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Other life sciences

100 years of the laboratory mouse

The first inbred line of mice was obtained in 1909. The Jackson Laboratory is still a leader in the cultivation of laboratory mice: now it annually supplies about two million animals to scientific institutions around the world.

17.03.2009
Biotechnologies - into life

Domestic pharmaceutical production: sticks in the wheels

Advanced domestic pharmaceutical manufacturers, having invested considerable sums in R& D and in the modernization of production, began to produce analogues of imported drugs, but local pharmaceutical manufacturers cannot "break through" with their products into public procurement.

17.03.2009
New in Gerontology

Don't let the cell grow old – control the quality of proteins!

As a cell ages, the quality control mechanism of its proteins changes. Researchers from the Institute of Pathological Chemistry at the University of Mainz have identified control proteins that at the molecular level regulate both potential cellular protein degradation pathways - proteasomal and lysosomal.

16.03.2009
Exhibitions and conferences

International Conference "High Technologies – Strategy of the XXI century"

The tenth anniversary International Forum "High Technologies of the XXI Century" will be held on April 21-24, 2009 in Moscow, at the Central Exhibition Complex "Expocentre". The Forum will host an international conference "High Technologies – strategy of the XXI century", focused on solving practical problems in the context of the global economic crisis.

16.03.2009
Exhibitions and conferences

Chemical Biology – Fundamental problems of bionanotechnology

The purpose of the conference is to discuss problems related to the creation and characterization of bionanomaterials and the development of technologies based on the use of bionanoconstructions as sensor elements, building blocks for nanoarchitectonics, nanodevices and biologically active compounds of a new generation.

16.03.2009
Your health

To smoke or not to smoke?

According to WHO, tobacco is the cause of death of every second smoker. In 1990, 35% of all deaths of middle-aged men (35-69 years old) in economically developed countries were caused by smoking. During the twentieth century, tobacco killed about 100 million people – this is more than died in World War II.

16.03.2009
Biomedicine

If you fight rhinoviruses, the runny nose will pass in a week

Drugs for the prevention and treatment of rhinovirus infections can be divided into four groups: interferons, blockers of cell receptors binding viruses, inhibitors of viral proteases and drugs binding to the capsid of rhinoviruses. Molecular genetic methods can help to obtain new information that can be used to develop drugs against these pathogens.

16.03.2009
Biotechnologies - into life

Why do we need investments in fundamental science

One of the foundations of the "knowledge economy", based not on production, but on the sale of know-how, is the rapid turnover of knowledge. However, it is not clear how quickly knowledge is ready to "turn around". We will consider this question on a concrete example of the introduction of one of the achievements of fundamental science into life.

13.03.2009
Your health

Alcohol issue

The National Institute for Research on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the USA proposed to diagnose "alcoholism" by answering a single question. You can answer it, and if you wish, check out the questionnaire of ten points.

13.03.2009
Cellular technologies

The Adventures of Stem Cells in Russia

Today it is already clear that the use of stem cells is one of the main directions of modern medicine. And that the simplest, most affordable and cheapest source of them is umbilical cord blood. In Moscow alone, up to 100 thousand babies are born every year, but the umbilical cord blood, whose cells could save lives, is simply destroyed. And by country?

12.03.2009
Prolonging youth

Another interview with de Grey

Russia was visited by the most shocking gerontologist of the planet Aubrey de Grey. Who is he, a troublemaker of scientific tranquility? How "crazy" (quote from British newspapers) a mathematician, a certified programmer turned into a gerontologist with world fame?

12.03.2009
Innovative Russia

Federal Republic of Education

Germany spends 2.5% of GDP on science (EU countries average 1.8%). According to the German Ministry of Education and Research, even with an eye to the crisis, scientific research in most areas will not be curtailed, and budget funding will not be cut. It is even possible to provide additional financing for the implementation of new technologies.

12.03.2009
Biomedicine

A cure for fear?

Phobias, post-traumatic syndrome and other diseases associated with a panic state can be eased with the help of medications that regulate blood pressure.

12.03.2009
Other life sciences

Parthenogenesis: undivided motherhood

Parthenogenesis in wildlife is not something exceptional. It is surprising, however, that sometimes species of living organisms resort to parthenogenesis, which previously, as they say, were not noticed in this.

11.03.2009
Healthy skepticism

Sellers of immortality

The most famous product from the price list of sellers of immortality is cryopreservation. Anyone can buy an even more shaky surrogate of immortality, and not for tens of thousands of dollars, but for absolutely ridiculous money.

11.03.2009
Biomedicine

Vaccine for all diseases

Scientists from the Research Institute named after Ellen Scripps cured mice of two types of tumors at once with one vaccine and an additional injection: melanoma and colon cancer. Moreover, tumor resistance was only a demonstration of a new approach, which, according to the authors, with appropriate modification, will be suitable for HIV, influenza, and any other infections.

10.03.2009
Biomedicine

Satellite cells will repair damaged muscles

Researchers from the University of Colorado have found among the "satellite cells" surrounding myofibrils, a population capable of repairing any defect in muscle tissue.

10.03.2009
Biomedicine

Will hydrogen sulfide help with erectile dysfunction?

The recently discovered vasodilating effect of hydrogen sulfide gives hope for the development of new drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. However, if "hydrogen sulfide viagra" appears in pharmacies, it will not be very soon.

10.03.2009
Biomedicine

Who will get the medicines from the shelf?

According to Evgeny Sverdlov, the project manager for the development of the first domestic gene therapy drug against cancer, the appearance of innovative drugs under the brand "Made in Russia" in the coming years is unlikely. Prototypes of drugs that have already been created in our laboratories, which theoretically could compete with Western developments, are being shelved due to the lack of funds for clinical trials, patenting, licensing, production and promotion of drugs to the market.

10.03.2009