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Hemophilia can be cured by endothelial cell transplantation

Reprogrammed cells: a record of productivity and precocity

The new method gives a more than two-hundredfold increase in the efficiency of reprogramming and a reduction in the period to two weeks compared to the "old" methods using four transcription factors.

Sick, wake up! It's time to take a sleeping pill!

Thanks to the microchips that are implanted into each tablet, the receiver tracks each intake of the drug. If the patient has not taken the medicine at the time set by the doctor, the receiver sends him a text message with a reminder.

A 120-year-old centenarian or an official's mistake?

Two more multiple sclerosis genes

After the discovery of the location of the genes responsible for the development of multiple (multiple) sclerosis, scientists plan to create accurate genetic maps and identify the molecular mechanisms of gene action.

Resistance of liver cells to insulin is the cause of metabolic syndrome

RUSNANO invites banks to cooperate

RUSNANO has developed a procedure for attracting banks to provide settlement and cash services to Project companies.

Doctor's Heart

The 59-year-old doctor felt a sharp pain in his chest half an hour after the start of the operation, but decided to bring the surgical intervention to an end despite the persuasions of colleagues.

The invisible Exoskeleton

The device, developed by American engineers, facilitates walking, strengthening the work of the ankle joint.

"Nanotechnology in the world" No. 12-2008

The central theme of the new issue of the digest "Nanotechnology in the world" was the first International Forum on Nanotechnology, organized by RUSNANO.

The next counterfeiters have been arrested

In St. Petersburg, the activities of a group that was illegally engaged in the production of a fake drug "TeraFlu" were suppressed.

Goodbye, BCG?

The first Russian TB vaccine may appear in 2019. The second stage of clinical trials is planned this year.

Alzheimer's disease and herpes: the tasks are clear...

Taking into account the new data, the authors suggested that drugs used to treat herpes can also prevent the development of dementia in Alzheimer's disease. A possible alternative to fighting this disease may be vaccination against the herpes virus.

Come to us for treatment

In St. Petersburg, they plan to create a medical tourism agency. It is expected to increase the number of medical tourists from 130 to 325 thousand people per year.

The brain-computer interface allowed the paralyzed American to pronounce sounds

The electrode implanted in the speech center was connected to a sound synthesizer through a computer converter. Thanks to this, the patient was able to clearly pronounce three vowel sounds. The researchers plan to achieve the utterance of individual words, and in the future, whole phrases.

One for two

The Union State has initiated a project to create a DNA database in the interests of the investigative committees and the Ministries of Health of Russia and Belarus.

A new drug has emerged that "postpones" diabetes

Drug that 'postpones' diabetes shows promising results in new clinical trial

Portable operating room

A portable operating room was developed at MIT: it fits in a backpack

Are you afraid of obesity? Check your dopamine receptors!

Obese people may have fewer dopamine receptors, and they overeat to compensate for the lack of pleasure from food.

Put the tumor on a diet

The impact of nanoscale agents with a diameter of 200 nm and a thickness of less than one nm developed by Tomsk researchers leads to "starvation" of cancer cells.