Innovations

Innovative Russia

Aptamers for cancer diagnosis

The topic of the project of researchers from Krasnoyarsk is "Development of multiplex electrochemical sensor systems based on noble metal nanoparticles and DNA aptamers for the diagnosis of lung cancer".

05.06.2015

Note to the businessman

Invest rubles in iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology

In the near future, according to experts, the shares of many biotech companies are expected to grow. Investments in the new fund can serve as insurance against the devaluation of the ruble and a form of currency diversification.

02.06.2015

Note to the businessman

Innovation market: changing priorities

Life sciences – biotechnologies, medicine and healthcare – are increasingly winning the palm in innovation from the high-tech sector.

02.06.2015

Biotechnologies - into life

Unique Russian development will be sold in the USA

The Russian company Semiotic and GlycoTech Corporation (USA) have signed a 5–year agreement on the distribution in North America of a unique Russian development - a research carbohydrate microchip (glycochip) for the quantitative determination of glycan-binding proteins.

27.05.2015

Innovative Russia

Union of Four

Four regional biopharmaceuticals have merged into the Siberian Biotechnological Initiative in the hope of receiving federal support. However, the sources of funding have not yet been determined.

21.05.2015

Note to the businessman

Scalpel with nanocoating is looking for investors

The essence of the idea is to apply a diamond-like coating on the edge of the blade of a surgical scalpel. The application of such a coating makes medical instruments several times better than existing samples.

20.05.2015

Biotechnologies - into life

Microbes against cracks in concrete – on sale soon

Dutch inventors have developed self-healing concrete, cracks in which are automatically overgrown thanks to special bacteria.

19.05.2015

Note to the businessman

Russian Venture Capital Market

2014 was the last year when investors in the Russian venture capital market showed any noticeable optimism regarding investments in domestic startups.

14.05.2015

Biotechnologies - into life

Stem cells in a vortex

Koltsovskaya company "Center of Vortex Technologies" received five million rubles from Skolkovo to create a working model of a vortex bioreactor for growing stem cells.

13.05.2015

Note to the businessman

How to make the production of antibiotics interesting for the pharmaceutical industry?

John Rex, Senior Vice President and Head of the Infectious Diseases Department at AstraZeneca, spoke about the current situation on the global antibiotic market, the difficulties of launching new drugs and the expectations of pharmaceutical manufacturers.

05.05.2015

Note to the businessman

IVAO – social network about biotechnologies, pharmaceuticals and medicine

IVAO is simply an unrealistically large project: both in terms of capabilities and in terms of content volumes. A social network and a tool for finding an investor. The best knowledge base about innovative medicine in Runet and detailed market analytics.

30.04.2015

Innovative Russia

Biotech startups have started to appear in Russia

Russia today accounts for only a tenth of a percent of the global biotechnology market. However, the situation is beginning to change.

28.04.2015

Biotechnologies - into life

Is it difficult to sell something that has almost no analogues in the world?

Ivan Afanasov, the creator of a dissolving patch based on chitosan, founded his company a year ago. In November 2014, Napoly was named startup of the year. In December, dissolving patches appeared in pharmacies.

27.04.2015

Innovative Russia

The Russian exoskeleton is ready for testing

The ExoaThlet company has agreed to cooperate with the N.I. Pirogov RNIMU to conduct the first clinical studies of an exoskeleton for the rehabilitation of people with impaired musculoskeletal functions of the lower extremities on the basis of the Translational Medicine Research Institute.

24.04.2015

Biotechnologies - into life

Biotechnological bulletproof vests

Biotechnologists of Perm University have developed a new method for producing nanocellulose. The material is stronger than steel and can be used in various industries – from super-flexible screens to bulletproof vests.

21.04.2015

Innovative Russia

A toy for an old lady

The spherical robot of the company "Lexi" can brighten up the life of lonely pensioners. Talk to him about the weather, find out news and stories about scientific discoveries, play chess, cities or sea battle.

20.04.2015

Note to the businessman

How the Russian venture lives

Alexey Solovyov, Managing Director of the venture fund Prostor Capital – about the state of venture business in Russia, prospects and tools for its development.

16.04.2015

Innovative Russia

GenerationS-2015

In 2015, GenerationS will become the world's first platform for creating corporate and industry accelerators focused on the needs of Russian and international corporations.

07.04.2015

Note to the businessman

Step into the future

ExoAtlet has no competition in the domestic market yet. In general, several exoskeletons for people with disabilities are known in the world. But the Russians have one indisputable advantage over them: our exoskeletons are much cheaper.

02.04.2015

Innovative Russia

Rating of regions of the Russian Federation for the development of science and technology

Experts of the RIA Rating agency, based on Rosstat data, have compiled a rating of 80 subjects of the Russian Federation for the development of science and new technologies.

01.04.2015