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At this time, scientists from the Slovak Academy of Sciences are intensely preparing to test the samples for the presence of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. For this special situation, the Institute of Virology of the Biomedical Research Center of the SAS offered to redirect part of its researchers and equipment, which is routinely used in research, in…
In reaction to the epidemiologic situation concerning a new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which changes dynamically and creates disinformation, we deliver the following opinion of researchers of the Institute of Virology of the Biomedical Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences as of February 28, 2020. FACTS RECOMMENDATIONS Photo: https://phil.cdc.gov/Translated by: SAS
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is one of the most common among childhood malignancies. Despite the severity of the disease, treatment of childhood leukemia is one of the major medical success stories of modern medicine. This once uniformly fatal disease is currently treatable in up to 90 % of cases. However, treatment is difficult for pediatric patients…
The latest issue of the prestigious journal Nature Medicine published the results of an international team, which also included researchers from the Kosice Institutes of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, which are of great importance for the potential therapy of hitherto incurable neurodegenerative disease – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The study was created at the University…
The complete disappearance of nodular goiter in children, a significant reduction in the incidence of goiter in all age groups, the disappearance of endemic cretinism, the improvement of children’s achievement in schools and an increase in the intellectual level of the nation. We owe all this to research and interest in endocrinology, but especially in…
Breast cancer research is the main area of interest of Jana Plava, a recent winner of “Student Personality of Slovakia Award for the academic year 2018/2019” in the category Medical Sciences and Pharmacy”. Jana Plava is a member of Svetlana Miklikova’s lab where she studies the tumor microenvironment and its role in cancer progression, metastasizing,…
The November scientific café in Košice with the climate change topic was a jubilee one. The topic, which currently resonates in society and is highly topical, revealed a view of climate change from a pragmatic engineering perspective. Ing. František Simančík, PhD. from the Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics SAS in Bratislava and a member of…
Partners from institutions of the Alliance4Life (A4L) consortium, from CEITEC MU Brno and FNUSA-ICRC, visited Biomedical Research Center SAS (BMC SAS) on 4 December and 5 December 2019, with the aim to introduce the process and the methodology of implementation and operation of the „core facilities“ concept (CF) which have already been introduced or are…
As a part of the Science and Technology Week in Slovakia, an expert meeting entitled, National Round Table on Science Policy, Together for Improving the Conditions and Quality of Science and Research in Slovakia, took place on 6 November 2019, at the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information. The event was organized by the…
This workshop will provide a basic introduction into recombinant protein production in eukaryotic expression systems, protein purification, including protein complexes, secreted proteins and viruses and will also discuss important aspects of protein quality assessment. The workshop is intended for Masters’ and PhD students, postdocs and other researchers in the Vienna-Bratislava cross-border region. Speakers: Antonio Sponga,…