Face on the chest
The operation took place in several stages. First, surgeons took tissue from the girl's hip and transplanted it just below the left shoulder. When the new skin grew, the doctors sewed it to the face.
25.10.2013The operation took place in several stages. First, surgeons took tissue from the girl's hip and transplanted it just below the left shoulder. When the new skin grew, the doctors sewed it to the face.
25.10.2013Rowan University students use berry and fruit pigments to create solar panels.
14.05.2008The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced a competition for the implementation of experimental design work on the creation of a bioengineered liver. The maximum contract price is 518.5 million rubles.
15.02.2013The international conference Russian Innovation Week opens in the USA. The event is dedicated to the issues of cooperation between Russian and American companies in such high-tech fields as biotechnology, nanotechnology and telecommunications.
25.10.2012The government of the Novosibirsk Region intends to send to the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia an application for about 780 million rubles for the creation of an innovative biopharmaceutical cluster in the Koltsovo science city near Novosibirsk.
17.04.2012Every year in the countries of the WHO European Region, four million older people are subjected to physical violence and abuse. At least two and a half thousand elderly people per year die at the hands of their family members.
17.06.2011Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Florida have proposed a new method for creating antibiotics, which consists in "inciting" one type of bacteria against another.
20.03.2008What is the meaning of life? All the answers to this question come down to one thing – to live. Live happily ever after. A long life and a healthy, active old age is the oldest and most cherished dream of a person.
03.03.2008In an experiment on mice, a preventive vaccine against breast cancer demonstrated a pronounced preventive effect. Human trials of the drug are scheduled to begin no later than two years from now.
31.05.2010A point mutation in the COMT gene slows down the age-related decline of thinking abilities. Elderly people with a variant of the gene, in which one of the amino acids in the corresponding enzyme is replaced with methionine by valine, performed tests 33-45% better than the owners of the "methionine" variant.
04.05.2010Perhaps the knowledge about the genome of the most resilient and resilient people in the world can be used in pharmacogenomics – to create medicines whose effectiveness depends on the genetics of the organism.
19.02.2010In less than a week, about 20% of fibroblasts turned into neurons capable of performing all the functions of "ordinary" ones: expressing specific proteins, generating action potential, forming synapses.
28.01.2010The drug Flibanserin (Flibanserin) was developed as an antidepressant, but it turned out to be ineffective in this capacity. But he had an unintended effect: an increase in sexual desire and the brightness of sexual sensations in women.
18.11.2009Academicians from the Academy of Sciences gave themselves titles, many of which did not make any Discoveries in Science. And they think that the state should pay them money for titles further.
16.11.2009On September 1, the International Conference "Chromosome-2009" opened in Novosibirsk.
02.09.2009The new exchange sector – the Innovation and Investment Market – is designed to help attract investment, primarily in small and medium-cap companies, companies in the innovative sector of the Russian economy.
15.07.2009One of the most sensational scientific achievements of the outgoing year was the development of methods for genetic reprogramming of human somatic cells, converting them into full-fledged analogues of embryonic stem cells. They are commonly referred to as induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) – induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC).
13.02.2008In the future, such corkscrew and sperm hybrids can deliver drugs to various tissues and organs of patients. They will be able to swim through blood vessels, they do not need internal energy sources to move, and there are no moving parts in the design of "nanopropellers", which makes them more reliable.
29.05.2009To create artificial tendons, Bosworth twisted a biodegradable nanofiber in a special way, which can be implanted into the human body. The resulting "tissue" is similar in structure to the natural one and can be transplanted to the site of the rupture. It will promote fusion, and the artificial polymer replacement will gradually disappear, and its own connective tissue will form in its place.
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