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SIBFU biologists have learned how to print bones

Siberian Federal University scientists are working on creating bone structures from biodegradable material using 3D prototyping and computed tomography.

Live drawings

At the World Science Festival in Brisbane (Australia), artists showed paintings painted by marine bacteria that live in the bioluminescence organ of Hawaiian squid.

Looking for a husband? Do not drink hormonal contraceptives!

Contraceptive drugs disrupt a woman's natural ability to choose a partner whose genetic profile is most different from her own.

Maybe the safety of cosmetics will be checked on deputies?

It is better to test cosmetics on cells, on bacteria, by computer modeling, the authors of the bill, who are obviously not familiar with cellular technologies and their level of development in Russia, believe.

Police Demand Confidential information from databases

The increased interest of the state in the personal data of citizens has prompted many companies to publish so–called "transparency reports" - statistics of appeals from law enforcement agencies with demands to disclose certain user data.

Decent aging: abroad will help you

The total budget of the project is more than a million euros, which were collected by ordinary citizens of Denmark. The money is planned to be spent on helping elderly people who need medicines, clothes, food and other vital things.

Underfunding is not a hindrance to science

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said that "even with less funding, it is necessary to strive to achieve the indicators set out in the presidential decrees on the development of science."

St. Petersburg stage of the Startup Tour - 2015

The next stage of the All-Russian Startup Tour will be held in St. Petersburg on March 25-26.

Companies offering DNA analysis suspended in California

The California Department of Health has sent letters to thirteen companies offering deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis services ordering them to suspend operations.

Asian states are catching up with America in biomedical research

In 2007, the United States provided 51% of the world's allocations for biomedical research, but by 2012 their share had decreased to 45%. Over the same period, similar expenditures of Asian states increased from 18 to 24%.

Artificial liver – aaatstavit!

The Ministry of Defense refused to create a bioengineered liver and canceled the relevant tender.

Academy of Biology and Biotechnology of SFU

The Academy of Biology and Biotechnology has opened at the Research Institute of Biology of the Southern Federal University.

Life expectancy in America: not everything is so smooth

Nanomedicine of Freedom Island

Industrial production of one of the versions of cyclosporine, the first domestic pharmaceutical product manufactured using nanotechnology, has begun in Cuba.

Congress of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies – 2013

The largest forum of European scientists in the field of life sciences, the annual congress of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), will be held next July in St. Petersburg.

There are no and will not be any personnel for Pharma 2020

96% of graduates of the Nizhny Novgorod Medical Academy are not ready to work as process engineers, biotechnologists and quality control specialists at biopharmaceutical enterprises.

But I smell and hear well

Australian scientists have found a way to restore hearing with the help of stem cells of the nasal mucosa.

Reconstruction of a bicentennial beer

In Finland, they decided to restore a beer recipe found among the remains of a ship that sank 200 years ago.

Genomes of ten thousand cores

Decoding the genomes of 10,000 patients with cardiovascular diseases is aimed at identifying the hereditary causes of heart muscle pathology and, possibly, genetic risk factors for the development of other diseases.

The first "aging gene"?

For the first time, a new study has identified specific variants of the TERC gene responsible for premature aging and telomere shortening.