Cellular technologies
STAP cells are the result of an error, not a falsification
Such errors often occur in biological laboratories, but they must be taken into account in order to obtain pure scientific data.
24.09.2015- English version
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The cockroach from Kaliningrad
Scientists and engineers of the Baltic Federal University named after I.Kant are finishing work on creating a robot disguised as a 10-centimeter tropical cockroach.
24.09.2015
Note to the businessman
About greedy merchants
Hillary Clinton in her microblog on Twitter promised to present a plan to combat the increase in drug prices. After this statement, the index of biotech companies traded on the Nasdaq stock exchange fell by 4.7%.
23.09.2015
Biomedicine
Pills for the mind (1)
What medications are known today to improve mental abilities and how effective are they?
23.09.2015
Biomedicine
Protein "patch" will restore the heart after a heart attack
The researchers hope that clinical trials of the "protein patch" will begin in the next two years.
23.09.2015
Your health
Deadly falsifications
The active ingredients of prescription drugs for erectile dysfunction were found in 80% of the "natural" products studied. In some samples, the dosage was even higher than in tablets.
23.09.2015
Various
55 times a night
"This is not a story of a greedy company trying to warm up on patients. This is our attempt to stay in business," the head of Turing Pharmaceuticals said in a blue eye.
22.09.2015
Other life sciences
Pancreas for everyday wear
Scientists from the University of Cambridge have developed an artificial pancreas that can function for 12 consecutive weeks, providing patients with type I diabetes with a normal quality of life.
22.09.2015
Exhibitions and conferences
Open to all innovations
To become a participant of the Open Innovations Forum in 2015, it is enough to fill out an electronic registration form on the website and pay a fee. Entrance to the exhibition will be carried out by tickets without prior registration.
22.09.2015
Nanotechnology
Nanocontainers for drugs dressed up in the "skin" of platelets
The coating of platelet membranes effectively masks nanoparticles from the immune system, and also increases their selective adhesion on damaged areas of blood vessels.
21.09.2015
Other life sciences
The damaged nerve was printed "nerve line"
A group of American scientists created a framework for nerves using 3D printing. The design allows you to restore sensory and motor functions after injury.
21.09.2015
New in Gerontology
The development of Alzheimer's disease is facilitated by a violation of the BBB
The hidden cause of Alzheimer's disease may be the blocking of channels in the blood-brain barrier, through which protein "garbage" is removed from nerve tissues.
21.09.2015
Innovative Russia
Bioinformatics for biomedicine
A laboratory of structural bioinformatics and molecular modeling is being opened at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Novosibirsk State University.
21.09.2015
Genetic engineering
Disabling genes will help solve the problem of miscarriages
By modifying human embryos, researchers want to identify the genes that are most active in the first days of fetal life, when the embryo forms the cells that form the basis of the future placenta.
21.09.2015
Genetics
Natural selection has changed the genes of Eskimos
It is only thanks to genetic changes that Greenland Eskimos compensate for their habitually high consumption of fatty acids from fish.
21.09.2015
Your health
Triclosan is not only harmful, but also useless
Antibacterial soap with triclosan turned out to be no more effective in the fight against microbes than usual.
21.09.2015
Grants and competitions
I.M. Mechnikov Scholarship
As part of the Mechnikov program, the French Embassy in Russia will award grants (scholarships) to Russian scientists carrying out research activities in France in 2016.
18.09.2015
Biotechnologies - into life
Cancer and "-omics"
Despite the more applied economic nature of the third international forum of Central Bankers-2015, many scientists take part in its work.
18.09.2015
Genetics
Educational program on DNA reading technologies
Sequencing (from sequence – sequence) is called determining the order of elementary units of monomers in a polymer. Moreover, this polymer can be not only DNA or RNA, but also, for example, a protein or even a polysaccharide.
18.09.2015
Innovative Russia
Made in Russia: graphene oxide biochip
A fundamentally new chip based on graphene oxide allows testing drugs outside of a living organism. Technology can revolutionize the creation of new drugs and help doctors defeat incurable diseases in the near future.
18.09.2015