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Other life sciences

A nanorobot that walks by itself

Previously, such molecules could only walk in a given direction in a straight line or in a plane. The new "walker" is able to walk 36 steps on a non-uniform surface, independently deciding where to move the "foot".

03.11.2015
Biotechnologies - into life

Yakutia has developed software for pharmacogenetics

A team of Yakut geneticists managed to develop a program for automated interpretation of the results of pharmacogenetic testing, which became a pioneer in the field of personalized medicine in Russia.

03.11.2015
Innovative Russia

Russia relies on global technology leaders

The share of innovative products in Russia is only 8-9%, while in the leading countries - about 15%. The share of the Russian Federation in the global export of high-tech goods is 0.4%. But the speakers at the Open Innovations Forum are full of optimism.

03.11.2015
Other life sciences

Chimeras will simplify the synthesis of proteins

The proposed method will significantly speed up the processes of membrane protein research, which may change the strategy of drug synthesis and will make it possible to find new active substances faster and more accurately.

02.11.2015
Prolonging youth

Asthma medicine rejuvenates the brain

Six weeks of taking the drug almost equalized the abilities of old and young rats. The drug also significantly reduced inflammation in the brain and enhanced neurogenesis in older rats.

02.11.2015
Biotechnologies - into life

Invest in life

The IVAO project is based on the idea of developing innovative technologies that, to one degree or another, relate to problems related to human health and the quality of his life.

02.11.2015
Biomedicine

Herpes virus against melanoma

The US FDA has approved the genetically modified herpes virus Talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC) for the treatment of the last stages of melanoma, a deadly skin cancer.

02.11.2015
Innovative Russia

Russia will become a world leader in biomedicine!

Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Igor Kagramanyan: "... it is important not to talk about maintaining positions in the market of global [biomedical] innovations, but about promoting Russia to leadership positions in the field of medicine."

02.11.2015
Biomedicine

Antitumor grenades with thermosensitive fuses

Doctors from Manchester have created an unusual "packaging" for anti-cancer drugs, which prevents them from killing healthy cells and at the same time works like a kind of "grenade" that reacts to heat.

02.11.2015
Other life sciences

Brain-computer interface accelerated 5 times

The SSVEP system allows a person, looking at a virtual keyboard, to "write" at a speed of 50-60 characters per minute, which corresponds to an information exchange rate of 4.5-5.5 bits per second.

02.11.2015
New in Gerontology

-Omics and aging: from biomarkers to systems biology (4)

After decades of simplistic research, specialists began to apply systematic and integrated data analysis "-omik" to the aging process. However, given the complexity of the aging process, new methods are needed to further decipher the numerous interactions.

30.10.2015
New in Gerontology

-Omics and aging: from biomarkers to systems biology (3)

Most of the studies mentioned at the beginning of the article are devoted to the identification of two-dimensional associations of age (or age-related diseases) and any of the "-omic" data types. However, there are pronounced mutual dependencies both between and within the various "-omic" data.

30.10.2015
New in Gerontology

-Omics and aging: from biomarkers to systems biology (2)

This section of the article provides a brief description of the key results of the application of new technologies for the assessment of various "-omics" for the identification of molecular markers of aging; the focus is on the most recent data.

30.10.2015
Cellular technologies

ESC and iPSC are almost the same

If we compare embryonic stem cells and their artificial analogues obtained from the same source, it turns out that the differences between them are not so great.

30.10.2015
Genetic engineering

Models of kidney diseases "in vitro"

Bioengineers from several US universities have grown a miniature human kidney from pluripotent stem cells and introduced its genome changes characteristic of two common kidney diseases.

30.10.2015
Note to the businessman

Commercial medicine is increasingly attracting investors

At the end of November 2015, a new private medical center "Clinical Hospital on Yauza" will open in Moscow. Its main investor was Dmitry Vasiliev, First Deputy General Director of a large IT company Krok.

29.10.2015
Genetics

Three stories from the world of medical genetics

A huge field of application of personal genomics is the study of the genetics of various medical and physiological features: from a tendency to baldness and obesity to a predisposition to serious diseases.

29.10.2015