Life Sciences

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Cellular technologies

About bioprinting – first-hand

The author of the first publication about 3D bioprinting, Professor V. Mironov, tells about how to print organs with living cells without solid frames, on which printer and with what "ink".

06.06.2013
Genetics

An ordinary miracle of genetics

The lecture by D.B.N. D.Rebrikov "An ordinary miracle of genetics" will begin at 19-00 on 13.06.2013 at cafe ZaVtra (Moscow, Sretenka str. 26/1). Admission is free, and video streaming is available for those who cannot walk.

06.06.2013
Biomedicine

Will an antibiotic help to give up cocaine?

The use of ceftriaxone, a third–generation cephalosporin antibiotic, during the withdrawal period, reduced the degree of cocaine dependence in rats who were "hooked" on the drug.

05.06.2013
Cellular technologies

Cellular technologies in Russia: details

A draft law regulating the use of cellular medicine in our country has been approved and will be submitted to the government in the near future.

05.06.2013
Biomedicine

Prostate Cancer Cure: An Exciting Start

There is still a lot of work to be done before the creation of a potential drug against prostate cancer, but, according to the head of the research team, "this is an exciting start."

04.06.2013
Other life sciences

Super-antibiotic of the latest generation

Fundamentally new antibiotics developed by American scientists turned out to be a hundred times more effective than existing ones. Bacteria will not develop resistance to them soon.

04.06.2013
Bioethics

Legalize organ trafficking?

Organ trafficking is the exploitation of the poor. In Pakistan and the Philippines, thousands of people who have sold their kidneys have a health condition close to critical.

03.06.2013
Genetics

Thousand Dollar Genome: Mission still impossible

According to the researchers, the industry does not yet have a technique capable of winning this competition, and the existing methods will require costs exceeding the promised prize of $ 10 million.

31.05.2013
Biomedicine

Flu vaccine: antiviral virus

To cope with any flu virus and protect humanity from future pandemics, researchers suggest using gene therapy. In this case, the antibody gene in the viral vector can be delivered to the destination by simply dropping it into the nose.

31.05.2013
Other life sciences

Microelectrodes for implantation in the brain: training on rabbits

The unique properties of the new polymer make it possible to produce complex three-dimensional structures with high electrical conductivity, which can make them an important component of electronic devices implanted in the human brain.

31.05.2013
Other life sciences

Corset for bronchi

American doctors have successfully implanted a 6-month-old baby with a flexible tube to support the bronchus, "printed" on a 3D printer.

31.05.2013
New in Gerontology

Andropause in the cores begins earlier

In men with impaired cardiac function, the early onset of andropause syndrome (up to 50-60 years old) is four times more common than in those who do not suffer from heart disease.

30.05.2013
Cellular technologies

Stroke cell therapy: preliminary results are encouraging

Nine stroke patients participating in the first clinical trials of the treatment of this disease using embryonic neural stem cells showed an improvement in their condition a year after their onset.

30.05.2013
Theories of aging

Secrets of longevity

The secret of a long life will be taught to us by a naked digger and a bat: they reproduce all their lives and do not get cancer.

30.05.2013
Nanotechnology

Lung Cancer Treatment: Inhalation delivery method

The new system of administration of drugs against lung cancer by inhalation allows drugs to flow directly to malignant cells, reducing the harmful effects on other organs.

28.05.2013