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.
19.03.2010Japanese 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.
19.03.2010Genetic 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.
19.03.2010Observations 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.
19.03.2010The 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.
19.03.2010Biosensors based on microchips, suitable for permanent wear and even implantation, promise revolutionary changes in medicine.
18.03.2010Biopharmaceuticals is one of the most risky business areas in the investment aspect of the modern economy. Nevertheless, the production of biological products is developing at a faster pace relative to the biopharmaceutical market as a whole.
18.03.2010The 2nd International Congress-Exhibition "EurasiaBio-2010" will be held on April 12-15, 2010.
18.03.2010Competition of works for the prizes of the Government of the Russian Federation in 2010 in the field of science and technology for young scientists.
18.03.2010Smoking is harmful in every way. Except for one thing: the longer the smoking experience (regardless of the number of cigarettes smoked daily), the less likely it is to get Parkinsonism.
18.03.2010A 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.
18.03.2010The X chromosome contains some information that affects the level of blood pressure regardless of the hormonal background, the role of which in the development of hypertension is a proven fact.
17.03.2010Mice 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.
17.03.2010The competition of youth innovative projects for the highest award in the field of innovation – the Zvorykin Prize in 2010 was launched.
17.03.2010IBH RAS employees have created self-assembling nanoparticles that independently find cancer cells in the body, stain them, allowing the tumor to be localized, and destroy the affected cells under the influence of an external magnetic field.
16.03.2010Comparison of genomes of different breeds of domestic chickens and their wild ancestor, analysis of the transcriptome of Helicobacter pylori and genetics of food allergy.
16.03.2010Erectile dysfunction is a prognostic factor of an increased risk of mortality from any causes and, in particular, from cardiovascular diseases.
16.03.2010L'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.
16.03.2010Identification 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.
16.03.2010Gerontology 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.
15.03.2010The leaders of the Russian healthcare plan to introduce an amendment to the draft law "On the circulation of medicines" prohibiting the sale of biologically active additives in pharmacies. The pros and cons, it seems, will be equally.
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