Choosing a service for cloud genomics
Research institutes and pharmaceutical companies will have to choose between two "cloud" services for storing human genome data - Google Genomics and Amazon Web Services.
08.06.2015Research institutes and pharmaceutical companies will have to choose between two "cloud" services for storing human genome data - Google Genomics and Amazon Web Services.
08.06.2015A unique online calculator allows you to estimate the biological age of a person and the risk of death over the next five years based on the answers to 11-13 questions.
05.06.2015The monstrous request of a resident of the Indian city of Agra, set out in a letter addressed to the president of the country, is due not to the author's mental illness, but to a severe hereditary disease of his children.
05.06.2015The 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".
05.06.2015You came to the clinic, went to the doctor. You are being treated according to the accepted standard. Is this the best option for medical care? With the answer to this question, a conversation began with the head of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency, Professor Vladimir Uiba.
05.06.2015Harvard scientists have created a universal virus detector VirScan, which reveals the history of human infection with various viruses over his entire life, using just one drop of blood, and one such test will cost only $ 25.
05.06.2015The new fiber-optic laser technology provides seamless welding of surgical micro-incisions during corneal transplantation.
04.06.2015The universality of aging does not exclude its belonging to diseases, but rather indicates that it is a special form of the disease. Even considering that aging is a natural process, it should not fall out of the scope of medicine.
04.06.2015The problem of Russian healthcare for the author, as an economist, is that it is almost the only industry organized in a Soviet way in the Russian market economy. In this form, she is doomed to a long and painful death.
04.06.2015By placing a "frame" made from a damaged limb and stem cells of muscles, blood vessels and connective tissue in a special bioreactor, scientists received a full-fledged limb in a few weeks, with the exception of nerves missing in it.
04.06.2015According to the head of the study, the correct operation of the "carburetor" – the enzyme AMP-protein kinase – is an important factor in slowing down muscle aging. AMPK can be "turned on" with the help of charging and a number of medications that are used to combat type 2 diabetes.
03.06.2015The data obtained will help to study the mechanisms of the development of genetically determined diseases and create effective methods of personalized therapy for thousands of patients.
03.06.2015The Perm municipal enterprise "Funeral Services" has placed a tender on the public procurement website for the supply of elite coffins equipped with capsules for storing the DNA of the deceased.
03.06.2015The lymphatic system still has its own representation in the brain: the sinuses of the meninges turned out to be very similar to its vessels, they have immune cells and they are connected to the cervical lymph nodes.
03.06.2015The idea of creating an "artificial human" Homunculus is simple and this makes it even more ingenious: to place human cells on a plate the size of a credit card and combine them with a system of "vessels" in the likeness of a living organism.
03.06.2015Type 2 diabetes can develop in humans not because of some internal processes, but because of chronic infection of the skin with colonies of Staphylococcus aureus.
03.06.2015For cancer immunotherapy, from monoclonal antibodies and vaccines to nonspecific therapy, now is the finest hour. Many technologies that have been developed in laboratories for a long time are finally moving into clinical practice.
02.06.2015A rare disease that turns the world into an illuminated black-and–white photograph arises due to mutations in five previously known genes, and, as it turned out, in another one - ATF6.
02.06.2015In 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.
02.06.2015Life sciences – biotechnologies, medicine and healthcare – are increasingly winning the palm in innovation from the high-tech sector.
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