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Genetic engineering

Mosquitoes – carriers of the vaccine

Japanese scientists with the help of genetic engineering have turned mosquitoes from carriers of a dangerous tropical disease into live syringes with a vaccine against leishmaniasis.

19.03.2010
Biotechnologies - into life

Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoeconomics

Genetic testing for warfarin tolerance costs about $250, and a monthly course of treatment costs less than $ 6. But a decrease in the number of hospitalizations due to an overdose of an anticoagulant repeatedly recoups the cost of testing.

19.03.2010
Prolonging youth

Do you want to get younger? Simulate pregnancy!

Observations of the restoration of a partially removed liver in pregnant mice led to the discovery of a mechanism that may allow the development of a method of rejuvenation not only of the liver, and not only in mice.

19.03.2010
Grants and competitions

Side effects of drugs: a review contest

The topic of the competition: liver damage in drug therapy. The work should be presented in the form of a review that systematically summarizes the fullness of knowledge on the problem under consideration in the light of the highest quality research.

19.03.2010
Other life sciences

Microchips are the future of medicine

Biosensors based on microchips, suitable for permanent wear and even implantation, promise revolutionary changes in medicine.

18.03.2010
Grants and competitions

Russian Government Awards for Young Scientists

Competition of works for the prizes of the Government of the Russian Federation in 2010 in the field of science and technology for young scientists.

18.03.2010
Other life sciences

Find the culprit by microbe prints?

A smear from the surface of the skin contains at least 100 times more bacterial DNA than human DNA. At the same time, the personal composition of the types of microbes is a characteristic no less unique than fingerprints.

18.03.2010
Biomedicine

Organ regeneration: disable the p21 gene

Mice with the inactive p21 gene are not able to grow an entire limb, but their damaged fingers are restored, and wounds heal much faster than in ordinary mice.

17.03.2010
Grants and competitions

Zvorykin Prize for Young Innovators

The competition of youth innovative projects for the highest award in the field of innovation – the Zvorykin Prize in 2010 was launched.

17.03.2010
Grants and competitions

L'Oreal – for women in science

L'Oreal Russia appoints 10 scholarships for female scientists, candidates of sciences under the age of 35, working in Russian institutes and universities in the following disciplines: physics, chemistry, medicine and biology.

16.03.2010
Genetic engineering

The most important secret of the opium poppy has been solved

Identification of two opium poppy genes will allow scientists to create genetically modified plants and microorganisms that will significantly reduce the cost of production of codeine and other opiates in the future.

16.03.2010
Healthy skepticism

Centenarians without certificates

Gerontology Research Group keeps records and researches people over 110 years old. There are 300-450 such people in the world, but only 75 are included in the GRG database – those whose birth certificates do not cause any doubts.

15.03.2010