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Grants and competitions

Competition for young immunologists

Innovative projects in the following areas are accepted for participation in the selection: fundamental immunology, clinical immunology, molecular immunology.

24.01.2017
Note to the businessman

Are Biotech expecting a takeover?

Biotech companies have begun to feel insecure to such an extent that many analysts predict that in 2017 this industry will be overwhelmed by a wave of acquisitions.

24.01.2017
Nanotechnology

Silicon nanoparticles against cancer

Nanoparticles of porous silicon coated with a thermosensitive polymer can be used as a method of delivering drugs for the treatment of malignant tumors.

24.01.2017
Bioethics

Is euthanasia profitable?

Providing those in need with medical care during voluntary retirement in Canada will help save from 34.7 to 138.8 million US dollars annually.

24.01.2017
Other life sciences

Alternative to proton pump inhibitors

American scientists have developed micro-motors that neutralize acid in the stomach and release drugs at a given acidity value.

24.01.2017
Other life sciences

Will cerium dioxide accelerate wound healing?

To activate growth, scientists added a colloidal solution of cerium dioxide nanoparticles to the culture medium for cultures of primary fibroblasts taken from mouse embryos.

24.01.2017
Your health

About the benefits and harms of alcohol

No one particularly doubts that excessive alcohol consumption is harmful to health. But about moderate doses, battles have been going on for more than a year.

24.01.2017
Other life sciences

Suppress the immune system

For scientists who develop treatment methods based on therapeutic viruses, excessive activity of the immune system is extremely undesirable.

23.01.2017
Various

The phenomenal Macchiarini

Paolo Macchiarini's career path is similar to the trajectory of a ballistic missile: the Italian's fame soared to cosmic heights, and then he was waiting for a rapid flight down.

23.01.2017
Other life sciences

Cardiogram for Instagram

The telemedicine future, in which smartphone diagnostics and remote consultation in many cases can replace a real visit to the doctor, is just around the corner.

23.01.2017
Nanotechnology

A new approach to the manufacture of medical implants

Superhemophobic material is practically not recognized by the body as foreign. This material can be used for the manufacture of surgical implants with a low risk of rejection by the body.

23.01.2017
Other life sciences

Antitumor drug turns white fat into brown

The antitumor drug bexarotene turns white fat into brown, which has a positive effect on the metabolism of mice even when they are kept on a high-calorie diet.

23.01.2017
Cellular technologies

When will we grow a new liver

How human organs are "grown" in the laboratory, whether they will be able to replace donor ones, when such technologies will become massively available and what mini-organs are needed for.

20.01.2017
Various

Genome Editing and US laws

The FDA has published draft rules governing the use of animals whose genome has been edited using CRISPR and other advanced technologies.

20.01.2017
Genetic engineering

An electric switch of gene activity has been created

Scientists believe that due to its simplicity and variability, this design can find application in the medical field and in the field of biotechnology within a couple of years.

20.01.2017
Cellular technologies

Gut organoid, turned inside out

In addition to stem cells from the material left over from artificial insemination procedures, induced pluripotent stem cells were used in organoid cultivation.

19.01.2017