News

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.

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.

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.

Scientists give hope to patients with multiple sclerosis

A drug used for leukemia can become a powerful weapon in the fight against multiple sclerosis, researchers have reported.

Wireless "patch" monitors heart rhythm and captures an ECG

Researchers have developed a compact and portable device to continuously monitor heart function

Key human bladder cancer genes discovered in cats and dogs

Researchers have identified genes responsible for the spontaneous development of bladder carcinoma in animals

Researchers have created a database of the most "mysterious" human genes

Researchers have described human genes and the proteins they encode, the functions of which are unknown

A man began to "see" music

The man's head injury led to a rare neurological condition that made him "see" the music and become more creative at the same time