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And you can't get off the oil pipe, and eat innovations

The Ministry of Economic Development has offered the government two options for the forecast of Russia's development until 2030 – innovative and energy-resource. The government will have to decide which is more important: strengthening state investments or reducing the deficit.

Targeted drug delivery: nanospheres with nanoclaps

The authors propose to cultivate embryonic stem cells with growth factors necessary to maintain cell viability, and then apply the nucleofection procedure to them.

Less growth means longer life?

The PPARa receptor is found in many tissues, including the liver, heart and intestines. In response to the effects of a number of drugs, it activates certain genes. A similar reaction of the receptor is also observed when exposed to fatty acids and compounds with a similar structure.

RUSNANO and RAS: we sow reasonable, kind, venture...

The Technology Transfer Center is established in the form of a non-profit partnership between RUSNANO and the Russian Academy of Sciences. Projects created as a result of the center's activities will be directed to seed and venture investment funds.

Two more potential HIV protease inhibitors

Compared to the nine HIV protease inhibitors already approved by the FDA, the substances found are small chemical compounds acting on two previously unknown sites of the HIV protease molecule.

Modified herpes virus against neuroblastoma

Suspended sentence for unconditional falsification

The court found Hwang Woo Suk, convicted in 2006 of falsifying the results of stem cell cloning experiments, guilty of embezzlement of budget funds and sentenced him to three years of probation.

The land of the rising sun and centenarians

There are now an average of 32 people over 100 years old per 100,000 inhabitants in Japan.

Put lenses in your eyes!

The release of the drug with new lenses can last up to a hundred days. During the tests, the lenses provided an effective concentration of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin throughout this period.

Jean Dosse, 1916-2009

In 1958, Jean Dosse discovered tissue compatibility antigens (HLA). In 1980, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Earth's Population is aging Faster than Previously Thought

By the middle of the century, every sixth inhabitant of the Earth will be over 65 years old. In Western countries, a demographic crisis may occur in the coming decades.

Gene therapy of HIV infection

74 volunteers participated in the second stage of clinical trials of the gene therapy method for the treatment of HIV infection. Hematopoietic cells were used to treat HIV infection, in the DNA of which a gene encoding enzymatic RNA (ribozyme) OZ1 was embedded.

Chubais met with the Minister of Employment and Economy of Finland

The development of cooperation between Finland and Russia in the field of nanotechnology is the main goal of the two–day visit, with which the RUSNANO delegation is in Helsinki.

Wait for ichthyanders

Tests on humans on breathing not air, but a liquid saturated with oxygen, may begin in the foreseeable future.

The man-eating Ford drove on human fat

A beautician from Beverly Hills processed the fat he removed from his patients into biofuels, and refueled his Ford and his girlfriend's Lincoln with it.

A slight fright for the sale of anabolic steroids

The organizers of the online store of banned steroids received long (from 6 to 7 years), but suspended sentences.

Lost memory, but unforgettable

Henri Molaison, the patient, largely thanks to whom science has established the brain structures responsible for memorization and learning, has died at the age of 82.

Parkinsonism is coming

Scientists have calculated how the trend of the spread of Parkinson's disease will develop in the next quarter of a century.

The first robodantist

The first installation of dental implants, completely performed by an autonomous robot, took place in China. The implants were made using 3D printing.

Drug manufacturers do not want to take the trash out of the house

Only the manufacturer of the original drug can easily identify a fake, but as a rule, he is in no hurry to declare the appearance of a fake medicine, fearing damage to his image.