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The shelf of genes has decreased

By the time the "draft" sequence of the human genome was published in 2001, the figure 35,000 was generally accepted, but now genetic catalogs include approximately 24,500 genes. A new bioinformatic study shows that the number of "real" genes is even smaller: about 20,500.

Mario Capecci: features of an individual approach

Mario Capecci has had a fantastic academic career. Today, the knockout method, of which Capecci was one of the fathers, is already a classic of molecular biology.

Sixth International Conference on Bioinformatics of Genome Regulation and Structure (BGRS)

Biomedicine: How many steps to clone?

Is human reproductive cloning possible? At the Congress, this question received a clear answer: "Yes." It was also stressed that "such a step should be carried out by responsible countries and for the sake of noble goals."

Immunochromatography: express diagnostics in the family doctor's bag

Immunochromatographic express diagnostics is a new high-tech method that allows not only to accurately diagnose a large range of the most serious pathologies (myocardial infarction, dangerous infections, inflammatory processes, oncological diseases, hormonal disorders, etc.) outside of laboratory conditions in 5-20 minutes, but also to assess their severity.

Prostatitis: legends and myths of male disease

The treatment of prostatitis, especially its severe and rare forms, is shrouded in a halo of mystery. Often the disease is associated with such difficulties that in life this diagnosis is carried as a heavy cross.

The Science We've Lost

Wages are lower than in science only in such sectors as agriculture, non-productive services for the population, culture and art, education and forestry. Almost every 13th emigrant is a scientist! The main group of emigrants are programmers, biotechnologists, molecular geneticists.

How Molecular Cell Biology is being Killed

In January 2008, the participants of the Molecular and Cellular Biology program found themselves in the information and budget vacuum zone – no one canceled the program, but also did not extend it, as, indeed, other programs of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Those scientists who believed the seriousness of the promises of the Academy of Sciences and returned to Russia, having received grants for 3 and 5 years, found themselves "in limbo."

Competition of Russian-Austrian research projects in 2009

The Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the Austrian Scientific Foundation announce the 2009 contest of joint Russian-Austrian research projects.

Commendation of Personalized Medicine (1)

By using molecular genetic analysis to achieve optimal medical results in the fight against a disease or a patient's predisposition to a particular disease, personalized medicine can lead to the introduction of new health standards.

A commendatory word for personalized Medicine (2)

Personalized medicine provides a new, more profitable economic model for drug development for both pharmaceutical companies and patients.

The first artificial bacterial genome

In the summer of 2007, the Institute of the famous Craig Venter completed work on the creation of the world's first "man-made" bacteria.

Schizophrenia genes are searched in the mountains

Scientists from the Human Genetic Adaptation Group of the N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences have been trying to identify the genes responsible for chronic diseases by studying representatives of the indigenous peoples of Dagestan for decades. Currently, the attention of researchers is focused on the genes that determine the occurrence of schizophrenia.

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