Articles

Found results: 16248

Exhibitions and conferences

Biology is the science of the 21st century

The XIX International Pushchina School-conference of young scientists "Biology – science of the 21st century" will be held on April 20-24, 2015.

13.02.2015
Innovative Russia

There is only one freshness

To determine the freshness of meat, raw materials are photographed, and its digital image is subjected to mathematical processing. The values of the color characteristics correspond to different degrees of freshness. There are no analyzers of this type on the Russian market yet.

13.02.2015
Genetics

A new method of genome-wide analysis of embryos for IVF

The technique developed by Complete Genomics will allow to identify dangerous mutations in embryos prepared for in vitro fertilization that are not inherited from parents, but spontaneously arose in an egg or sperm.

13.02.2015
Various

Telepathy for the paralyzed

Two groups of researchers are developing portable and inexpensive "telepathic" devices that will allow for the simplest dialogues with a paralyzed patient at the level of "yes" or "no" answers.

13.02.2015
Innovative Russia

The first Russian three-chamber pacemaker

In the treatment of chronic heart failure, it is necessary to use three-chamber pacemakers. Such devices have to be imported, which significantly increases the cost of treatment.

13.02.2015
Various

For loyalty to science

The Ministry of Education and Science presented the award "For Loyalty to Science" to projects that had the greatest impact on the popularization of science in Russia.

13.02.2015
Grants and competitions

"Start" – 2015

The competition is held in the following thematic areas: information technologies; medicine of the future; modern materials and technologies for their creation; new devices and hardware complexes; biotechnologies.

12.02.2015
Biomedicine

Will blocking interleukin-10 help with Alzheimer's disease?

In the absence of this cytokine, the body's immune system is able to clear the brain of toxic plaques, which are a characteristic sign of Alzheimer's disease, and reverse the process of memory loss and damage to neurons.

12.02.2015
Your health

Seven facts about hepatitis

Hepatitis is not always an infectious disease. But viral hepatitis is still the most common. There are at least six different viruses that cause hepatitis.

12.02.2015
Cellular technologies

Three in a boat

It is possible to prevent the inheritance of mitochondrial diseases with the help of an uncomplicated – in words – procedure, which is based on the use of mitochondria from the "third parent".

12.02.2015
Other life sciences

Robotic sock against deep vein thrombosis

A new robotic sock that reduces the risk of developing deep vein thrombosis will improve the survival of bedridden and immobile patients.

12.02.2015
Nanotechnology

Laboratory on a smartphone: premature delight?

The specificity of the experimental technique was 79%. Simply put, every fifth result was erroneous. This is already better than fortune-telling, but it is still very far from the requirements of medical standards.

12.02.2015
Other life sciences

Evaluation of innovations in healthcare

To understand how innovative medical technologies are being introduced at the state level, representatives of biomedical startups, developers of pharmaceutical products, medical devices and diagnostics gathered in Skolkovo.

11.02.2015
Grants and competitions

Seventh Innovation Award

The awards will be awarded to innovative projects in the following areas: medicines, medical devices, medical technologies and e-health.

11.02.2015
Various

Queen Elizabeth Prize in Engineering – 2015

Professor Robert Langer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology received a million pounds for the further development of a system for the targeted delivery of drugs and microchip implants.

11.02.2015
Other life sciences

"Longevity protein" protects against Alzheimer's disease

An increase in the level of the klotho life-prolonging protein in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease protected the animals' brains from the toxic effects of abnormal proteins associated with the disease.

11.02.2015
Your health

Is palm oil harmful

Despite the fact that palm oil is quite well studied from the point of view of medicine and is not banned in any country in the world, there are a huge number of publications in the Russian media about its harm.

11.02.2015
Other life sciences

What is revaccination for?

Repeated administration of the vaccine improves immune memory due to the fact that a new stage of evolution of B cells that improve antibodies against infection is launched.

11.02.2015
Other life sciences

Error Correction Award

The Prize of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of science and innovation was awarded to Nikita Kuznetsov, a senior researcher at the IBiFM SB RAS, for studying the mechanisms of DNA repair.

11.02.2015