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OpenBio takes place in Novosibirsk

Representatives of high-tech business, young scientists, representatives of development institutes, innovation support infrastructure organizations, students of specialized universities gathered in the biotechnopark.

Margaret Chan's report on the International Day of the Elderly

The WHO Director-General called on world leaders and medical professionals to adopt the recommendations of the report in order to ensure healthy aging for their population.

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are life-threatening

The risk group (with an increase from 10 to 50% depending on the dose) most often includes patients suffering from problems with the cardiovascular system, but even in healthy people taking medications increases the risk of stroke and heart attack.

National Biobank in St. Petersburg?

The newly created biobank of St. Petersburg State University begins collecting DNA materials from people suffering from various diseases (from cardiac to neurodegenerative) for further research in the field of biomedicine.

The vaccine of eternal life is already on sale!

Another naive grandmother did not regret 560000 rubles for her. Her example is another science :)

Short circuit in the heart

The cause of death of the 76-year-old Frenchman, who lived 2.5 months after Carmat artificial heart transplantation, was a short circuit in the mechanism.

Open Day of the FBMF MIPT

The MIPT BioBusiness Incubator held an open day of the Faculty of Biological and Medical Physics (FBMF).

Genome sequencing: parkinsonics – 16 times cheaper

Google founder Sergey Brin, who inherited a mutation from his mother that significantly increases the risk of developing Parkinson's disease, decided to stimulate the search for new drugs for the treatment of Parkinsonism.

We count nucleic acids with the accuracy of a molecule

A new method for estimating the number of DNA and RNA molecules can increase the accuracy of modern technologies for reading and copying nucleic acids.

Innovators, be simpler!

Amendments to the Tax Code allow all innovative small enterprises to use a simplified taxation system, stimulating the creation of such enterprises by budgetary scientific and educational institutions.

From exceeding the dosage of Viagra, the world can turn blue!

Average duration of sexual life

According to a study published in the BMJ, 67% of men and 40% of women aged 65-74 have had sex in the last 12 months, and in 75-85 years – more than a third of men and only 17% of women.

Artificial red blood cells – containers for medicines and oxygen

Synthetic red blood cells, as soft and flexible as real ones, can be used to deliver medicines and transfusion to people instead of real blood.

Alcohol and cancer – a dangerous connection

Alcohol activates cellular mechanisms that contribute to the malignancy of normal cells, increase the aggressiveness of cancer cells and facilitate their spread throughout the body.

The "peydodna" gene

Changes in the gene responsible for the enzyme ME1 can increase the body's tolerance of alcohol. In any case, fruit flies with certain single changes in the genome get drunk later than less successful winged wares.

To prevent the heart from aging, turn off your PI3K

It is too early to talk about transferring the results to medicine, but scientists will be able to better understand the nature of heart aging in the near future.

RUSNANO is building a plant for the production of vaccines and biologics

To implement the project, a joint venture is being created, the participants of which will be RUSNANO and NTfarma LLC. It is planned to bring two types of vaccines and therapeutic biologics to the market.

Diagnosis of heart diseases by one drop of blood

The new device will help doctors in diagnosing heart diseases, and scientists in growing vascular tissues for transplantation.

Vital vaccines

All coronavirus vaccines will be included in the list of vital and essential drugs.

The growing stratum

In Russia, compared with the summer period, the number of people immune to coronavirus has increased, and in 15 regions – by 1.5-2 times.