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Cellular technologies

Induced pluripotent stem cells on the way to the clinic

Judging by the speed with which the field of cellular technologies is developing, the clinical application of induced pluripotent cells for the treatment of many diseases, transplantation of tissues and organs, as well as rejuvenation of the body is looming on the horizon.

21.02.2011
Innovative Russia

Atomic medicine

Rosatom is launching several bright projects in the field of nuclear medicine, some with a bid for world leadership.

21.02.2011
Healthy skepticism

Medical genetics: less noise, more realism!

Experts warned people against excessive hopes for genetic medicine, noting that while exciting prospects for the treatment of many diseases based on DNA analysis are very remote.

21.02.2011
Controversial

Do you want to live forever? Be patient for 35 years!

This forecast is made by the American inventor and futurist Raymond Kurzweil. Merging with the machine, a person will find a new form of existence, which is not afraid of old age and even death.

21.02.2011
Your health

Everything you wanted to know about Parkinsonism...

In Parkinson's disease, the nerve cells that produce dopamine die off, and dopamine production decreases. As a result, the normal transmission of nerve impulses is disrupted, and the main symptoms of Parkinsonism arise – movement disorders.

21.02.2011
Biomedicine

Two in one: a cure for stress and baldness

The study of the effect on the digestive tract of a drug that blocks the action of one of the "stress hormones" showed an unexpected side effect: astressin-B cured mice from baldness.

21.02.2011
Note to the businessman

Big Russian Pharma

AstraZeneca will be the first of the Big Pharma companies to start construction of a full-cycle pharmaceutical production in Russia from scratch.

18.02.2011
Prolonging youth

The recipe for prolonging life: become a dwarf!

Dwarfism in Laron syndrome is caused by a violation of the synthesis of insulin–like growth factor, an increased concentration of which leads to "diseases of aging" - cancer, diabetes, circulatory disorders. Drugs that suppress the synthesis of IGF exist. Do you want to try it?

18.02.2011
Cellular technologies

Neurons from embryonic stem cells: soon?

Researchers from the Center for Developmental Biology at the RIKEN Institute have found a gene responsible for the transformation of embryonic stem cells into neurons.

17.02.2011
Innovative Russia

Does Russia need another innovation fund?

For five years of "innovative development of Russia" we have not created any serious innovative development that could be offered to the world market. We cannot adjust the work of those structures that already exist. Why create new ones?

17.02.2011
Innovative Russia

Dismiss for failure to implement the innovation plan

The guilty CEO did not innovate hard enough. Perhaps innovation has become just a pretext, but a precedent has been set – until now, "for innovation" was not fired, now it has happened.

16.02.2011
Innovative Russia

Clusters are not formed thanks to officials

The main argument against any attempt to create a man-made cluster is that so far no one has succeeded, including the Americans. Every new attempt turns into a waste of billions of dollars.

16.02.2011
Biomedicine

Personal genome for Personal cancer therapy

"We have demonstrated the clinical usefulness of complete genome sequencing... the more we do this, the closer we will get to personal genetic medicine...".

16.02.2011
Innovative Russia

The Russian economy does not accept innovations

It's not that the Russian economy is not receptive to innovation. The fact is that it has never been like that — neither under Soviet rule, nor under tsarism, nor during the Golden Horde.

16.02.2011
Innovative Russia

Innovative "postscript"

To whom is the President's call for an innovative turn of the economy addressed? It seems that in some regions it is turned to emptiness, as if someone shouted "Ow!" loudly in the forest.

16.02.2011
Nanotechnology

Let's wait to be afraid of nanoparticles

Nanotoxicology is developing intensively. Maybe it will take another five years until there are statistics on the impact of nanoparticles on health. In any case, it is impossible to be afraid in advance of what may not be dangerous.

16.02.2011