23andMe will launch the production of medicines
The American company 23andMe, famous for DNA tests, plans to use its genome database in the independent development of drugs for various diseases.
16.03.2015The American company 23andMe, famous for DNA tests, plans to use its genome database in the independent development of drugs for various diseases.
16.03.2015Scientists have identified differences in the human and chimpanzee brains in 90 genes of transcription factors – proteins that regulate the activity of thousands of genes involved in the synthesis of other proteins. The regulated genes themselves are identical in humans and monkeys.
08.12.2009British researchers have created a strategy for obtaining in vitro male spermatogenic progenitor cells (germline stem cells - GSCs) from human embryonic stem cells.
08.07.2009UCL Technology Investment Fund will invest 1 million pounds in the company Freeline Therapeutics develops and commercializes gene therapy for blood diseases, in particular, hemophilia.
01.07.2016The harvest from 200 square kilometers of genetically modified tobacco plantations is enough to meet the global demand for artemisinin, the most effective antimalarial drug.
16.06.2016Chinese scientists have developed a new bioengineered liver that will help patients with liver failure to wait for the transplantation of this organ.
27.01.2016Lecture by Maxim Skulachev, a leading researcher at the Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University, on whether it is possible to stop human aging and why the struggle for eternal youth has turned into a pursuit of technological progress.
09.12.2015In an animal experiment, a patch with a vaccine turned out to be even more effective than an injection. This may be due to the fact that the vaccine injected with a patch penetrates directly under the surface of the skin, where there are many immune cells, and causes a stronger immune response.
16.07.2008Academician Skulachev hopes that in ten years, if clinical trials give a positive result, it will already be possible to buy pills in pharmacies, which, if not prolong life, at least improve its quality to the level of youth.
21.04.2008The plan to vaccinate up to 3.5 million residents in St. Petersburg has been reduced: the authorities believe that 1.2 million vaccinated people will be enough, and perhaps even less.
18.02.2021The summer school "Bioinformatics in research of development and aging" was held from July 29 to August 3 in Dolgoprudny
03.09.2019Vector has been waiting for money for the second phase of clinical trials for the fourth year. The other day, the developers reported on the results at the next forum – maybe Dvorkovich, who was present there, will put in a word at the top?
21.09.2015Soon, old-style cigarettes on store shelves will replace packs with pictures that demonstrate the effects of smoking.
13.06.2013Insulin-like growth factor-1 is produced under the control of growth hormone, which some experts suggest as a means of rejuvenation. But the risk of dying from cancer in people with a high concentration of IGF-1 in the blood is twice as high.
04.03.2010The editorial board hesitated for a long time to publish an article, the authors of which were, in addition to ten professional biologists, also 218,837 participants of the online game. In the end, the article was accepted.
24.02.2016Scientists at the University of Michigan claim that special exercises to develop the ability to memorize can improve the so–called "flexible intelligence" - the ability to successfully perform new cognitive tasks in new conditions.
08.05.2008The cooperation program aimed at creating a belt of small innovative enterprises around MIPT also includes the training of entrepreneurial personnel in the direction of "Medical equipment and pharmaceuticals".
06.10.2011The method of selection of spermatozoa with a high index of DNA integrity makes it possible to increase the success of in vitro fertilization and reduce the likelihood of chromosomal abnormalities in offspring.
24.05.2010A group of Australian politicians has proposed legalizing the possibility of artificial insemination with mitochondrial donation.
12.07.2018Artificial bases, although they are not able to encode amino acids, can be used as markers in the chromosomes of genetically modified organisms. They can be used both in theoretical research and in applied research, including in nanotechnology.
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