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Ten ideas that will define our future

Much of the above looks quite feasible. We will live to see if the earliest of the forecasts are fulfilled. And predicting the future for 100 years ahead – well, it's not harmful to dream...

Nobel Prizes in Life Sciences: 1991-2010

Review of the Nobel Prizes awarded over the years in the field of medicine, health and psychology.

A new word in drug delivery and gene therapy: DNXomes

Nanoparticles capable of delivering drugs and small interfering RNAs to cells to suppress gene expression were called DNXOMES, because their building blocks are short chains of synthetic DNA.

Delivery of drugs in microcapsules from the customer's cells

Packaging of medicines in containers with a diameter of 1-2 microns, obtained from the membranes of the patient's own cells, will allow for targeted delivery of drugs and "deceive" the immune and excretory systems.

Another mechanism of immortality: alternative telomere lengthening

In addition to telomerase, there is another mechanism of immortality that tumor cells use – alternative telomere elongation using homologous recombination of chromosomes.

Destroy cancer cells: silicon nanoparticles are more effective than liposomes

Combining nanotechnological methods with the results of medical research, American scientists have developed an effective strategy for using nanoparticles to destroy cancer cells.

How to get money from an angel?

A startup, if possible, is better to borrow money from friends. And if it doesn't work out in any way – be friends with the angels, but first study their habits.

How to treat the healthcare system?

A titanic task in its complexity – how to make health protection adequate to the challenges of our time without undermining its foundations – is also facing prosperous countries. In Russia, this is even worse...

It is necessary to sell marijuana beautifully

The SPARC medical marijuana store in San Francisco has won the annual award of the American Architectural Institute.

RNA interference: improved method of reversible gene shutdown

One way to study the function of a gene is to turn it off. However, if a gene is important for survival, it will kill the organism before its function is determined. CSHL scientists have overcome this obstacle with the help of reversible RNA interference technology

Nanobiochips will become the basis of medicine of the future

The electronic detection principle allows a miniature nanobiochip to process information coming through tens of thousands of channels in parallel with record sensitivity at the femtomole level.

Scary, dangerous, genetically modified...

The hysteria around genetically modified plants increasingly resembles an information war on the part of the main competitors of bioengineered products – manufacturers of traditional agrochemicals.

References to the article "On DNA, digestion and mythology"

Modern problems of immunology, allergology and immunopharmacology

The Institute of Immunology and the Russian Association of Allergologists and Clinical Immunologists invite you to take part in the XI International Congress "Modern Problems of Immunology, Allergology and Immunopharmacology" (Moscow, July 5-8, 2011).

Business angels are flapping their wings

The participants of the III Annual Congress of the National Association of Business Angels are full of optimism.

Genomics in the fight against cancer

The decoding of the genome helped American doctors to choose a therapy for a woman with cancer.

Contraception, reproductive health and family planning

On Wednesday, April 20, a meeting of doctors with the media devoted to the problems of women's reproductive health was held in Moscow. The question of the benefits and harms of hormonal contraception caused the most controversy.

The global pharmaceutical market and import substitution problems

The policy of import substitution, including in the field of pharmaceuticals, was adopted by many countries, but in most cases it did not give tangible and long-term results.

We are twin brothers, we have different fathers…

Twins from different fathers? It happens, but rarely. You can see for yourself how it happens.

Antibodies against heart attack and stroke

Injection of antibodies to a protein that triggers an inflammatory reaction after the resumption of blood circulation in a heart attack or stroke can significantly reduce the number of cells that die in these diseases.