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Biomedical experiments on the ISS
Among other cargo, the Dragon spacecraft will deliver equipment to the International Space Station for conducting three experiments in the field of life sciences.
20.07.2016- English version
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The crisis is the time to invest in innovation
Experts say that investments in the development of new technologies will pay off just by the time the crisis ends.
13.10.2008
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The mechanism providing metastasis of melanoma is identified
Deciphering the mechanism of triggering a signaling cascade that increases the mobility and invasiveness of tumor cells opens up another potential molecular target for the treatment of melanoma, and possibly other types of cancer, including breast and stomach cancer.
03.10.2008
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Optogenetics against retinitis pigmentosa
The company RetroSense Therapeutics has started clinical studies of a method of gene therapy based on optogenetics for partial restoration of vision in patients suffering from retinitis pigmentosa.
24.03.2016
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A real epiphany
To restore a blind woman's vision using an experimental method, ophthalmologist Jeffrey Weiss had to play by the rules.
02.03.2016
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Ahead of the whole planet
Russia has entered the top five of 188 countries in the international rating for the increase in life expectancy.
03.09.2015
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"Magic mushrooms": take once a year as prescribed by a doctor
American researchers have found that the positive psychological effects of a single dose of psilocybin contained in "magic mushrooms" last more than a year. Taking this hallucinogen under the supervision of a specialist increased the volunteers' sense of well-being and satisfaction with life.
02.07.2008
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Nobel laureate from Germany became an honorary doctor of TSU
German oncologist Harald zur Hausen, who received the Nobel Prize for human papillomavirus research, became an honorary doctor of Tomsk State University on Thursday.
09.07.2015
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Lymphocytes made invulnerable to HIV infection
American scientists have managed to make mice insensitive to HIV by turning off the gene by which the virus infects lymphocytes.
01.07.2008
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Non-allergenic poplars
Valentina Obodovskaya, a biologist from the Kazakh city of Kustanai, obtained a selection poplar that does not form fluff by selection.
30.06.2015
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Is Ebola retreating?
Over the past 13 days, no new cases of Ebola infection have been reported in Liberia. However, the country has not yet been declared free of the virus – for this, 42 days (two incubation periods) must pass from the moment of the last infection.
06.03.2015
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Artificial virus delivers genes and drugs to cancer cells
Experiments on human cell lines have demonstrated the ability of artificial viruses to efficiently transport miRNA into cells and selectively block gene expression.
04.06.2008
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Director with artificial intelligence
His name is VITAL – Validating Investment Tool for Advancing Life Sciences. The technology that underlies it has already been used to make decisions on investments in two startups and licensed to Aging Analytics UK.
16.05.2014
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Life Extension Grant
Companies from the United States and Hong Kong, whose activities are based on the development of Russian scientists to prolong human life, received $ 18 million from the international fund Deep Knowledge Ventures to continue research.
23.04.2014
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Do you want to translate the biological clock? Skip breakfast and dinner!
The cycle of fasting and subsequent feeding triggers a spare biological clock, which allows you to regulate circadian rhythms depending on the time of food availability, bypassing the suprachiasmatic nucleus.
26.05.2008
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Gene therapy of erectile dysfunction: the first stage was successful
The first stage of clinical trials demonstrated the safety of an experimental technique of gene therapy for erectile dysfunction.
23.05.2008
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Plastic Surgery to aid gene therapy
It is believed that gene therapy is a promising therapeutic approach that will significantly increase the effectiveness of treating tumors and preventing their recurrence.
12.05.2008
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The Prime Minister visited the bio-business incubator
During his visit to the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, the Prime Minister got acquainted with the activities of the BioBusiness Incubator, a structural research unit of MIPT.
27.03.2013
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Remote Lie Detector
Methods of remote monitoring of the physiological state can be used in the field of biomedical engineering, counterterrorism and security systems.
21.05.2008