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Other life sciences

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
Other life sciences

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
Innovative Russia

For the Nobel

Will the price of paid university tuition increase? Why did scientists take up the monitoring of the press? What role do the "star" deans Mikhail Piotrovsky and Valery Gergiev play in the life of St. Petersburg State University? About this and much more – the rector of St. Petersburg State University Nikolai Kropachev.

10.02.2015
Other life sciences

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
Various

Population ageing: a triumph and a challenge

The aging of the population is a triumph of civilization. You can't talk about the elderly as a burden. This position is shared by Gayane Safarova, Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the St. Petersburg Economic and Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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
Genetics

Obama spares no money on gene diagnostics

US President Barack Obama, in his annual State of the Union address to Congress, made a proposal to allocate hundreds of millions of dollars for the development of treatment taking into account the genetic characteristics of patients.

06.02.2015
Genetics

Evolution has a beginning…

Human evolution, experts believe, is proceeding at the same "prehistoric" pace, despite a sharp decline in child and adult mortality and fertility and the alleged absence of natural selection.

06.02.2015
Genetic engineering

Genetically modified E. coli instead of carrots?

American scientists have proposed to produce vitamin A directly in the human intestine: they presented genetically modified intestinal bacteria that secrete beta-carotene.

06.02.2015
Cellular technologies

An organism-on-a-chip will replace animal models

A new multi-organ chip, reproducing complex metabolic processes of the human body with amazing accuracy, will save the field of biomedical research from the need for animal experiments.

06.02.2015
Various

Cannabis has finally been legalized

Marijuana will be sold only to persons over the age of 18 no more than once a month as prescribed by a doctor. It is also allowed to grow cannabis at home, but no more than six bushes, the annual production volume is limited to 480 grams.

06.02.2015
Other life sciences

Unexpected complication of fecal therapy

The transplantation of fecal microbiota from an overweight donor cured a woman of diarrhea caused by clostridium, but led to the rapid development of obesity.

06.02.2015