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Keep it forever

Magnetic films, DVDs, and Blue-ray discs are capable of preserving a record for a maximum of decades. In order for the information to remain intact for centuries and millennia, you will have to use the recipe of nature – DNA molecules.

16.02.2015
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Russian innovative projects for mobile medicine

Information technologies will give patients the opportunity to independently check their health status, and attending physicians will be able to make a diagnosis in real time.

16.02.2015
Genetics

A new method of genome-wide analysis of embryos for IVF

The technique developed by Complete Genomics will allow to identify dangerous mutations in embryos prepared for in vitro fertilization that are not inherited from parents, but spontaneously arose in an egg or sperm.

13.02.2015
Biomedicine

Will blocking interleukin-10 help with Alzheimer's disease?

In the absence of this cytokine, the body's immune system is able to clear the brain of toxic plaques, which are a characteristic sign of Alzheimer's disease, and reverse the process of memory loss and damage to neurons.

12.02.2015
Cellular technologies

Three in a boat

It is possible to prevent the inheritance of mitochondrial diseases with the help of an uncomplicated – in words – procedure, which is based on the use of mitochondria from the "third parent".

12.02.2015
Other life sciences

Robotic sock against deep vein thrombosis

A new robotic sock that reduces the risk of developing deep vein thrombosis will improve the survival of bedridden and immobile patients.

12.02.2015
Nanotechnology

Laboratory on a smartphone: premature delight?

The specificity of the experimental technique was 79%. Simply put, every fifth result was erroneous. This is already better than fortune-telling, but it is still very far from the requirements of medical standards.

12.02.2015
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Evaluation of innovations in healthcare

To understand how innovative medical technologies are being introduced at the state level, representatives of biomedical startups, developers of pharmaceutical products, medical devices and diagnostics gathered in Skolkovo.

11.02.2015
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"Longevity protein" protects against Alzheimer's disease

An increase in the level of the klotho life-prolonging protein in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease protected the animals' brains from the toxic effects of abnormal proteins associated with the disease.

11.02.2015
Other life sciences

What is revaccination for?

Repeated administration of the vaccine improves immune memory due to the fact that a new stage of evolution of B cells that improve antibodies against infection is launched.

11.02.2015
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Error Correction Award

The Prize of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of science and innovation was awarded to Nikita Kuznetsov, a senior researcher at the IBiFM SB RAS, for studying the mechanisms of DNA repair.

11.02.2015
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Insulin without overdose

Molecular biologists from MIT have created an analogue of insulin, which independently "manages" its effectiveness, which will allow diabetics in the near future not to be afraid of hypoglycemia and inject the drug into the body much less often.

10.02.2015
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Robotic drag design is being improved

During the first "combat" tests, the Eve robot successfully coped with the development of a new drug designed to fight malaria.

10.02.2015
Other life sciences

Orthoses received funding

The startup "Zdravprint" received 100 thousand dollars of investment for the development and introduction of plastic fixators – orthoses, which can be used instead of plaster for the healing of fractures and chronic joint diseases.

09.02.2015
New in Gerontology

Rapid demethylation of the genome is a harbinger of early death

Risk of early death in people with non-methylated (relative to the age norm) DNA does not depend on their lifestyle, the presence of diabetes or problems with the heart and blood vessels and other factors affecting life expectancy.

09.02.2015