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Exhibitions and conferences

Russian Startup Tour 2014

The rich program of the Russian Startup Tour 2014 was developed taking into account the specifics of each specific region and includes, in addition to presentations, business games, seminars, consultations of leading coaches.

01.11.2013
Cellular technologies

Progenitor cells against multiple sclerosis

With the help of stem cells isolated from the skin of mice, scientists managed to reduce the severity of damage to the nervous system in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis.

31.10.2013
Your health

Traffic light in the cafeteria

The use of color markings – as in traffic lights – to indicate healthy and more harmful foods increases sales of healthy products and reduces sales of less valuable ones.

31.10.2013
Biomedicine

Immunosuppressant against immunodeficiency

A type of congenital immunodeficiency caused by a rare mutation can be cured with rapamycin, an immunosuppressant, which 3 years ago became famous all over the world as a "pill for old age".

30.10.2013
Genetic engineering

Will gene therapy help sickle cell anemia patients?

A group of researchers from the Department of Pediatric Oncology at the Dana-Farber Institute (Boston, USA) has discovered a new potential target for the gene therapy of sickle cell anemia.

30.10.2013
Other life sciences

Taking anabolic steroids will be remembered for years

In the muscles of people who have taken anabolics for a short time, a cellular memory mechanism is formed, and even short-term exposure to anabolic steroids can affect the process of building muscle mass for years.

30.10.2013
Biotechnologies - into life

Breast milk will help cure cancer

Preclinical trials of an antitumor drug based on lactaptin, one of the proteins of breast milk, have been completed in Novosibirsk.

30.10.2013
Innovative Russia

Skolkovo was caught in sawing and kickbacks

The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation implements a set of measures to compensate for damage and eliminate violations of the law during the implementation of the project to create the Skolkovo Innovation Center.

30.10.2013
Biomedicine

Antibody fragments help with Alzheimer's disease

Five days after a single intraperitoneal injection, the animals showed improved memory and learning ability as a result of a decrease in the number of toxic aggregates in brain tissue and an increase in the number of neurons.

30.10.2013
Healthy skepticism

Three myths about cancer

Experts from the cancer center of the Houston Methodist Clinic refute common misconceptions about malignant tumors.

29.10.2013
Cellular technologies

Gene therapy of skull injury

A genetic supplement developed by Russian scientists improves the restoration of skull defects.

29.10.2013
Your health

The optimal age of childbearing is a relative concept

Half a century ago, a 25-year-old girl was called an old-born, and nowadays women at 30 are just starting to think about children. Modern medicine works wonders... but are they always justified?

29.10.2013
Various

Support biomedicine!

The possibilities of biomedicine, including personalized medicine, problems and prospects of its development in Russia were discussed by the participants of the round table "Support for biomedicine today – a breakthrough in healthcare tomorrow".

29.10.2013
Bioethics

WHO against human trafficking

The shortage of healthy organs for transplantation leads to the phenomenon of "transplant tourism". The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Trafficking Joy Ngozi Ezeilo warned the General Assembly about this on Friday.

29.10.2013