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Cellular technologies

The mammary gland is another "organ in a test tube"

The authors of the study believe that such organoids will help in studying the functions of normal breast stem cells and clarify the mechanisms of the occurrence of malignant neoplasms in the organ.

18.06.2015
Innovative Russia

Pharma 2020: results and prospects

During the implementation of the state program "Pharma-2020", more than 30 domestic companies have been modernized.

18.06.2015
Other life sciences

Brain implant against parkinsonism and tremor

The FDA has approved the clinical use of the Brio Neurostimulation System, an implant for stimulating deep brain tissues that relieves the symptoms of Parkinson's disease and idiopathic tremor.

17.06.2015
Biomedicine

Avocatin B against blood cancer

The compound identified in avocado fruits precisely affects "broken" bone marrow stem cells and can be used without causing damage to surrounding healthy cells.

17.06.2015
Genetics

Lecture on molecular evolution

Transcript of the ProScience Theater production with the participation of biologist, Deputy Director of the Institute of Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Gelfand on the topic "Molecular Evolution".

17.06.2015
Cellular technologies

The first bioengineered lymph node

The three-dimensional synthetic immune organ surpasses existing two-dimensional analogues and produces active B lymphocytes 100 times faster.

16.06.2015
Various

It will only get worse

The most exotic version of the increase in regional mortality was given by the acting governor of the Leningrad region, A. Drozdenko. In his opinion, one of the reasons why people began to die more often in the region is connected with the attractiveness of local paid cemeteries.

16.06.2015
Innovative Russia

From Siberia – from the venture fair

The crisis is in our heads, the market decline is the best time to create new business projects. There is free money in the country, but startups do not know how to declare themselves, which means that investors do not know anything about them. These are the main ideas of the last Siberian Venture Fair.

16.06.2015
Biomedicine

Another useful property of aspirin

Doctors from Kansas found out that aspirin is an effective means to fight breast cancer cells, which also protects a woman's body from metastases and from the "resurrection" of cancer 5-10 years after chemotherapy.

16.06.2015
Bioethics

Chimpanzees received additional rights

The new legal status almost completely excludes any invasive research on captive chimpanzees, which outlaws the vast majority of biomedical experiments with them.

16.06.2015
Various

Kanavero and Spiridonov do not lose optimism

Valery Spiridonov from Vladimir, suffering from incurable spinal atrophy, held his first meeting in the USA with an Italian surgeon who dreams of performing a unique head transplant operation.

16.06.2015
Various

Self-assembling micro robots

Such robots are a demonstration of the working principles on which even smaller medical robots will be created in the future, which will be able to operate directly inside the human body.

16.06.2015
Innovative Russia

What will be the markets and technologies in 10 years

The Agency for Strategic Initiatives and RVC have taken up the implementation of the National Technology Initiative – a program to form fundamentally new markets and create conditions for Russia's global technological leadership by 2035.

16.06.2015
Exhibitions and conferences

Open Innovations – 2015

The IV International Innovation Forum will be held in Moscow on 28.10 – 01.11.2015 on the site of Pavilion No. 75 of VDNH and will be dedicated to the theme "Man at the junction of trends of the technological revolution".

15.06.2015
Nanotechnology

The optomechanical chip will analyze anything

An ultra–compact, highly sensitive nanomechanical sensor allows analyzing the chemical composition of various substances, as well as detecting biological objects - for example, cancer markers or markers of viral diseases.

11.06.2015
Cellular technologies

Bioengineered trachea according to a new technique

A unique operation for prosthetics of the trachea was performed in St. Petersburg, at the N.N. Petrov Research Institute of Oncology. The original technique of autotransplantation of the trachea was developed by Professor Evgeny Levchenko.

11.06.2015
Your health

My hands before eating!

If you don't, look at a photo of a Petri dish with a bacterial "fingerprint" of a boy's hand returning from a walk. For adults, this picture can also be useful for health :)

11.06.2015