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Venture capital investments are growing, especially in biotechnology

In the first quarter of 2010, the volume of venture financing of start-up American companies increased. As before, the largest part of the invested funds fell on start-up biotech companies.

19.04.2010

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Another step towards a universal vaccine against all flu strains

The next stage of clinical trials of a universal influenza vaccine has been successfully completed. A universal vaccine will be able to protect a person from a variety of flu strains and prevent death and serious complications from the disease.

29.04.2009

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Precise delivery of stem cells: magnetic nanoparticles and injection into a vein

Researchers from the University of Kiel have developed a method for creating a layer of magnetic nanoparticles on the surface of stem cells. Such cells can be injected into a vein and delivered to any place in the patient's body using magnetic fields.

13.04.2009

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$250 million to fight the pandemic

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation intends to allocate another quarter of a billion dollars to combat the spread of COVID-19.

11.12.2020

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Fluorescent bacteriophages for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis

When using sowing and growing mycobacterium cultures, it takes several weeks to isolate the causative agent of tuberculosis. The use of bacteriophages carrying the fluorescent protein gene reduces this time to several days.

23.03.2009

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Grant for Anti-Corcoran-M

During the project, it is planned to develop and market the world's first non-viral gene therapy drug for the treatment of cancer.

26.12.2019

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Scientific falsification

In total, Luc Van Parijs submitted false data in five grant applications and ten scientific papers, seven of which were published. In addition, falsifications were revealed in unpublished works and presentations of the scientist.

05.02.2009

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Got to Africa

The Government of Burkina Faso has allowed the release of genetically modified mosquitoes into the wild.

10.09.2018

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The first day of the Fifth Congress of the Society of Biotechnologists of Russia

The speakers who spoke on the first day of the congress mostly talked about the problems of the biotechnology industry, but there were optimists among them.

03.12.2008

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A universal flu vaccine has been invented

The novelty is designed to protect against all strains of influenza A virus, including swine, avian and human.

06.10.2017

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A bold experiment, or to whom the law is not written

A 45-year-old woman is injecting herself with a bacterium that is 3.5 million years old.

25.09.2017

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Genome editing was helped financially

The implementation of the project will make it possible to bring to clinical practice the technology of treatment of patients with lymphomas and HIV who are shown bone marrow transplantation.

11.07.2017

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Are we not afraid of bird flu?

The Federal Center for Animal Health Protection has developed and registered two unique vaccines against the low-pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H9.

15.05.2017

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Prevention of hereditary diseases

If hereditary pathology is detected at an early stage, chances are high to significantly reduce the cost of therapy compared to the treatment of those who already have complications.

07.04.2017

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New scientific development of Cuban scientists

A therapeutic vaccine aimed at reducing viral load in patients with human immunodeficiency virus is at the first stage of clinical trial.

27.02.2017

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Astronauts conducted the first DNA sequencing in space

An unusual experiment carried out on board the ISS confirmed the operability of a portable sequencer in microgravity.

01.09.2016

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The "Gene of deafness" in Yakutia

The results of a study by NEFU scientists on the detection of mutations in the GJB2 gene in patients with congenital hearing impairment in Yakutia are published in the journal Plos One.

07.06.2016

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Progenitor cells forming adipose tissue have been identified

One of the tested populations, whose cells express the CD24 cell surface marker, formed fat deposits in experimental animals. This population usually makes up no more than 0.08% of all non-fat cells contained in normal adipose tissue.

07.10.2008

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Synthetic opioids are better than morphine

In doses providing an analgesic effect equal to morphine, the synthesized peptides showed an unprecedented low level of negative side effects.

02.02.2016

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Bounty hunters of biotechnologists and bioinformatics

The new Internet resource "Blastim" publishes vacancies in biotechnological companies and scientific organizations engaged in bioinformatics and "wet" biology and many other useful information.

16.07.2015