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pathologies; 7) the Organic Synthesis Department--under Dr. L. N. Kryukov-develops
new antidepressants, synthesizes fungicides, and studies biologically
active compounds influencing carbohydrate metabolism, and various drugs, and
8) the Department of Drug Testing--headed by Dr. O. P. Plushch--is engaged in
testing newly developed drug preparations, and 9) the Human Genetics Department
under Dr. B. B. Safronov--studies the discrepancies in the primary structure of
DNA in genes responsible for the development of a number of hereditary diseases.
The Biomedical Research and Therapy Institute under Dr. A. V. Karaulov applies
or maximizes the application of scientific discoveries to public health practices
combining the efforts of the Clinical Department and the Clinic proper under Dr. I.
E. Zykova, C. Med. S. The Department of Clinical Toxicology under Dr. A. F.
Phytin develops new methods for molecular diagnosis of chemical poisoning. The
Department conducts systematic investigations of the normal or background content
of potentially toxic elements such as heavy metals, sulfur, arsenic, etc., in the
biological media of patients, in particular in children of different ages and from
different regions. The laboratory has experience in investigating causes of mass
poisoning in Chernovtsy, Sillamyae, Zelenograd, and the Far East. The Institute
for the Development and Introduction of Modern Methods of Molecular Diagnostics
is headed by Dr. P. G. Shevshnikov. The Department of Molecular Biology--under
Dr. V. I. Kiselev--searches for nontraditional approaches to the diagnosis, therapy
and prophylaxis of viral infections. The Department of Cell Engineering--under Dr.
S. I. Kalnov--explores the possibilities of using long proliferating lymphoblastoid
B-lymphoma cell lines immortalized by Epstein-Barr virus as a model of intact
lymphocytes. The Department of Biosensors--under Dr. I. N. Kurochkin--creates
new biosensor systems, sensitive elements based upon electrodes, semiconductors,
piezo-electric resonators with immobilized enzymes, microorganisms,
antibodies, cellular organellas, intact cells and receptor preparations. The
Research-Production Complex of Ecological Monitoring under Dr. V. V.
Pomazanov creates medical diagnostic kits (enzyme immunoassay systems on the
basis of mono- and polyclonal antibodies) that use various enzyme markers in the
solid-phase enzyme immunoassay technique. The complex also investigates and
develops new approaches and technical measures for the control of environmental
quality and human health. These investigations are done under contracts with enterprises,
and, as a result, emergency ecology analyses have been run for the
presence of active substances in environmental samples taken from Ufa and
Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk). (These materials are abstracted from materials provided
by letter dated 12 February 1992 from Professor Director General E. S. Severin of
the Russian Research Center of Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy in Moscow.)]
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16. The Cell Biophysics Institute in Puschino
Located in the Moscow region at Puschino, 142292. TGel. 3-90-01.
Directed by Professor Evgenii Ev. Fesenko.
Established in 1991 in Pushchino under Evgenii E. Fesenko who had been since 1988 the
Director of the Biophysics Institute from which this institute was created.
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17. Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics Institute in Puschino
Located in Puschino, 142292, Moscow region. Directed by Corresponding
Member Levon M. Chailakhian. Telephone 925-59-84.
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