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Note to the businessman

Russian Venture Capital Market

2014 was the last year when investors in the Russian venture capital market showed any noticeable optimism regarding investments in domestic startups.

14.05.2015
Genetic engineering

Dinokurs

American biologists have created chicken embryos with dinosaur faces, suppressing the development of proteins with which beaks are formed in the embryos.

14.05.2015
Prolonging youth

Train your brain!

Ryuta Kawashima became widely known after the publication of the book “Train Your Brain: 60 Days to a Better Brain". More than two and a half million copies of the book have been sold, and the development of Nintendo has sold 19 million copies.

14.05.2015
Genetic engineering

Beef fat with omega-3 acids: not bad for a start

Of the 14 calves, 11 died due to infections and improper development of internal organs. If infections can be attributed to insufficiently careful care, then developmental abnormalities could be the result of genetic modification.

13.05.2015
Cellular technologies

Classified spermatozoa

The creation of sperm in a test tube was announced by representatives of the French company Kallistem. However, before the publication of the patent for its process (scheduled for June 23, 2015), the company refuses to disclose its details.

13.05.2015
Biomedicine

Stem cell proteins restore bone tissue

To restore bone tissue defects, it is enough to introduce a preparation of proteins synthesized by stem cells into the damage zone.

13.05.2015
Biomedicine

Monoclonal antibodies in oncology

They are called monoclonal because they are produced by clone cells derived from a single progenitor cell. Monoclonal antibodies differ not only in their target target, but also in the way they fight cancer cells.

13.05.2015
Biotechnologies - into life

Stem cells in a vortex

Koltsovskaya company "Center of Vortex Technologies" received five million rubles from Skolkovo to create a working model of a vortex bioreactor for growing stem cells.

13.05.2015
Genetics

Binge mutation

American geneticists have found out that the cause of binge drinking can be mutations and damage in the gene GIRK3, disabling which in the body of mice turned them into binge alcoholics.

12.05.2015
Biomedicine

A new generation of hemostatic agents for the army

Hemostatics based on chitosan will be produced, including in the form of powder – in case of injury in battle and heavy bleeding, they simply need to be sprinkled over the wound.

12.05.2015
Other life sciences

Watson continues to study to be an oncologist

Doctors "feed" Watson a lot of information, including "fingerprints" of the DNA of tumor cells, existing treatment methods, medical histories and other data relevant to the problem.

12.05.2015
Cellular technologies

Bioengineered eardrums: half the work done

In the near future, researchers will try to bring the acoustic properties of these artificial membranes to the maximum, after which they will be implanted into the ear of laboratory animals.

12.05.2015
Nanotechnology

Onion muscles

Taiwanese physicists have created unusual bio-organic artificial muscles, the "motor" of which are unexpectedly onion skin cells that can contract and stretch under the influence of electric current.

08.05.2015