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Bioethics

Lethal genetic testing

Two news about genetic testing: bad and very, very bad. And surely not the last…

14.02.2011
Exhibitions and conferences

Topical issues of cellular technologies

IV Annual International Symposium "Topical Issues of Cellular Technologies" (April 15, 2011, Renaissance Hotel, Moscow).

14.02.2011
Innovative Russia

"Cadres of the Future"-2011 in Dubna

Preparations for the third summer student scientific and technical school "Cadres of the Future" have begun in Dubna.

14.02.2011
Theories of aging

The mechanisms of aging are combined into a single biochemical pathway

The discovery of the biochemical pathway of aging, linking mechanisms previously considered independent, provides a deeper understanding of the aging process and may show new targets for the prevention of aging and slowing down age-related changes.

14.02.2011
Exhibitions and conferences

Innoprom-2011

Innovations in medicine, biochemistry and ecology will be presented at the International Exhibition "Innoprom-2011" in Yekaterinburg.

14.02.2011
Innovative Russia

International Congress on Modernization of Russia

On March 24-25, 2011, the Moscow School of Management "Skolkovo" and the World Trade Center will host the annual International Congress "Open Russia: partnership for modernization".

14.02.2011
Innovative Russia

Your opinion is important for the Modernization Commission

i-Russia.ru launches on an ongoing basis a service for collecting appeals, questions, opinions, wishes, suggestions sent to all members of the Commission on Modernization and Technological Development of the Russian Economy and working groups.

11.02.2011
Biotechnologies - into life

Skulachev ions protect the kidneys

A mitochondrial antioxidant based on the SkQR1 molecule from the class of "Skulachev ions" protects the kidneys from oxidative stress that develops with various lesions of internal organs.

11.02.2011
Cellular technologies

Biologists have found problems in pretending cells

Induced pluripotent stem cells retain a genetic memory of their origin. This problem has been solved in mouse iPSCs, but reprogrammed human cells are not yet amenable to attempts to make them forget what they were before.

11.02.2011
Cellular technologies

Genetic instability of human pluripotent cells

Human pluripotent cells, both embryonic and induced, are prone to the accumulation of genetic disorders. Researchers have not been able to determine at what point subchromosomal disorders appear in cells

11.02.2011
Innovative Russia

RVC and ANH will develop a training program for innovative entrepreneurs

The Russian Venture Company and the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation will jointly launch a training program for innovative entrepreneurs. This was announced by the Rector of the Academy of Sciences Vladimir Mau.

11.02.2011
Controversial

Will the nanotubes go down the pipe?

The harm of carbon nanotubes, widely used in modern industry, is most obvious. In their structure, they resemble asbestos fiber, which destroyed hundreds of thousands of people on the planet.

11.02.2011
Biotechnologies - into life

Scandinavian Skolkovo

The Danish-Swedish Medicon Valley is one of the largest clusters in Europe, where research laboratories, commercial structures and industrial enterprises related to the vast industry called life—sciences - "life sciences" are concentrated.

11.02.2011
Exhibitions and conferences

II Forum of Innovative Technologies

The purpose of the Forum is to develop proposals to the Government of the Russian Federation on innovative development, including innovative legislation, taking into account the opinions of business, RAS, regional leaders, representatives of foreign innovative companies.

11.02.2011
Innovative Russia

Davos Forum: "Skolkovo needs transparency"

"We have a lot of skeptics about Skolkovo, many believe that Russia should invest in existing innovation centers," admitted I. Shuvalov. However, "the idea is to build something completely new, which will show an example of how to do business in a new way with Western partners and innovative companies."

11.02.2011