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Your health

Cell therapy of neurodegenerative diseases

With proper methodology and compliance with selection criteria, cell therapy is an effective and safe way to treat neurodegenerative diseases, in particular, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.

20.01.2011
Other life sciences

A pill on a magnet

A gelatin capsule with a magnet inside will be able to release medicinal substances where they are best absorbed without damaging the intestinal wall.

19.01.2011
Biomedicine

Heart attack treatment: liposomes call for help

Researchers from Israel have proposed a fundamentally new strategy for the treatment of a heart attack: to activate the immune system with the help of liposomes carrying a molecular label characteristic of dying cells.

19.01.2011
Grants and competitions

The Fifth Internet Olympiad in Nanotechnology

Schoolchildren of grades 7-11, teachers, teachers, as well as students, postgraduates, and young scientists can take part in the V Internet Olympiad on Nanotechnology.

17.01.2011
Exhibitions and conferences

Bioindustry-2011

We invite you to take part in the International Exhibition and Conference "Bioindustry" (St. Petersburg, May 17-19, 2011).

17.01.2011
Your health

Gene analysis: passed and forgot

The vast majority of people who have undergone gene analysis for predisposition to various diseases ignore the recommendations received for their prevention and early detection.

17.01.2011
Biomedicine

Remove the second chin with one injection?

Phase I and II clinical studies have shown that injections of ATX-101 (sodium deoxycholate) into adipose tissue they are able to reduce the volume of fat deposits without significant side effects. Let's wait for the end of phase III…

14.01.2011
Genetic engineering

Genetically modified chickens could stop bird flu

Scientists have developed a genetically modified line of chickens that can prevent the spread of avian flu. Unfortunately, both consumers and licensing authorities are afraid of transgenics in food.

14.01.2011
Cellular technologies

Capillaries for tissue engineering

Scientists at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have solved one of the main problems of tissue engineering. They have found a way to grow blood vessels, including capillaries, necessary to maintain tissue life.

14.01.2011
Other life sciences

Cancer stem cells and the guardian of the genome

The p53 oncosuppressor gene, known as the "guardian of the genome," not only prevents cancer-causing mutations, but also prevents cancer cells from transitioning to a more aggressive state, close to the state of stem cells.

14.01.2011
Cellular technologies

Stem cells instead of donor liver

Transplantation of bone marrow stem cells improved the condition of 48 patients for whom doctors did not find a donor liver for transplantation.

14.01.2011
Innovative Russia

We will exceed the state plan for innovation!

The positive of the program "Strategy of innovative development of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2020" is off the scale so much that it becomes creepy from our near innovative future.

13.01.2011
Biomedicine

Personal exomics

The method of sequencing not the entire genome of a patient, but only exons – sections of DNA encoding sequences of amino acids in proteins – has recently entered clinical practice, but already demonstrates brilliant results.

13.01.2011