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Other life sciences

Optoelectronic retina without batteries

To create an artificial retina, scientists decided to use solar cells activated by an infrared ray, which made it possible to combine the transmission of visual information with the transmission of energy and simplify the device of the implant.

14.05.2012
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy against hearing loss

A good result has so far been achieved only in mice no older than two weeks. But the results obtained confirm the possibility of gene therapy for sensorineural hearing loss – hearing loss caused by a violation of the functions of hair cells.

14.05.2012
Various

Patch-heart monitor

A disposable device resembling a patch measuring 5 by 13 cm, slightly more than 10 mm thick and weighing 34 g, can continuously record an ECG for two weeks.

14.05.2012
Your health

Subtleties of wine treatment

"Drinking wine is just as harmful as taking poison," wrote the Roman philosopher Seneca. However, the difference between the drug and the poison is only in the dose. This rule fully applies to the "milk of Venus", as wine was called in antiquity.

12.05.2012
Genetics

Grandmothers saved us from breast cancer

The "breast cancer genes" BRCA1 and BRCA2 increase women's fertility by one and a half times, and without restraining factors, breast cancer would become a universal phenomenon. But without the care of a grandmother who died of cancer, the child was less likely to survive and pass the mutation to the next generation.

11.05.2012
Grants and competitions

Competition of innovative projects of St. Petersburg

The St. Petersburg Committee for Science and Higher Education announces in 2012 a competition for the best innovative projects in the field of science and higher professional education.

11.05.2012
Nanotechnology

Cyborg cells

The full title of the review article by the staff of the Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology of KFU, published in the prestigious journal Chemical Society Reviews, reads as follows: "Cyborg cells: functionalization of living cells using polymers and nanomaterials."

10.05.2012
Note to the businessman

Problem area

Residents of the St. Petersburg special economic zone, created 5 years ago, still cannot take advantage of the preferences provided by a residence permit in it.

10.05.2012
Grants and competitions

Rusnanoprize-2012: apply!

This year, the theme of the largest international award in the field of nanotechnology is medicine, pharmacology and biotechnology.

10.05.2012
Biomedicine

How to incite T-lymphocytes on a tumor?

Modified T-cell receptors can selectively bind to tumor cells, marking them for destruction by T-lymphocytes, normally reacting to microorganisms, and not to cancer cells.

10.05.2012
Grants and competitions

Hurry up to the workshops in Cold Spring Harbor and EMBO!

Dynasty grants for participation in practical courses at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the European Molecular Biology Organization will be awarded to 10 biologists who were the first to pass the competition.

05.05.2012
Biomedicine

Epigenetics will detect breast cancer years before the onset of the disease

The authors of the technique hope that this is only the beginning of understanding the contribution of epigenetics to the development of breast cancer, and in the coming years they expect to find many more examples of the effect of gene modification on the risk of developing various diseases.

05.05.2012
Nanotechnology

Bandages and plasters, soluble without sediment

Unlike conventional patches and dressings made of starch nanofibers do not require peeling, they decompose directly on the skin and turn into glucose absorbed by the body.

05.05.2012
Other life sciences

Electronic retinas are being improved

A year ago, a great achievement was the "electronic retina" at 60 pixels. The newest electronic chips with a size of 3 sq.mm already contain 1.5 thousand photosensitive photodiodes.

05.05.2012
Prolonging youth

The hematopoietic system can be rejuvenated

Pharmacological rejuvenation of hematopoietic stem cells will help to combat age-related decline in immunity and, possibly, other age-related problems.

04.05.2012