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Stem cells at the IPO: First blood

JSC "Human Stem Cell Institute" on the results of the IPO placement and the opening of a new innovation platform at the MICEX.

Drunk and smart – two lands in the genes

Genome features predisposing to binge drinking do not always increase the risk of developing alcohol dependence.

Cancer cure found in "mermaid hair"

A chemical compound with pronounced anti-cancer properties was isolated by American scientists from blue-green algae known as "mermaid hair".

In vivo visualization: blinking nanostars

The new system can be used to obtain images in medicine and biology. This is due to the fact that "blinking" nanostars provide a very good ratio between the received periodic signal and external noise.

Genomes are getting cheaper before our eyes

Breakthrough in Sequencing: DNA Sudoku

Modern DNA sequencing technologies allow you to work with dozens of samples simultaneously. The DNA Sudoku method will allow sequencing hundreds of thousands of DNA sequences simultaneously.

Do you like sour? Watch your teeth!

Human genome put up for auction

In 2003, geneticists completed many years of work on compiling a kind of human DNA map. Then the program cost research organizations $3 billion. Now the genome will go under the hammer on eBay; the initial price of the lot is $68,000.

Genetic analysis: only by prescription!

The purpose of the new bill is to prevent possible abuse of modern methods of genetic research.

Safe needle for injection

The new needle is given an S-shape; inside it is a thread used as a conductor (similar to the conductor in a catheter). During the injection, the force is applied not to the needle, but to the conductor, thanks to a special cannula device.

Quantum Tunneling DNA Sequencer

Sequencing one human genome with this technique using a single tunneling microscope will take several months, and the tunneling microscope itself is not a cheap thing; there are many other technical difficulties. However, the problems facing the first chemical sequencers were even more complicated.

Just in case

Clinical trials of the first phase of the smallpox vaccine have begun in Novosibirsk Vector.

Refuse to import

Russian scientists have created their own vaccine against polio, said the head of Rospotrebnadzor. The drug is undergoing clinical trials.

CRISPR against atherosclerosis

Startup Verve Therapeutics intends to use CRISPR to introduce mutations into the human genome that reduce the level of "bad" cholesterol.

Neurons are not responsible for sleep

American scientists have found a switch that triggers the sleep mechanism. To their surprise, it's not the nerve cells that send us to sleep.

Longevity and Quality of Life Medicine

The V International Conference "Longevity and Quality of Life Medicine" and the VIII International Symposium on Aesthetic Medicine were held at the end of January at the World Trade Center on Krasnaya Presnya.

Two million more genomes

FamilyTreeDNA claims that as a result of cooperation with the FBI, data privacy will not be violated.

We will defeat the virus

Next year, a trial of a vaccine for HIV-infected people begins in Moscow – this is the most promising therapeutic vaccine in the world.

Doctors and pharmacists will not be out of work

Medical representatives, product managers (working in medicine and pharmacy), pharmacists/pharmacists, as well as doctors are included in the list of the most scarce specialties.

Autophagy and blindness

Siberian scientists will study the mechanisms of autophagy disorders leading to age-related macular degeneration of the retina.