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Note to the businessman

Personalized medicine and genomics at the International Economic Forum

The achievements of genomics will make medicine more personalized in the near future, but there are both scientific and economic obstacles on this path, according to the participants of the panel session "What's after the genome?", which took place on Friday as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

21.06.2010
Your health

"Viagra for ladies" is covered

As it turned out as a result of testing another "female Viagra", its effect does not differ from placebo, but causes significant side effects: depression, fainting, dizziness.

18.06.2010
Innovative Russia

Achilles and the Turtle of Russian Innovation

In the countries of catching up development, to which Russia belongs, innovation processes occur quite differently from those we are trying to catch up with.

18.06.2010
Biotechnologies - into life

Pharmaceuticals with a human face

A breakthrough is being prepared in the pharmaceutical market. Pharmaceutical companies, in parallel with the production of medicines, are beginning to develop the latest methods and diagnostics for the treatment of patients.

18.06.2010
Cellular technologies

Let's make a new liver out of the old one

Specialists at the Massachusetts General Hospital were able to transplant liver grown from healthy cells to rats. However, before that they had to clear the carcass of the old organ from the cells.

17.06.2010
New in Gerontology

How to increase life expectancy by a third?

Scientists have identified a set of genes, blocking which allows to increase the lifespan of worms by almost 30%. The most active of these genes, Ash-2, is responsible for the synthesis of a protein involved in histone methylation.

17.06.2010
Biomedicine

Cancer Treatment: waiting for a breakthrough

According to James Watson, a revolution in biology will occur in the field of cancer treatment. Here we can expect breakthrough results in the next five years.

17.06.2010
Grants and competitions

Science and Nanofantastics

Within the framework of the All–Russian competition "Science to Society", the journal "Russian Nanotechnologies" established the nomination "Nanofiction" for short stories and novellas in the genre of science fiction, the creation of which the authors were inspired by nanotechnology.

17.06.2010
Nanotechnology

Antibodies made of plastic

The surface of plastic nanoparticles created by molecular imprinting exactly matches the shape of the antigen molecule. Such "antibodies" can resist a wide range of diseases, including viral infections or allergies.

15.06.2010
Genetics

A thirty-dollar genome?

The new DNA sequencing technology, according to the developers of the microfluidic chip, will allow reading a personal genome, spending reagents for only 30 dollars

15.06.2010
Other life sciences

The test strip will determine the blood type and Rh factor

The analysis for blood type and Rh factor is usually carried out in the laboratory and takes a lot of time, and costs a lot too. A paper test does this almost instantly and costs less than 10 cents.

10.06.2010
Biomedicine

Antibodies for melanoma: details

The experimental preparation consisted of antibodies to proteins characteristic of the surface of melanoma cells. Antibodies interact with T-lymphocytes, stimulating the immune system to destroy malignant cells.

10.06.2010
Other life sciences

About small RNAs – for advanced dummies

Today, the study of small regulatory RNAs is one of the most rapidly developing areas of molecular biology. It was found that all short RNAs perform their functions based on a phenomenon called RNA interference.

09.06.2010
New in Gerontology

All about super–long-livers - in the book “Supercentenarians”

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research have analyzed the largest amount of information about super–long-livers - not only figures, but also details of the life of longevity record holders, their statements and advice. The result of the work was the book “Supercentenarians".

09.06.2010
Other life sciences

Keep the donated organs in a sacred drink!

The new multicomponent Somah solution will allow to keep donor organs ready for transplantation in a condition suitable for transplantation not for several hours, but up to 10 days.

09.06.2010