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Cellular technologies

Stem underground workers are not hindered by prohibitions

Despite the tightening of the ban of the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China on the clinical use of stem cell treatments that have not received official approval, the illegal business of cell therapy continues to flourish.

13.04.2012
Genetic engineering

Synthetic biology in Siberian

At the Novosibirsk Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, work is underway to create a microchip DNA synthesizer.

12.04.2012
Various

eLife – a new biomedical journal in the public domain

The Wellcome Trust Charitable Foundation supported the desire of scientists to publish their works in open access and announced the scientific biomedical journal eLife, articles from which will be available to everyone.

12.04.2012
Other life sciences

Alzheimer's, heal yourself!

The cure for Alzheimer's disease lies in the same protein that causes it: one of the fragments of the beta-amyloid precursor protein suppresses the work of the enzyme responsible for pathogenic modification of the same protein.

12.04.2012
Nanotechnology

Shuriken on the tumor

Gold nanoparticles shaped like stars find tumor cells and deliver a deadly cargo directly to their nuclei.

12.04.2012
Cellular technologies

Lung and thyroid progenitor cells from ESCs

The researchers obtained lung and thyroid progenitor cells from embryonic stem cells, suitable for experimental work and, possibly, for cell replacement therapy.

11.04.2012
Grants and competitions

Nanoaspirantura in France

Nanosciences Foundation (France) announces the acceptance of applications for a three-year postgraduate course (Ph.D. Program) in all areas of interdisciplinary research related to nano-sciences and nanotechnology.

10.04.2012
Grants and competitions

RIKEN invites postdocs

The Japanese scientific organization RIKEN announces the acceptance of applications from foreign scientists for participation in postdoctoral research programs.

10.04.2012
Biomedicine

Take the tumor in a pincer

A young Russian company has taken a swing at a new method of treating cancer. Its specialists decided to combine two unique technologies to arm the immune system against tumor cells and at the same time disarm the defense of the tumor itself.

09.04.2012
Genetic engineering

Genetically modified astronauts

Six rodents participated in the experiment on the ISS – three transgenic mice and three control mice. Rodents with increased pleiotrophin production lost 3% of bone tissue in 91 days, while the spine of ordinary mice lost 41.5% of its mass.

09.04.2012
Various

600 children, and all – in the pope

B. Wiesner, who founded an artificial insemination clinic and promised childless couples "intellectual" children, acted as a donor himself in more than half of the cases. However, they went to the pope face, not mind:(

09.04.2012
Grants and competitions

Festival of Innovative Technologies

The FINT – Festival of Innovative Technologies is a competition for brave, talented young people who think independently and want to implement their ideas and developments.

09.04.2012
Biomedicine

An almost universal vaccine for cancer treatment?

The new treatment method affects a molecule characteristic of 90% of cancer cell types. With its help, scientists hope to create a universal vaccine that will allow the immune system to independently defeat the main types of cancer.

09.04.2012
Various

Antibacterial flashlight

A group of scientists from Australia and China has built a prototype of a portable "flashlight" – a cold plasma generator that does not cause any harm to the skin, but effectively fights bacteria.

06.04.2012
Genetic engineering

Bioluminescence in biotechnology

Genetic engineering allows you to "teach" living organisms and their individual cells to glow the way sea jellyfish glow. Ilya Yampolsky, Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Senior Researcher, IBH RAS, tells about the possibilities and prospects of bioluminescence.

06.04.2012
Genetics

Cystic fibrosis medications can be tested "in vitro"

The lung epithelium from the skin cells of patients with cystic fibrosis is an extremely valuable tool for screening and testing potential drugs for the treatment of this disease, as well as other lung diseases.

06.04.2012