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Genetic engineering

DNA synthesis was put on the conveyor

Potential buyers of serial synthetic DNA are industrial chemical and pharmaceutical companies, as well as academic institutions. This promises a gradual transfer to the industrial rails of not just biotechnologies, but their youngest part – synthetic biology.

06.10.2009
Biomedicine

Male contraception: just one shot

Most hormonal contraceptives are designed for women. The new contraceptive will be taken by men, and not in the form of pills, but in the form of injections twice a month.

06.10.2009
Cellular technologies

Stem cell banking: current issues

An international symposium "Topical issues of donor and personal storage of stem cells" was held in Moscow.

06.10.2009
Controversial

Is the study of stem cells moving there?

Biologist Arthur Lander believes that the search for a complex of molecular characteristics that are universal for all stem cells is an overly simplistic view that can direct the development of science in the wrong direction.

05.10.2009
Nanotechnology

Nanoparticles in medicine and pharmaceuticals

There are 5 main areas of application of nanotechnology in medicine and pharmaceuticals: drug delivery, new methods and treatments based on nanoparticles, in vivo and in vitro diagnostics, medical implants.

05.10.2009
Biotechnologies - into life

And maybe their own peptides...

Peptides are universal regulators of many processes occurring in our body, including stimulation or suppression of immunity. Vladislav Deigin applied these properties of peptides to the development of drugs.

02.10.2009
Healthy skepticism

The 2009 Nobel Prizes

On Thursday, October 1, the XIX ceremony of awarding the IgNobel Prize – the Shnobel (Ignobel) prizes took place at Harvard University.

02.10.2009
Various

Elderly Russia: how does the 30 millionth generation live?

The All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion presents data on what Russians think about the elderly, how, in the opinion of our fellow citizens, their rights are respected, whether the retirement age should be raised and what our compatriots expect to live in old age.

02.10.2009
New in Gerontology

Why do muscles age and how to deal with it

Researchers from the USA and Denmark have identified the main causes of muscle weakness in the elderly and have shown that the natural aging process of muscle tissue can be slowed down.

01.10.2009
Your health

Harmful "healthy" products

Grocery shopping sometimes turns into a detective investigation. In which of the bright packages is the next achievement of the chemical industry hidden, and where are useful and relatively natural products hidden?

30.09.2009
Your health

The dangers of losing weight

The secret of losing weight is simple to tears: spend more energy than you consume, and develop muscles so as not to look like a deflated balloon. But that's where different dangers lie in wait for us.

30.09.2009
Controversial

And now – immortality in 30 years...

Nano- and biotechnologies seem to be completely opposite, but they lead us to the same result – to a fundamental change in a person. The development of bioengineering can easily lead us to immortality...

30.09.2009
Nanotechnology

Prospects of nanotechnology

Nanomedicine and, more broadly, nanobiotechnology are the leading directions in the nanotechnology complex. Nanomedics and nanobiologists are expected to get rid of all diseases almost soon and invent a recipe for eternal youth.

29.09.2009
Nanotechnology

Nanoproducts: beware of fakes!

Manufacturers assign the brand "nanoproduct" even to those products that have nothing to do with nanotechnology or, conversely, hide that the composition of the product or its packaging includes nanoparticles with unconfirmed safety for humans and the environment.

29.09.2009
Genetics

Semen or Semenya: problems of choosing a sex

The activity with which the media were sucking up the issue of the gender of the South African runner Caster Semenya prompted The Scientist magazine to publish an article about the difficulties of sexual development.

29.09.2009
Grants and competitions

Competition of Russian innovations

The Russian Innovation Contest is your chance to get funding, attract attention to your project from investors and consumers, declare yourself, learn about other innovators, communicate with them and with members of the expert council.

29.09.2009