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Cellular technologies

Donor stem cells against heart attack

For the first time in history, Spanish doctors have successfully treated seven patients who suffered severe heart attacks using allogeneic (donor) stem cells.

04.02.2015
Genetic engineering

The flash of a new "star"

A breakthrough discovery in genetic engineering: with the help of the STAR system, scientists managed to make RNA molecules not only turn off, but also turn on genes, which will significantly simplify all genetic experiments and opens the way for the creation of biocomputers.

03.02.2015
Note to the businessman

IVAO – a new project of the Eternal Youth Foundation

We invite you to visit the new project of the Eternal Youth Foundation website www.ivao.com . Our team has created this online platform for those whose interests are in the world of biotechnology, biomedicine, pharmacology, life extension, anti-aging.

03.02.2015
Genetics

How to benefit from decoded genomes?

One of the main challenges that bioinformatics faces is formulated by British Professor George Church: "A genome for a thousand, its interpretation for a million."

03.02.2015
Genetics

Russian genomes

St. Petersburg State University has already purchased the first equipment for "Russian Genomes" and this year will begin to form a DNA database of all peoples of the Russian Federation.

03.02.2015
Prolonging youth

Prevention of wrinkles: a complex but effective way

The first results of her anti-aging program, a resident of Britain, according to her, noticed at the age of 40, when she drew attention to the fact that her skin looks younger than that of her peers.

02.02.2015
Various

Who hands over the secondary product…

The first ever stool bank has been added to the numerous blood and sperm banks in America. Its owners assure that donors will be able to earn up to $ 13 thousand a year on the delivery of a secondary product, while helping many people.

02.02.2015
Your health

Killer Cola?

Is Coca-Cola so dangerous that it is necessary to limit its consumption along with alcohol and tobacco? We have collected data from scientific studies that consider the effect of cola and other sugary carbonated drinks on human health.

02.02.2015
Genetic engineering

A brief encyclopedia of gene therapy

Gene therapy today can be defined as the treatment of diseases by introducing genes into patients' cells in order to change gene defects or give cells new functions.

02.02.2015
Other life sciences

Russian bioinformatics for an American company

Insilico Medicine at the world's largest conference on personalized medicine PMWC-2015 was noted among the most promising for the development of a software platform for personal selection of medicines.

02.02.2015
Nanotechnology

Biosensor-universal

The new hydrogel biosensor makes it possible to analyze not one substance, as existing models, but a wide range of human metabolites, including glucose, uric acid and cholesterol, in one drop of blood.

30.01.2015
Genetics

How Epigenetics can Fix Our Memory and much more

Despite the fact that they are still at the theoretical stage, drugs capable of adding or removing epigenetic labels with high accuracy may have several unique advantages over traditional medicines.

30.01.2015
Biotechnologies - into life

Neonatal genodiagnostics in St. Petersburg: details

The inclusion of genetic analysis in neonatal screening increases the accuracy of the study, and the use of a new generation sequencing method allows you to simultaneously and quickly check almost any number of mutations.

30.01.2015
Nanotechnology

Self-cleaning electrochemical sensors

Nowadays, most chemical and biological sensors are electrochemical devices. Italian researchers have created a simple and cheap electrochemical sensor that cleans itself when illuminated with ultraviolet light.

30.01.2015
Genetic engineering

Gene therapy instead of pills?

Pharmaceutical company Astra Zeneca has announced the launch of a research program aimed at developing a new generation of medicines designed to treat many diseases of a genetic nature.

29.01.2015
Other life sciences

All proteins on one site

The interactive "Atlas of Human Proteins" brings together all the available data on the proteins of the human body and their number in different tissues and cells. This product is very promising for the search for new drugs that can balance the metabolism disrupted by the disease.

29.01.2015