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Bioethics

Bioethics for the Media

The UNESCO Regional Office in Moscow, in cooperation with leading experts in the field of bioethics, organizes discussions, publishes manuals and conducts seminars – not only for physicians and biologists, but also for journalists.

25.12.2014
Biotechnologies - into life

Nanolek has opened the first stage of the biopharmaceutical complex

In two years it will be an enterprise where new technologies and products are being developed in one of the most promising segments – biopharmaceuticals. In the near future, the company plans to bring 15 of its own innovative drugs to the market.

24.12.2014
Other life sciences

Diabetes by blood group

In women with a third blood group and a positive Rh factor, the risk of type 2 diabetes is 35% higher compared to a universal donor of the first group with a negative Rh factor.

24.12.2014
Genetics

Sports epigenetics

Systematic physical exercise changes the epigenetic regulation of genes, so that the picture of genetic activity in muscle cells changes in a healthier direction.

24.12.2014
Various

Computer mice and piano for the disabled

For the past few years, engineers from Japan and South Korea have presented inventions and concepts every year designed to improve the standard of living of people with disabilities and severe limb injuries.

24.12.2014
Prolonging youth

Riluzole will help to "enlighten" aging brains

New data suggest that age-related memory loss and deterioration of the ability to make decisions can be combated with the help of the drug riluzole, currently used for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

23.12.2014
Various

Youth Science

Postgraduate student of the Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics of Moscow State University – about the cure for old age, the genocide of experimental rats and the mess in Russian science.

23.12.2014
Cellular technologies

Nociceptive neurons from fibroblasts

Harvard scientists have transformed mouse and human skin cells (fibroblasts) into pain-sensitive neurons that respond to a number of stimuli that cause acute and inflammatory pain.

23.12.2014
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy helps to fight the consequences of a heart attack

The enzyme telomerase eliminates the damage caused to the cell by aging, and is successfully used to increase the lifespan of mice. It has recently been established that telomerase can also be used for the treatment of myocardial infarction.

22.12.2014
New in Gerontology

mtDNA for early prediction of morbidity and mortality risk

The content of mitochondrial DNA in the blood can be a useful prognostic factor for assessing the overall risk of deterioration of health and death from any cause 10-15 years before the onset of symptoms.

22.12.2014
Biomedicine

Correspondence courses on "-omics" and personalized medicine

The first educational project for doctors, consisting of an online magazine "Personalized Medicine" and a training course of online lectures "Genomic and postgenomic technologies in medicine", is being launched in Russia.

22.12.2014
Cellular technologies

Parthenogenetic ESCs have defended their rights

The European Court recognized that an embryo obtained by parthenogenetic (without fertilization) activation of an oocyte, obviously unable to develop into a human being, cannot be considered a human embryo.

22.12.2014
Prolonging youth

Is ibuprofen able to prolong life?

The popular anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen is able to increase the life expectancy of a number of model organisms. However, from fruit flies to humans is a huge distance…

22.12.2014
Other life sciences

A cyber hand with ten degrees of freedom

The latest version of the system has learned to recognize three new patterns of behavior: stretching fingers, scooping and clamping. The developers of the technology assure that such a wide range of movements has been achieved for the first time.

19.12.2014
Controversial

The purpose of our life is the well–being of our microflora?

By "knocking out" aging individuals, the microflora (at least in part) created the demographic structure of Homo sapiens optimal for its own survival. But if earlier microbes killed old people, now, thanks to the achievements of civilization, they only reduce their quality of life.

19.12.2014