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Nanotechnology

Do you want to play nanoconstructor?

"Nanoconstructor" is one of the directions of the nanoModel project. This educational game can be downloaded for free and used without any restrictions.

01.06.2012
Genetics

"Smoker's genes" help to quit smoking

The same genetic variants that turn a person into an avid smoker increase the likelihood that he will respond well to nicotine replacement therapy drugs.

01.06.2012
Nanotechnology

Platelets identical to natural

The version of synthetic platelets developed at UCSB represents the latest and one of the most successful attempts to simulate the functions of platelets made in recent years.

01.06.2012
Various

Pharmaceutical companies

The percentage of reviews of pharmaceutical articles based on suspicion of negligence – from plagiarism to falsification and the use of fabricated data – is higher than any other biomedical research.

01.06.2012
Various

Scientists demand access to drugs

A well-known advocate of "narcotic" research, Professor David Nutt, stated the need for new amendments to the laws that will help scientists do their job, and pharmaceutical companies produce "clean", licensed drugs.

01.06.2012
Genetics

Teach the epigenome!

Decoding the epigenome not only helps to better understand how genetic and oncological diseases develop, it will also help to develop strategies for the treatment of such pathologies.

01.06.2012
Other life sciences

What is the threat of organ transplantation

Transplantation is an extreme measure: taking into account the complications and expensive medications that the recipient is forced to take all his life, it is used in hopeless patients who face death without a transplant.

31.05.2012
Bioethics

Don't take your organs to the grave

The hospital insurance funds will inform their clients over the age of 16 about the problem of organ transplantation every two years and ask them to write a statement stating that in the event of their death they agree to donate their own organs to a person in need of transplantation.

31.05.2012
Nanotechnology

Biosensor – a transfer picture

Wireless graphene sensors fixed to the skin or teeth will be able to detect the presence of not only bacteria (even one bacterium), but also toxins, explosive molecules and even distinguish odors.

31.05.2012
Biomedicine

Supercomputer for biomedicine

The Laboratory of Supercomputer Technologies for Biomedicine, Pharmacology and Small-sized Structures I-SCALARE presented new research results in the field of bioinformatics and drug modeling.

31.05.2012
Grants and competitions

Medicine of the future – 2

Competition for R&D on the development of software for medicine ("Medicine of the future", 2nd stage).

31.05.2012
Nanotechnology

Supersensors

Biosensors of a new type are able to detect trace amounts of various substances in liquids in a very short time.

30.05.2012
Biomedicine

Biomedicine in the "Scientific Cafe"

The first meeting within the framework of the Scientific Cafe project, which brought together more than 150 young specialists and leading students of Moscow universities, was devoted to biomedicine.

30.05.2012
Various

Virtual vision

Glasses, the prototype for which was a virtual reality helmet, will provide a visually impaired person with almost full-fledged fields of vision.

30.05.2012
Healthy skepticism

Buy pills for greed!

A cure for Alzheimer's disease has helped American shopaholics overcome an obsessive craving for shopping.

30.05.2012
Biomedicine

Plasminogen against diabetic foot

The drug based on the pro-inflammatory enzyme plasminogen is able to initiate and accelerate the healing of wounds and diabetic ulcers.

29.05.2012
Cellular technologies

Contact lenses instead of a blood glucose test

The good news for diabetics is that instead of piercing your finger once a day, you can evaluate the glucose concentration by changing the color of your contact lenses at least every hour.

28.05.2012