories of aging

You can 't forbid living for a long time

It is still very early to talk about the victory over old age. Nevertheless, the discoveries already made give hope that someday a "cure for old age" - or at least a slowing down of old age – will still be created.

31.05.2016
Other life sciences

Microbes against virus vectors

The United States may soon become the first country to use bacteriological weapons against mosquitoes that spread viruses such as Zika, dengue and chikungunya.

31.05.2016
Other life sciences

Personalized Pills

Researchers from Singapore have developed an inexpensive way to 3D-print tablets with a specific dose and release rate of the drug prescribed to the patient individually.

31.05.2016
Genetics

Barcode in DNA

The technique of studying the "pedigree" of each cell in the body will make a breakthrough in understanding how trillions of cells in the human body originate from a single egg.

30.05.2016
Genetic engineering

CRISPR/Cas9 with egg electroporation

The CRISPR-EZ (Electroporation of Zygotes) method makes it possible to reduce the effort and time spent on obtaining mice with knocked out (defective) genes.

30.05.2016
Biomedicine

microRNA against tumor resistance to therapy

Molecular biologists were able to overcome the drug resistance of the pancreatic tumor by increasing the content of a certain type of microRNA in malignant cells.

30.05.2016
Various

My body is my fortress

People are more likely to approve of the appearance of flying cars, "smart homes" or other futurological wonders than biomedical transformations of the body with the help of genetic engineering.

30.05.2016
New in Gerontology

Human longevity: genetics or lifestyle?

One of the main issues of biogerontology is the correlation between the genetic profile and lifestyle in determining a person's chance of delaying aging and healthy longevity.

27.05.2016