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Biomedicine

A vaccine against heroin addiction has been created

In response to the introduction of the "dynamic vaccine", antibodies against heroin and its derivatives began to be synthesized in the body. As a result, four out of seven experimental drug addicts voluntarily and without additional treatment refused heroin.

22.07.2011
Your health

Sunscreen? Better a hat and an awning!

Staying in the shade and wearing hats and closed clothes protects the skin from burns and possible development of skin cancer much more reliably than widely advertised sunscreens.

21.07.2011
Other life sciences

If you want to be a father...

Half of the men have one defective copy of the DEF126 gene, a quarter have both, and their sperm cannot reach the egg. With all the consequences. And it's better not to read about what smoking, even passive smoking, does to sperm…

21.07.2011
Genetics

Moore 's Genome

The personal genome of Gordon Moore, one of the founders of Intel and the author of the famous Moore's law on the rate of increase in the number of transistors on a chip, was sequenced using thousands of chips with 1.2 million tiny holes on each.

21.07.2011
Exhibitions and conferences

Patents'2011

The second All-Russian practical conference "Patents'2011" will be held on October 7, 2011 in the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (6 Ilyinka St., Moscow).

21.07.2011
Note to the businessman

Buy BigFarma shares!

Shares of Big Pharma players are always popular with investors who consider such an investment as one of the reliable ways to get a stable income and increase the cost of capital.

20.07.2011
Biomedicine

Are you afraid of Alzheimer's? Chew grape seeds!

After treatment of mice with an Alzheimer's disease model with polyphenols isolated from grape seeds, the content of the beta-amyloid peptide oligomer in their brains decreased significantly.

18.07.2011
Genetic engineering

Editing genomes

The technology of replacing some codons in the genome with others in the future will allow us to create organisms with a genetic code that differs from the existing one and completely new properties.

18.07.2011
Cellular technologies

Mouse-mouse, here's a tooth for you!

Researchers at the University of Tokyo managed to grow full-fledged teeth with dental bones and connective fibers from mouse stem cells and successfully transplant them into the jaws of animals.

15.07.2011
Cellular technologies

Transcriptome-induced phenotype remodeling

Such a difficult name was given to the method of direct reprogramming of cells without the creation of induced pluripotent stem cells and their transformation into target cells and without the use of various growth factors.

14.07.2011
Cellular technologies

If only the human liver…

With the help of capsules with human liver tissue implanted in laboratory mice, it will be possible to study the effects of new drugs on the liver, which was previously impossible due to the different reactions of mice and humans to chemical compounds.

14.07.2011
Nanotechnology

Nanotowars with four letters

According to the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, nanoindustry goods and services are divided into four categories: "A", "B", "C" and "D".

14.07.2011