Сравнение работы человеческого сердца с часовым механизмом не страдает новизной, что, впрочем, не делает эту аналогию менее верной. Точно так же, как часы, вследствие изношенности механизма, со временем начинают отставать, человеческое сердце замедляет свой...
Skolkovo resident company 3D Bioprinting Solutions has become the first company to use a 3D printer to create live tissue in space, printing an organ construct for the thyroid gland of a mouse on board the International Space Station (ISS) this month. ...
Few countries in the world can benefit from telemedicine and the remote diagnosis and monitoring services it offers as much as Russia, with its enormous territory and multitude of sparsely populated and hard to reach areas. Yet currently, digital healthcare...
When the Kursk region-based agricultural enterprise Agrofirma Rylskaya noticed that the costs of their sugar beet production were constantly rising, with no corresponding increase in yield, they turned to an innovative tech startup. Roboprob , a resident startup...
The Skolkovo Foundation has joined forces with the U.K.’s AMR Centre, a private-public initiative launched in 2016 to support and accelerate the development of new antibiotics, to combat the global problem of antimicrobial resistance. Skolkovo's...
OncoTartis Inc., the U.S. daughter company of Skolkovo resident biomed startup OncoTartis , has raised $6 million in investment to develop its treatment for acute myeloid leukaemia. The acute myeloid leukaemia drug is being developed simultaneously in...
Russia’s first commercial research biobank, National BioService , opened a brand new laboratory at the Skolkovo Technopark on Thursday. The National BioService lab at the Skolkovo Technopark will be used for both the company's own research and...
A large section of the Skolkovo Technopark was turned into an obstacle course with a difference this week, as people of all ages raced to complete a course that included walking up some steps while holding a tray of apples, opening a door at the top of the...
The first shared lab space in Russia for life sciences and biotech startups opened its doors at the Skolkovo Technopark on Wednesday with a mission to help budding biomed entrepreneurs test their theories and turn their ideas into a commercial company. ...
The Golden Autumn agricultural trade fair is to a large extent a celebration of Russian traditions. Individual regions of Russia present their local produce on their own stand, often accompanied by people dressed in folk costumes who sing, dance or play traditional...
Amid the hazardous hairstyles and improbable outfits on display at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia last week, it was hard to stand out. But in one of the cavernous rooms of Moscow’s Manezh, where the event took place, some of the startups displaying...
Огромный океанариум, открывшийся в 2016 году на острове Русский, до сих пор в основном служил источником новостей для хроники происшествий, однако в недалекой перспективе с помощью «Сколково» может сделаться центром компетенций в сфере аквакультуры...
Skolkovo startup DRD Biotech has produced a working prototype of an express test that can determine in just a few minutes whether a person has had – or is at near-term risk of having – the most common kind of stroke. Svetlana Dambinova has...
В фильме Питера Ландесмана «Concussion» (в русском переводе он почему-то называется «Защитник») патологоанатом Беннет Омалу, его играет Уилл Смит, устанавливает диагноз «хронической травматической энцефалопатии» (ХТЭ) —...
Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest and deepest lake, is in danger. For several years now, the water near the shores of the vast Siberian lake has been turning green with algae, and satellite images reveal that that is only a small part of a much bigger problem...
Konstantin Deblikov deftly extends one black, bionic finger to rub the side of his nose as he talks. The casual observer might think that the young journalist from Voronezh has complete mastery of his bionic hands, but his dexterity belies the struggle that...
If scientists invented an anti-ageing pill that would help you live to the age of 120, would you take it? Think carefully, because if it sounds like science fiction, it’s not. Ageing is a treatable disease like any other, according to some scientists...
Amid the satellites, virtual reality headsets, 3D printers and other hi-tech products on show at Skolkovo’s recent Startup Bazaar, the stand housing a cage of buzzing flies and jar of writhing maggots stood out. Also on the table were jars of dried and...
A Russian company is hoping to revolutionise the treatment of HIV patients around the world with the help of a grant from the Skolkovo Foundation. Currently, Russia's one million HIV patients take a daily cocktail of tablets. Viriom is working on...
«Вся земля не стоит даже одной капли бесполезно пролитой крови», - говорил Суворов. Если подсчитать капли крови, с которыми по нескольку раз в день вынуждены расставаться 350 миллионов человек, или 6% населения Земли, страдающего диабетом, получатся...
A four-year-old boy from the Russian city of St. Petersburg got a life-changing birthday present last week when he was given a functioning prosthetic hand designed to resemble his favourite cartoon hero. A video of the little boy, Fyodor, using his bright...
«Куба могла бы стать отличным плацдармом для развития нашего бизнеса в Латинской Америке», - считает представитель Первого онкологического научно-консультационного центра (ПОНКЦ) Алексей Стрыгин. Его мнение по итогам поездки на Кубу разделяют другие...
“What’s Russia famous for? The Kalashnikov – the AK47,” says Vladimir Mironov, chief scientific officer at 3D Bioprinting Solutions . “Well now we have a different motto: not shoot to kill, but shoot to heal – using a tissue...
В рамках проходящей в иннограде международной конференции Startup Village состоялась сессия «Селекция в растениеводстве и животноводстве». По словам директора по науке биомедицинского кластера «Сколково» Юрия Никольского, – это...
Improvements in this version of Startup Village: Record crowds, new setting, creative catering. Like the leading smartphone apps, Startup Village is constantly evolving. The third edition of Russia and Eastern Europe’s biggest startup event is no...