The most common causes of death
The World Health Organization reports that in 2011, two-thirds of all deaths in the world were caused by non-communicable diseases.
03.09.2013The World Health Organization reports that in 2011, two-thirds of all deaths in the world were caused by non-communicable diseases.
03.09.2013The prospects for the development of cellular technologies in Russia and their use in regenerative medicine are being discussed at the session of the general meeting of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences that opened today.
04.06.2013In the capital, an action called "Are you at risk? Measure your waist and blood pressure" will be held in business centers, large supermarkets, pharmacies and other public places.
08.05.2008The 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.
08.06.2012Derivatives of one of the bile acids activate vitamin D receptors without causing an increase in the level of calcium in the blood.
18.03.2008The All-Russian Information Center on Rare Diseases and Medicines- "orphans" (orphan drugs) has been opened in St. Petersburg. A rare disease is considered to occur less often than in 5 people per 10,000.
28.09.2009For the development of the drug Gleevec for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia, the award was awarded to B.Drucker, N.Lydon and Ch.Sawyers. The prize for stem cell research was shared by J. Gurdon and S. Yamanaka.
14.09.2009"During the training, these dogs have shown that they can detect drugs better than ordinary bloodhounds," said a customs officer at Incheon Airport, where three of the six bloodhounds were assigned to serve.
20.07.2009Currently, our country is at the most important stage of making a strategic decision: how to bring the domestic bioindustry from an outsider position in the conditions of the global biotech boom.
10.07.2009An original filter capable of purifying the patient's blood from microorganisms can save thousands of people every year.
23.06.2009Good news for fat people: people who are overweight at the age of 40 live on average longer than their slimmer fellow citizens.
22.06.2009The new "nanoportal", created within the framework of the federal program for the development of nanoindustry infrastructure in Russia for 2008-2010, "will contribute to solving educational and scientific problems in the field of nanoindustry, will accelerate the solution of engineering and production tasks, as well as accelerate the commercialization of research and development
04.06.2009According to the researchers, the counter can be associated with any external events, the influence of which the bacterium is able to feel (for example, it regularly reacts to the presence of certain toxins), as well as with changes in the internal state of the microorganism. The bacterium can be forced to "self-destruct" after the completion of a certain number of cell divisions or after a given time.
01.06.2009The 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.
14.05.2009In the future, the authors believe, the schemes they have created will be used in everyday medical practice: for example, during an examination, a doctor will be able to obtain information about all the patient's diseases, related diseases and – in the future – a set of genes responsible for their development.
20.04.2009The fund was named Google Ventures and will search for startups working in the field of software, e-commerce, clean technologies, biotechnology and healthcare.
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