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The corn genome has been decoded
The cosmetics industry, free from prejudices related to the correctness of the use of scientific terms, has long been juggling words such as "DNA", "genes", "signaling molecules", "genetic code" and others.
27.02.2008Almost an intestine made of stem cells
A fragment of the intestine grown from induced pluripotent stem cells contains a mucous membrane, muscles and nerve endings and is capable of peristalsis.
10.03.2010The Government has approved the State biotechnology program
Within four years, the state will finance research and development work and entrepreneurship in the field of biotechnology in the amount of over 0.5 billion rubles.
29.12.2009Zygomatic bones from stem cells
First, the boy was transplanted small parts of donor bones, which became the foundation of future cheekbones. Then, stem cells taken from the patient's own fatty tissues were injected into the holes drilled in the allografts.
14.10.2009Russian pharmaceutical industry will be treated in clusters
Zelenograd Technopark for pharmaceutical companies became the third, the creation of which was announced over the past month: earlier, the authorities of St. Petersburg and Yaroslavl reported on the creation of clusters for the pharmaceutical industry.
12.10.2009A smart wife, a rich husband – what else is needed for longevity?
The intellectual level of the wife in most cases correlated with the life expectancy of the husband. And women live longer if they have rich husbands.
07.10.2009The information center will help orphans
The All-Russian Information Center on Rare Diseases and Medicines- "orphans" (orphan drugs) has been opened in St. Petersburg. A rare disease is considered to occur less often than in 5 people per 10,000.
28.09.2009FAS warns: cosmetics should not be sold under the guise of medicines
In accordance with the current legislation, pharmacies are intended for the sale of medicines. Perfumery and cosmetic products do not belong to medicines. Whether their sale in pharmacies is misleading customers is a separate question.
03.06.2009Alfa-Capital will be engaged in venture and direct investments
The priority sectors for investing funds are those that will develop most dynamically after the end of the economic crisis and bring the highest possible return on invested capital. Among such industries, the experts of the Alfa-Capital Management Company identified information technologies, biotechnologies, energy and nanotechnology.
28.05.2009Cancer diagnosis and treatment: "4-in-1" nanoparticles
The researchers connected fluorescent dye, RNA fragments and peptide fragments to iron oxide nanoparticles. The task of peptides is to identify tumor cells, RNA fragments suppress the work of a number of genes characteristic of cancer cells, killing them. Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles play the role of contrast for MRI, and fluorescent dye allows you to observe cancer cells using microscopy.
14.05.2009Cardiomyocytes from stem cells
Mesodermal cells capable of forming bone, blood, skeletal muscle and other tissues, when added to the culture medium of Baf60c, Tbx5 and Gata4 factors, turned only into cardiomyocytes, which rhythmically contracted like normal heart muscle cells.
28.04.2009Rusnano will save, but invest
After the reduction of funding, the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation (Rusnano) should spend 45 billion rubles on activities and implementation of projects in 2009 instead of the 130 billion previously planned.
20.04.2009"The formula of diseases"
In the future, the authors believe, the schemes they have created will be used in everyday medical practice: for example, during an examination, a doctor will be able to obtain information about all the patient's diseases, related diseases and – in the future – a set of genes responsible for their development.
20.04.2009Probiotics: How useful are "healthy" yogurts?
Probiotics, discovered more than a century ago by Ilya Mechnikov, are the basis of a functional nutrition system: they restore the beneficial intestinal microflora. However, despite all their supposed advantages, probiotics are not a medicine, and their effects have not yet been sufficiently studied.
26.03.2009The vaccine will be tested on the military
50 servicemen, including five women, were selected to test the safety and effectiveness of the coronavirus vaccine.
02.06.2020Billions for science
The US National Science Foundation has published data on the funds for scientific research that American universities and colleges received in 2007.
19.03.2009Infertility insurance
For the first time in the world, Russian scientists have received full-fledged embryos grown from ovarian tissue cells after its removal.
17.04.2019