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Grants and competitions

Recruitment of students to Pushchinsky training center of molecular biology

The students who have passed the competition will be seconded to the Training Center for specialization in molecular biology with the continuation of their studies at their main university according to an individual curriculum.

20.04.2015

Innovative Russia

A toy for an old lady

The spherical robot of the company "Lexi" can brighten up the life of lonely pensioners. Talk to him about the weather, find out news and stories about scientific discoveries, play chess, cities or sea battle.

20.04.2015

Nanotechnology

Turbulence vs. Cancer

The method developed by scientists under the guidance of a professor at Moscow State University will help to effectively diagnose oncological and infectious diseases and contribute to the development of synthetic chemistry.

20.04.2015

Controversial

Breakfast with Ray Kurzweil

Over a specially prepared breakfast, the inventor and futurist talks about his plans to live forever.

20.04.2015

Genetics

Alzheimer's disease and cardiovascular diseases

An international team of researchers has demonstrated a partial coincidence between the genetic variants associated with Alzheimer's disease and two significant risk factors for the development of diseases of the cardiovascular system.

20.04.2015

Various

Hairware – a curl for controlling electronic devices

Together with an artificial curl, a miniature Hairware device is attached to the head, which reacts to touches and, depending on their number and the program laid down, can turn on a TV and other household appliances.

17.04.2015

Other life sciences

Diagnostics using a smartphone: details

The new molecular diagnostic system is probably one of the simplest, fastest, cheapest and at the same time working systems that can be imagined.

17.04.2015

Various

Where to push the boundary of old age?

Scientists from the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) argue that old age should be determined not by absolute age, but by how much (on average in the country) a person has left to live.

17.04.2015

Cellular technologies

Adipose tissue cells relieve the symptoms of osteoarthritis

The introduction of autologous (own) cells of the stromal-vascular fraction of adipose tissue into the affected joint provides a marked improvement in the symptoms of degenerative osteoarthritis.

17.04.2015

Genetics

Evolution from the Negro to the Dutchman

Two recent studies touch on the problem of natural selection among Homo sapiens, which I would really like to believe in, even if it is politically incorrect.

17.04.2015

Cellular technologies

The heart in the web

A substrate of genetically engineered fibers of the protein spidroin, which spider threads consist of, turned out to be the best basis for growing cells from heart tissues, scientists from MIPT write in an article published in the journal PLOS ONE.

17.04.2015

Other life sciences

Precision medicine – state support

The aim of the project is to develop approaches to the treatment of patients taking into account information from their medical history, genetic predispositions, economic and social status.

16.04.2015

Note to the businessman

How the Russian venture lives

Alexey Solovyov, Managing Director of the venture fund Prostor Capital – about the state of venture business in Russia, prospects and tools for its development.

16.04.2015

Other life sciences

Who produces a neurotransmitter in the intestine?

A group of about 20 species of spore-forming bacteria is responsible for the production of serotonin by the intestinal microflora.

16.04.2015

Biomedicine

Promising drug against multiple sclerosis: new successes

In a phase 2 clinical trial, the experimental drug anti-LINGO-1 for the treatment of multiple sclerosis demonstrated the ability to restore myelin, the protective sheath of nerve fibers that is destroyed in this disease.

16.04.2015

Other life sciences

Smartphones will be able to diagnose cancer and papillomavirus

Researchers have created a special device that attaches to a smartphone camera and detects traces of cancer or papillomavirus in the tissues of the human body for 45 minutes and for less than $ 2.

15.04.2015

Healthy skepticism

Genetically modified Chinese cubs are another "duck"

In the foreseeable future, we can only talk about genetic selection, and not about purposeful modification of embryonic DNA. Thus, reports of Chinese scientists who have "started creating genetically modified ideal children" are very far from reality.

15.04.2015

Nanotechnology

High-speed delivery of bulky cargo to cages

The new device allows nanoparticles, enzymes, antibodies, bacteria and other "bulky cargo" to be delivered inside mammalian cells at a rate of up to 100,000 cells per minute.

15.04.2015

Biomedicine

RNA interference - great hopes in the fight against hemophilia

Experiments on mice and primates have shown that subcutaneous administration of the experimental drug ALN-AT3 provides dose-dependent prolonged inactivation of antithrombin, contributing to the normalization of blood clotting processes.

15.04.2015

Nanotechnology

Find a needle in a haystack

Researchers from China have developed silicon chips doped with silver nanoparticles that can quickly identify various pathogens in quantities amounting to several hundred bacterial cells per milliliter of blood.

15.04.2015