Genetics
Diseases inherited from Mom
Do women inherit health from their mothers? How important is the role of genes in a variety of ailments, from obesity to breast cancer, and how much do they depend on lifestyle?
28.04.2011- English version
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Innovative Russia
Innovation – "green corridor"
A year ago, A.B. Chubais raised the topic of the "green corridor" in legislation for the development of innovations and nanotechnologies in Russia. Rusnano has been actively engaged in this corridor all year. And what progress?
28.04.2011
Genetics
A fictional gene
Most likely, the "rage gene" can be put with a clear conscience in the same glorious line in which the "homosexuality gene", the "faith gene", the "high IQ gene", the "alcoholism gene", the "gambling gene" and the "liberalism gene" are already located.
28.04.2011
Various
Osteoporosis: we will expand and deepen the diagnosis, prevention and treatment!
The conference participants decided to develop a standard for the treatment of patients with hip fractures, implement an algorithm for the actions of a doctor in case of suspected osteoporosis and an increased risk of falls, as well as widely use available methods for diagnosing osteoporosis.
28.04.2011
Other life sciences
Primates have fun to drink: we can't be without it
A long-term study of monkeys stealing cocktails from bars of Caribbean resorts has shown that the alcoholic preferences of animals are no different from human ones.
27.04.2011
Innovative Russia
Cut a window into the big farm
"St. Petersburg has everything for the formation of a pharmacological cluster: both experience and conditions," said the head of the city Valentina Matvienko.
26.04.2011
Innovative Russia
Innovative business: three sides of the coin
The conference "Scientific, Technological and Business expertise of projects: three sides of the same coin" was held at the St. Petersburg Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences on April 25, 2011. We sat, talked, and dispersed...
26.04.2011
Genetics
Human genome: ENCODE will help you understand what you read
Decoding the human genome without interpretation is just a huge pile of letters. One of the main tasks of the ENCODE project is to search for DNA elements that control gene expression.
26.04.2011
Controversial
Radio–transmitting bacteria?
Electromagnetic low–frequency radiation of bacteria is a topic that has been balancing between mysticism and science for a long time. But a group of biophysicists from the USA managed to offer a plausible way in which bacteria can broadcast their own "radio".
25.04.2011
Various
Ten ideas that will define our future
Much of the above looks quite feasible. We will live to see if the earliest of the forecasts are fulfilled. And predicting the future for 100 years ahead – well, it's not harmful to dream...
25.04.2011
Healthy skepticism
Nobel Prizes in Life Sciences: 1991-2010
Review of the Nobel Prizes awarded over the years in the field of medicine, health and psychology.
25.04.2011
Nanotechnology
A new word in drug delivery and gene therapy: DNXomes
Nanoparticles capable of delivering drugs and small interfering RNAs to cells to suppress gene expression were called DNXOMES, because their building blocks are short chains of synthetic DNA.
25.04.2011
Biomedicine
Delivery of drugs in microcapsules from the customer's cells
Packaging of medicines in containers with a diameter of 1-2 microns, obtained from the membranes of the patient's own cells, will allow for targeted delivery of drugs and "deceive" the immune and excretory systems.
25.04.2011
Other life sciences
Another mechanism of immortality: alternative telomere lengthening
In addition to telomerase, there is another mechanism of immortality that tumor cells use – alternative telomere elongation using homologous recombination of chromosomes.
25.04.2011
Nanotechnology
Destroy cancer cells: silicon nanoparticles are more effective than liposomes
Combining nanotechnological methods with the results of medical research, American scientists have developed an effective strategy for using nanoparticles to destroy cancer cells.
22.04.2011
Note to the businessman
How to get money from an angel?
A startup, if possible, is better to borrow money from friends. And if it doesn't work out in any way – be friends with the angels, but first study their habits.
22.04.2011
Various
How to treat the healthcare system?
A titanic task in its complexity – how to make health protection adequate to the challenges of our time without undermining its foundations – is also facing prosperous countries. In Russia, this is even worse...
22.04.2011
Note to the businessman
It is necessary to sell marijuana beautifully
The SPARC medical marijuana store in San Francisco has won the annual award of the American Architectural Institute.
22.04.2011
Other life sciences
RNA interference: improved method of reversible gene shutdown
One way to study the function of a gene is to turn it off. However, if a gene is important for survival, it will kill the organism before its function is determined. CSHL scientists have overcome this obstacle with the help of reversible RNA interference technology
21.04.2011
Nanotechnology
Nanobiochips will become the basis of medicine of the future
The electronic detection principle allows a miniature nanobiochip to process information coming through tens of thousands of channels in parallel with record sensitivity at the femtomole level.
21.04.2011