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Biotechnologies - into life

Giamatrix – almost living skin

"Giamatrix", a substitute for living skin based on a polymer of hyaluronic acid, closes a burn or wound and helps healing, as it resolves. A cosmetic version of the bio-skin and an anti-aging peptide complex have already gone on sale.

11.05.2010
Genetics

We are all a bit Neanderthal

The results of the rough decoding of the Neanderthal nuclear genome and its comparison with the genomes of modern Europeans, Asians, Papuans and Africans confirmed the version about the crossing of Neanderthals with ancient Europeans.

11.05.2010
Cellular technologies

Super-pluripotent stem cells

Researchers have created a cocktail of four molecules that increases the pluripotency of human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells.

07.05.2010
Note to the businessman

RUSNANO and MP Biomedicals Anti-aging

RUSNANO and MP Biomedicals plan to implement projects in the field of nanotechnology in biotechnology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, including those aimed at increasing human life expectancy and combating aging.

06.05.2010
Biomedicine

Cancer vaccine: the second and not the last

The Provenge prostate cancer vaccine is the second one approved by the FDA. The first, Gardasil, helps prevent infection of women with papillomavirus, which is the main cause of cervical cancer.

05.05.2010
Bioethics

The Indian DNA Case

The Havasupai Indians sued the scientists for $700,000 because they studied their DNA not only in search of the causes of predisposition to diabetes, as they were going to, but analyzed the DNA and the origin of Havasupai, and their propensity to other diseases.

05.05.2010
Exhibitions and conferences

IV Moscow Venture Forum

As in previous years, the Forum will bring together all participants in the investment process, from developers to business angels and investors.

05.05.2010
New in Gerontology

Aging and ways to prolong life: taking lessons from yeast

Many of the most important mechanisms of aging have hardly changed over billions of years of evolution and work not only in yeast, but also in mammals. The study of yeast aging made it possible to find the most promising geroprotectors currently being developed.

04.05.2010
Biomedicine

Medicine and Mathematics

The most important area of application of mathematics in medicine is the creation of new medicines.

29.04.2010
Grants and competitions

A new generation chooses innovation

The best youth innovative projects will receive grants from state support funds allocated by the MMOD "New Generation".

29.04.2010
Healthy skepticism

Hair extension products were rated

Only three out of ten drugs evaluated by a group of experts to restore lost hair can be recommended for use.

28.04.2010
Bioethics

Bioethics and Medicine: More questions than answers

Organ transplantation, artificial insemination, genetic engineering, human cloning, the use of embryos, stem cell treatment and much more – is everything that is possible in medicine acceptable from the standpoint of bioethics?

28.04.2010
Other life sciences

Protein biosynthesis: made in Russia

Russian scientists from the non–profit organization "GeronLab" have managed to clarify the mechanism of communication between the two most important stages of the central process of living matter - protein biosynthesis.

28.04.2010
Various

Eurasian Russian Biotechnology

Raif Vasilov: The main fundamental achievement achieved at EurasiaBio is that Russia has declared itself at the highest level as a country that develops biotechnologies and bioindustry.

28.04.2010
Note to the businessman

Trends in healthcare: personalization of services

The new PricewaterhouseCoopers report on trends in the healthcare system "Forecast of healthcare development: personalization of diagnostic, care and treatment services" is published by the Institute

22.04.2010