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Development of regenerative and reproductive medicine, increase of the level of insurance culture and a more conscious attitude of modern people to their health led to the high popularity of biobanks worldwide.

Biobanks are medical institutions that are engaged in long-term storage and cryopreservation of biological material under conditions of the ultra-low temperatures. Frozen cells and tissues in the...

Transplantation of organs, cells and tissues is a modern highly effective method of treatment of a number of serious diseases with end-stage organ failure.

Transplantation is considered an indicator of the quality and level of health care system, as well as the level of the development of...

Due to high technologies and some innovativeness of stem cell-based treatment for certain diseases, both the medical community and patients often have questions about the safety of cell therapy.

Concerns about the harmlessness of stem cell treatment is also caused by sporadic reports in media about cases of malignancy in individuals after cell therapy. That is why within...

Placenta is an important organ that during fetal development provides a link between maternal and fetal body and performs respiratory, excretory, trophic, protective, endocrine and immune functions.

However, even without special knowledge since early times, mankind has considered the biological role of the placenta  to be much...

Diabetes mellitus is the third most prevalent disease in the world after cardiovascular disorders and cancer and diabetes mellitus complications are an important cause of decreased quality of life and disability in the working age population.

The definition “diabetes” includes a group of diseases that are accompanied...

Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death in modern society. According to the World Health Organization, about 17 million people in the world die annually from cardiovascular diseases.

And if in recent years scientists succeeded to reduce in part cancer mortality through early detection of the...

Blood has a number of vital functions in human body. No wonder, human life is only possible as long as the heart pumps blood through the vessels.

The red blood cells (erythrocytes) carry oxygen throughout the human body, white blood cells (leukocytes) provide immune defense, and platelets...

Pregnancy is a wonderful time in the life of a family, full of bright emotions, pleasant troubles and joyful anticipation of the real miracle. And if a baby carriage, a crib and baby’s first dowry can be bought after their birth, it is necessary to think...