From March 16 to March 20, 2009, the Fifth Moscow International Congress "Biotechnology: State and Prospects of Development" and the VII International Specialized Exhibition "World of Biotechnology' 2009" were held in Moscow.
10.04.2009State medicine is turning into a "lazy monopoly", which even the care of some consumers does not force to change. The more doctors and places in hospitals in the region, the worse the health of the population. The state is going to pay not for the maintenance of beds, but for services performed within the framework of the compulsory health insurance system. But even this will not create incentives to improve the quality of patient care.
09.04.2009The analysis was carried out only in those areas of life sciences, the results of which have a pronounced applied value: bioinformatic, biocatalytic, biosynthetic and biosensory technologies, biomedical and veterinary technologies for life support and protection of humans and animals, genomic and postgenomic technologies for the creation of medicines, cellular technologies, bioengineering technologies, technologies for the creation of biocompatible materials.
09.04.2009About the development of methods for detecting gene doping – drugs that are not yet used as doping, but may be used in this capacity in the near future, and FAQ about doping in general.
08.04.2009The familiar term "healthy lifestyle" has appeared quite recently. Unfortunately, where it was invented – in Russia – the majority of the population does less to preserve their health than residents of countries with a much longer life expectancy.
08.04.2009If the genome of the papilloma virus is embedded in the cell chromosome, then in the presence of predisposing factors, the virus begins to multiply. The affected area turns into a papilloma, or wart. And if the virus belongs to a special subtype, then in ten years the affected cells may transform into a cancerous tumor.
08.04.2009The bones of mice lacking the CCR2 receptor are 40% less porous than those of "non-defective" mice, which leads to a 47% increase in strength. Moreover, this is achieved precisely by slowing down the work of osteoclasts, and not by accelerating the synthesis of new tissue. The near future will show whether this phenomenon will become the basis for the development of a new method of treating osteoporosis and preventing fractures.
08.04.2009The result of the work were two patented nanoantibodies. We continue to work — we want to further increase the activity of the obtained nanoantibodies: we optimize their structure, try to obtain their derivatives, try to improve the binding properties and effectiveness of action. We hope to approach and maybe surpass Avastin in terms of efficiency.
08.04.2009The development of nanomedicine is closely connected with the revolutionary achievements of genomics and proteomics, which allowed scientists to get closer to understanding the molecular foundations of diseases. There are 5 main areas of application of nanotechnology in medicine: delivery of active drugs, new methods and means of treatment at the nanometer level, in vivo diagnostics, in vitro diagnostics, medical implants.
07.04.2009Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with the Director General of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies A.B.Chubais.
07.04.2009The 2009 competition for medals of the Russian Academy of Sciences with prizes for young scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences, other institutions, organizations of Russia and for students of higher educational institutions for the best scientific works.
07.04.2009To create ideal conditions that ensure almost the same size of microbial colonies (the relative standard error is about 1%) or Poisson distribution for their number, a special "ordered seeding" technique and a "poissoner" device were invented. They are most popular with molecular geneticists who need accurate estimates of mutation rates, recombination, transformation, survival, etc.
06.04.2009In the film "Size Matters", famous Russian scientists fascinatingly tell what nanotechnology is and what nanotechnologists do.
06.04.2009The CATSPER1 protein is part of the ion channel that launches calcium ions into the cell. As a result, the tail of the sperm begins to beat with increased energy. In the absence of this protein, the sperm simply does not have the strength, speed and mobility to fertilize an egg. Smith and his colleagues propose to cause the same condition artificially by blocking calcium channels with the help of medications.
06.04.2009The database is designed to provide material for scientific research in the field of inheritance of various human qualities. Most of these studies are conducted using information about twins.
06.04.2009Time will tell what these two works will mean for humanity. Enthusiasts of artificial intelligence can say that scientists have shown its ability to compare with the intelligence of humans. Anthropocentrists will object that we are talking only about special cases and it is premature to put an equal sign.
06.04.2009The message published on April 1 in a variety of online publications about the "Grubber-2", of course, is a joke. Unfortunately, part of this joke is the bitter truth: the text, although composed by a living person, is so delusional that many readers believed that it was written by a computer, was published in a journal claiming to be scientific.
06.04.2009The corporate norms existing among doctors, as before, support the practice of informal payment. Payment in the form of gratitude, made on the initiative of the patients themselves, is recognized by the overwhelming majority of doctors as a fully justified material compensation for the labor they spend. Extortion of money from patients, that is, receiving payment at the insistence of a doctor, is almost universally condemned.
03.04.2009In order for Russians to be able to buy domestic generic drugs in pharmacies that are not inferior to imported analogues, the Russian pharmaceutical industry needs modern equipment and qualified personnel. If you translate this phrase into the language of economics, then by and large, nothing but huge investments are needed for domestic pharma. Moreover, money will have to be invested not only directly in the pharmaceutical industry, but also in science and education.
02.04.2009The list of senile eye diseases includes glaucoma, macular degeneration, various forms of retinopathy, cataracts, age–related hyperopia. Science knows that one of the reasons for such disorders is the accumulation of oxygen free radicals in the body. By neutralizing reactive oxygen species in the mitochondria of eye tissues, "Skulachev ions" restore vision.
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