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Innovative Russia

Science and Innovation in Russia: a heartbreaking sight

In the field of science and innovation in Russia, depressing stagnation has been observed for decades. Periodically there are attempts to understand the reasons for such a failure, but they are closed, fragmentary and do not have a sufficient factual basis due to the fragmentation of the expert community itself. The report "Innovative development – the basis of modernization of the Russian economy" was published recently.

21.04.2009
Other life sciences

Laser instead of scalpel

According to scientists, the surgical instrument of the future – the femtosecond laser, which Russian physicists and ophthalmologists are working on now, is already on the way. It's just right to call it the perfect scalpel. After all, he is able to work where it is necessary, without damaging the tissues located outside.

20.04.2009
Healthy skepticism

Predisposition to diseases by gene analysis: do not exaggerate!

Leading researchers in the field of the human genome admit that they managed to barely open the door to the boundless space of the human genome. And what they saw there convinced them that their hopes that they would be able to find the genes responsible for this or that disease were naive. The causes of most diseases are much more complex.

20.04.2009
Healthy skepticism

HIV vaccine: the prognosis is disappointing

An effective vaccine against HIV infection may never be created. New, non-standard ideas are needed to defeat this disease. But government agencies and private foundations – not to mention commercial companies – are ready to allocate funds not for the development of fundamental ideas, but for the creation of specific drugs in a financially plausible timeframe.

20.04.2009
Exhibitions and conferences

III Moscow Venture Forum

The main purpose of the III Moscow Venture Forum is to help entrepreneurs in the conditions of the financial crisis to understand the sources of obtaining funds for the implementation of their innovative projects and to orient them in the variety of opportunities for obtaining financing.

20.04.2009
Other life sciences

What is evidence-based medicine?

Evidence-based medicine postulates that a drug, a method of treatment, a diagnostic method can be used only when it has proven its feasibility. One of the main principles of evidence–based medicine is the so-called "blinding" of research. At the same time, neither the patient himself, nor the doctor, nor the statistician who calculates the result, do not know what the patient receives: a drug or a placebo.

17.04.2009
Grants and competitions

The Academic Mobility Competition continues

The Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation continues accepting applications for travel grants for students, postgraduates and young teachers of the Siberian, Ural and Far Eastern Federal Districts.

17.04.2009
Grants and competitions

Life Sciences: contest of popular articles

Scientists who want to try themselves in journalism are invited to participate; experienced popularizers; professional journalists and anyone interested in living systems. The contest entries will be evaluated by renowned biologists and scientific journalists, and the winners will receive cash prizes.

16.04.2009
Exhibitions and conferences

Nanobiotechnology, nanostructures, nanomaterials, velvet season…

From September 25 to October 6, 2009, the XXI symposium "Modern Chemical Physics" will be held in the Mayak boarding house (Tuapse). The symposium will include a school-conference for young scientists "Chemical Physics for nanobiotechnology" and the II Youth Conference "Physics and Chemistry of Nanoclusters, nanostructures and Nanomaterials".

16.04.2009
New in Gerontology

Alzheimer's disease: early diagnosis and treatment prospects

Measuring the level of beta-amyloid protein and tau protein in the cerebrospinal fluid allows you to accurately predict the likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease. And as a result of taking an experimental drug, the SAP protein disappeared in the brain of patients, which, according to doctors, is one of the causes of Alzheimer's disease: it protects amyloid plaques from recognition by the immune system.

16.04.2009
Cellular technologies

Myths and Truth about Stem Cells

There are many charlatans in Russia, including those who do not specifically indicate what kind of stem cells they use. Or they are called incorrectly: they take cells from abortive material and call them embryonic. But, believe me, there is nothing in common between them and ESK. And such "doctors" are no better than spellcasters, and they fool people well, especially in cosmetology.

15.04.2009
Innovative Russia

Introduction of scientific developments: the top do not want, the bottom can not

The variant of the procedure for transferring rights to the results of scientific and technical activities to development organizations, proposed by the Ministry of Finance, imposed such encumbrances on those who would like to get ownership of the rights to the results of scientific and technical activities, which is "easier to shoot yourself." And the fact that the assignment of rights to performers has been declared does not mean anything yet.

15.04.2009
Biotechnologies - into life

Does Russia not need biosensors?

In the field of biosensors, the Laboratory of Electrochemical Methods of Moscow State University occupies a leading position at the world level. These devices are significantly superior in their capabilities to foreign analogues, and they can be used almost everywhere: from medicine to industrial ecology. But cheap, simple and selective analyses that can be carried out using biosensors are still underestimated in Russia.

15.04.2009
Genetics

Replacing one nucleotide increases fertility

One of the polymorphisms in the cystic fibrosis gene is a single nucleotide replacement in the DNA sequence, as a result of which alternative amino acids - either valine or methionine – appear in a certain position in the synthesized protein. The presence of valine correlates with a relatively larger number of children than the population average.

15.04.2009
Healthy skepticism

Foreign bodies in..

Foreign bodies fall far not only into the respiratory tract. In fact, they can get into any organ and any tissue of the body. Here are some illustrative examples.

15.04.2009
Note to the businessman

Pharmaceutical company invites you to work

The pharmaceutical industry is one of the few growing during the crisis. Currently, recruitment is mainly conducted by Western companies, especially the need for personnel is experienced by fast-growing and promising areas, such as biotechnology and the generic market. Marketers, sellers and registrars of new drugs are required there.

15.04.2009
Healthy skepticism

Two stripes are not halal!

In the express test for "pure halal", one color strip should appear on the paper. This will mean that there are no pork proteins in the product. If two strips appear, then a Muslim cannot eat the product, and the manufacturer, who indicated that the meat is halal, has every chance of losing his license and being forever branded with shame by fellow believers.

14.04.2009
Other life sciences

MSU Interfacult Project: Human Institute

The Institute of Man is rather a virtual education, an intellectual club that will unite the efforts of all faculties of Moscow State University, directly or indirectly studying man.

13.04.2009