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Biotechnologies - into life

Innovations in life science: the "hot ten" of 2009

The Scientist magazine convened a jury of competent experts whose task was to select the ten best innovations that appeared on the market of devices and methods for conducting research in the field of life science in 2009.

16.12.2009
Biotechnologies - into life

Innovations in the field of life sciences-2009: No. 1

For the first time, Shen Ding and his colleagues induced pluripotency of fibroblasts in mouse embryos exclusively with the help of proteins, without using genetic modification methods.

16.12.2009
Biotechnologies - into life

Innovations in the field of life sciences-2009: No. 6

Olympus has introduced the world's first autonomous confocal microscope that allows you to create three-dimensional images, and an autonomous microscope that allows you to conduct fluorescent studies and work using the light field method.

16.12.2009
Biotechnologies - into life

Innovations in the field of life sciences-2009: No. 7

The genome is so large and messy that a complete analysis of the information causes great difficulties for specialists. HybSelect DNA microchips allow us to identify regions of the genome that play an important role in the development of a particular disease.

16.12.2009
Biotechnologies - into life

Innovations in the field of life sciences-2009: No. 8

The XF96 analyzer allows for 35-90 minutes to measure not only oxygen consumption (an indicator of mitochondrial respiration activity), but also the level of extracellular acidification, which is a side effect of glycolysis.

16.12.2009
Biotechnologies - into life

Innovations in the field of life sciences-2009: No. 9

The gene expression resulting from the use of the system described in the September issue of the journal PLoS ONE is more than 10 times higher than the expression obtained using traditional approaches.

16.12.2009
Biotechnologies - into life

Life Sciences in 2009

Calendar of the most important events that have influenced the state of the life sciences industry (life science).

16.12.2009
Other life sciences

Photosensitive enzyme

Russian biochemists have learned to control the function of proteins with the help of light. Such "programming" of the action of enzymes opens up opportunities for regulating a wide range of cellular processes in a living organism.

15.12.2009
Other life sciences

A brain implant will get rid of epileptic seizures

Scientists from Neuropace have developed a brain implant capable of predicting and preventing the onset of seizures in people suffering from epilepsy attacks that are not amenable to medical treatment.

15.12.2009
New in Gerontology

Prolonging life and protecting against Alzheimer's disease

Life expectancy in mice with reduced activity of the IGF-1-mediated signaling mechanism increased by 35%. And, despite the brains clogged with amyloid plaques, they did not show symptoms of Alzheimer's disease until old age.

15.12.2009
Other life sciences

Brain-computer interface: wireless speech synthesizer

Many projects in the field of brain-computer interfaces are aimed at enabling the paralyzed to communicate using a speech synthesizer. The new wireless implant is completely hidden in the patient's head.

15.12.2009
Nanotechnology

Oncology: High hopes for tiny particles

Nanotechnology opens up new opportunities for targeted delivery of cancer drugs – in particular, in the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

14.12.2009
Genetic engineering

Rainbow in a pot

The scatalog is a visual demonstration of the possibilities of synthetic biology: Esherihia chromi genetically modified E. coli changes color depending on the amount of toxin contained in the medium.

14.12.2009