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Russia ordered to develop biotechnology
The approval of the BIO2020 Program marks a new stage in the country's economic development and will contribute to the expansion of EU-Russia cooperation in the field of biotechnology.
08.06.2012Allow scientists to change defective mitochondria in eggs!
This will not be "in vitro fertilization from three parents." Replacing mitochondria with defective genes can be compared to replacing a laptop battery that does not affect the information on the hard disk.
21.04.2011We are starting clinical studies of induced pluripotent stem cells
The Board of Experts of the Ministry of Health of Japan has approved clinical trials of induced pluripotent stem cells.
01.07.2010Disenfranchised embryos
According to the court, the embryos left "superfluous" after in vitro fertilization are not human beings, and their destruction or use for research complies with the norms of biomedical ethics.
31.05.2010Almost an intestine made of stem cells
A fragment of the intestine grown from induced pluripotent stem cells contains a mucous membrane, muscles and nerve endings and is capable of peristalsis.
10.03.2010The Government has approved the State biotechnology program
Within four years, the state will finance research and development work and entrepreneurship in the field of biotechnology in the amount of over 0.5 billion rubles.
29.12.2009Zygomatic bones from stem cells
First, the boy was transplanted small parts of donor bones, which became the foundation of future cheekbones. Then, stem cells taken from the patient's own fatty tissues were injected into the holes drilled in the allografts.
14.10.2009A smart wife, a rich husband – what else is needed for longevity?
The intellectual level of the wife in most cases correlated with the life expectancy of the husband. And women live longer if they have rich husbands.
07.10.2009FAS warns: cosmetics should not be sold under the guise of medicines
In accordance with the current legislation, pharmacies are intended for the sale of medicines. Perfumery and cosmetic products do not belong to medicines. Whether their sale in pharmacies is misleading customers is a separate question.
03.06.2009Alfa-Capital will be engaged in venture and direct investments
The priority sectors for investing funds are those that will develop most dynamically after the end of the economic crisis and bring the highest possible return on invested capital. Among such industries, the experts of the Alfa-Capital Management Company identified information technologies, biotechnologies, energy and nanotechnology.
28.05.2009Cancer diagnosis and treatment: "4-in-1" nanoparticles
The researchers connected fluorescent dye, RNA fragments and peptide fragments to iron oxide nanoparticles. The task of peptides is to identify tumor cells, RNA fragments suppress the work of a number of genes characteristic of cancer cells, killing them. Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles play the role of contrast for MRI, and fluorescent dye allows you to observe cancer cells using microscopy.
14.05.2009Cardiomyocytes from stem cells
Mesodermal cells capable of forming bone, blood, skeletal muscle and other tissues, when added to the culture medium of Baf60c, Tbx5 and Gata4 factors, turned only into cardiomyocytes, which rhythmically contracted like normal heart muscle cells.
28.04.2009Rusnano will save, but invest
After the reduction of funding, the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation (Rusnano) should spend 45 billion rubles on activities and implementation of projects in 2009 instead of the 130 billion previously planned.
20.04.2009