Investments in Russian genodiagnostics
The Expert Council of the Industry Development Fund of the Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to lend 300 million rubles to the company "Genetico" ("daughter" of the Human Stem Cell Institute).
10.06.2016The Expert Council of the Industry Development Fund of the Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to lend 300 million rubles to the company "Genetico" ("daughter" of the Human Stem Cell Institute).
10.06.2016In the USA, the world's first drug created with the help of 3D printing has gone on sale - the drug for the treatment of epilepsy Spritam.
25.03.2016Japanese scientists claim that artificial ears can be grown to order and transplanted to a person in the next five years. They recently grew a human auricle on the back of a rat.
28.01.2016The risk group (with an increase from 10 to 50% depending on the dose) most often includes patients suffering from problems with the cardiovascular system, but even in healthy people taking medications increases the risk of stroke and heart attack.
15.07.2015A healthy lifestyle significantly changes the expression of hundreds of genes. The activity of a large number of genes, including several involved in the formation of tumors, decreases, while the work of other genes, including several involved in the fight against various diseases, is noticeably activated.
24.06.2008The newly created biobank of St. Petersburg State University begins collecting DNA materials from people suffering from various diseases (from cardiac to neurodegenerative) for further research in the field of biomedicine.
05.03.2015The objectives of the study were, firstly, to determine the effect of the smell of roasted coffee beans on the brain of animals, and secondly, to assess the effect of this smell on rats who were deprived of sleep.
17.06.2008Scientists from the US National Institutes of Health have reported successful results of the first human testing of an experimental vaccine against the Ebola virus being developed by GlaxoSmithKline.
27.11.2014The authors found that skin keratin serves as a barrier between Langerhans cells and HIV and prevents infection. As part of the study, they applied estriol cream, which has been the standard treatment for post-menopausal vaginal atrophy for more than 30 years, to the inner surface of the foreskin and assessed the level of keratinization of the region using contact smears.
06.06.2008After a complaint from Facebook users, the Federal Antimonopoly Service began checking ads for dietary supplements unregistered in Russia. In advertising messages, it is positioned as a cure for cancer.
02.08.2014The Tikker watch shows how long a person has left to live. The principle of their work is simple: they calculate it using a special questionnaire in which a person is asked about his age, as well as other parameters that affect life expectancy.
15.10.2013Russia rose by eight lines at once compared to last year's ranking of the happiest countries in the world, taking 68th place out of 150.
10.09.2013A commission of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan has approved the world's first clinical trials of induced pluripotent stem cells for the treatment of retinal diseases in humans.
26.06.2013The corresponding law was signed by Governor P. Shumlin. According to the text of the document, a terminally ill person, in order to get the dose of the drug necessary for euthanasia, must undergo a psychiatric examination, and also provide the conclusion of two specialized specialists.
22.05.2013The peculiarity of the SRP simulator is the visualization of the patient's anatomy according to CT and MRI data. During the virtual operation, doctors will see a realistic image of surgical instruments and the reaction of the patient's tissues to the actions of the doctor.
07.12.2012The number of "black innovators" could be orders of magnitude greater if it were not for the concerted opposition from several public organizations in the field of innovation at once.
18.09.2012The vaccine developed in Novosibirsk "Vector" stimulates both cellular immunity against HIV and humoral (antibody production).
06.02.2012The Savelovsky court of Moscow granted the claim of the psychotherapist Anatoly Kashpirovsky to the chief psychiatrist of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation V. Shamrey and the VGTRK TV company. Shamrey claimed that Kashpirovsky was harming a significant number of people and understood this.
15.06.2011The first place was taken by Maxygen, a rapid DNA diagnostic device that allows, on the basis of a disposable plate with human fluid (!), to analyze both infections and genetic diseases.
29.04.2011Patients with one of the varieties of macular degeneration, Stargardt's disease, will become the second group in the world to receive stem cells from embryos left over from in vitro fertilization.
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