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Diabetes genes: you are tormented with X's, confused in zeros…

Taking into account the 12 new ones, the total number of known "diabetes genes" has reached 38, but each of them has only a very small effect on the risk of type 2 diabetes. Even taken together, they are not able to provide a clear forecast.

Light-on-a-chip

The key element of the lungs is a three–layer membrane in the alveoli, consisting of cells of the pulmonary epithelium, extracellular matrix and blood capillary cells. This "interface" was reproduced by the researchers inside the biochip.

Science to manage science

Only a very great attention of the state, which should invest in the development of science and technology, gives some positive effect.

Russian science is promised billions

The total amount of funding under the grant program of the Government of the Russian Federation for state support of scientific research is 12 billion rubles.

Original drug or generic?

Generics are based on the same active substance as in the original, but the method of production, the composition of impurities, fillers may be different, and the degree of compliance with the original may vary.

Superman: it's not harmful to dream...

A physiologist with immortality pills, a molecular biologist with gene transformation, an electronics engineer with a chip in the brain, and so on. Will they be able to create a superman?

Twins disappointed geneticists

A discouraging conclusion drawn from the results of a gigantic work: the genomes of three pairs of identical twins, one of whom has multiple sclerosis, and the other does not, do not differ in any way.

Tanning with sunscreens ends with cancer

Sunbathing with sunscreens is no less, and sometimes more dangerous than without them: in the USA and Europe, where sunscreens have been used for a long time, the incidence of all forms of skin cancer has increased 3-5 times over the past 30 years.

Stem cells against corneal burn

The new approach makes it possible to multiply limbal stem cells in the laboratory and grow from them a living contact lens that completely covers the cornea.

Human proteome: Russia got chromosome No. 18

Russian scientists involved in the Human Proteome project need to scan 30 thousand proteins encoded by 286 genes of this chromosome.

If you rejuvenate, then everywhere!

The latest "squeak" in plastic surgery was the so-called vaginal rejuvenation, as well as the design of this important part of the female body.

The wrong hole

Homo bionics – bionic man

Thanks to the latest prostheses and implants, improved integration with the nervous system, as well as compact but powerful energy sources, a person will be able to completely transform. After all, the potential of bionics is truly limitless…

Genetic testing: a dog is a human friend!

Dozens of tests have been developed to determine the predisposition of dogs and cats to genetically determined diseases and genes that determine the color and length of the coat. Such a gene analysis can be done both in Russia and in the former Soviet republics.

Development and production of innovative drugs in Russia

The International Forum of the Adam Smith Institute "Development and production of innovative drugs in Russia" will be held in Moscow, November 17-18, 2010.

Hyaluronic acid against cirrhosis and other liver diseases

Modified with hyaluronic acid drugs can selectively accumulate in the damaged liver and, therefore, be used for the treatment of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver and its malignant neoplasms.

Biotechnology in Russia: hope dies last

Five years of talking about the need to develop biotechnologies have not led to tangible results. Out of a couple dozen projects that have opened, only a few have been successful, many have died. But hope lives on.

The brilliance and poverty of medical genetics

By the end of the 30s, medical genetics in the USSR met the highest international standards. But its development was abruptly interrupted, and until now medical genetics in Russia is noticeably lagging behind the level of developed countries.

1000 Human Genomes Project: the third stage

During the third phase of the 1000 Human Genomes project, DNA sequences of 179 more people were determined in addition to the first six genomes.

How to make money on molecular biology?

Research in the field of molecular biology allowed Alexey Pogoda to earn 3 million rubles. Now he is bringing test systems to the market to determine hereditary diseases.