the cornerstone: "the nature–like technosphere is a part of the noosphere.."

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This approach has become the foundation of BIOPROM, a congress and exhibition platform for manufacturers and institutions developing human-oriented technologies.



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Bio-hacking

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In all likelihood, however, this biohacking is only called that, but in fact it is something completely different, exactly the opposite of the decadent Western biohacking (as we know - "but, the Russian CBDC is for deal with sanctions and for freedom", etc., everything else), promoted by darpa-influencers such as Ray Kurzweil, Yuval, Klaus (to mention just a few of the many similar ones), And in fact, Russian biohacking is something about strengthening traditional values in the context of Christian Ortodox values.

2 Feb 2024

Biohacking — what it is: we explain in simple words

How to "hack" the body and ensure longevity.



Alexey Repetyuk
Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Sports Medicine and Medical Rehabilitation of Sechenov University. Chief Specialist of the Department for the Therapeutic Use of Prohibited Substances of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). Until 2022, he was the director of the medical department of FC Lokomotiv. Speaker of the joint program of Skillbox and the First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov "Biohacking".


What is biohacking?
Biohacking is a set of techniques for "hacking" biological processes. For example, biohacking can supposedly slow down aging, speed up metabolism, and accelerate brain activity.
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Why do we need biohacking?
According to the precepts of biohacking, the body is a system, and everything that gets into it affects the productivity and quality of the wearer's health. Based on this, the main tasks of biohacking include:

optimization of the body's work;

slowing down the aging process;

ensuring longevity.

On the way to their "happily ever after", biohackers regularly undergo checks, exercise, develop special diets, regulate sleep patterns, and practice various ways to manage stress.
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"Biohacking allows for an individualized approach to quality of life and productivity and treats the body as a biological machine that can be hacked and reconfigured. A person can be absolutely healthy from the point of view of medicine and a healthy lifestyle, but at the same time feel bad or have difficulty recovering from exertion, because everyone has their own norm."
ALEXEY REPETYUK

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What tools are used in biohacking
Sergey Faguet (one of the founders of the direction in Russia) identifies six areas of interest in biohacking:

sleep hygiene;
optimal nutrition;
optimal physical activity;
mental health;
medical tests;
dietary supplements;
medication.



Tools are selected for them. Zealous supporters of the method improve their bodies with the help of chipping and implanting cybernetic devices (we will tell you which ones a little later).
Grinders are people who apply the hacker ethic to improve their own bodies with do-it-yourself cybernetic devices. Many grinders identify with the biopunk movement, open-source transhumanism, and techno-progressivism. The Grinder movement is strongly associated with the body modification movement and practices actual implantation of cybernetic devices in organic bodies as a method of working towards transhumanism, such as designing and installing do-it-yourself body-enhancements such as magnetic implants. Biohacking emerged in a growing trend of non-institutional science and technology development.
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It sounds like the beginning of another cyberpunk movie, but, according to some scientists, the automation of the human body has already become part of our reality — it's time to get used to it.
Biohacking: An exploratory study to understand the factors influencing the adoption of embedded technologies within the human body

May 2020

Authors: Harsha Gangadharbatla, University of Colorado Boulder

Wearable tech is leading way to embedded tech, i.e., implants inside the body designed to track and enhance human health and productivity among other things. Researchers have used Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) extensively to explain the factors influencing adoption of almost all technological innovations to date. Embedded tech, often referred to as biohacking, presents a unique set of factors that call for yet another revision of the model. Using diffusion of innovations, self-efficacy, and social exchange theory, a revision to the technology acceptance model is proposed with additional factors such as age and gender, embedded technology self-efficacy, perceived risk and privacy concerns to explain the adoption of embedded technologies within the human body. Data was collected through an online survey (N = 1063) using a Qualtrics panel and results suggest that age, gender, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, embedded technology self-efficacy, risk and privacy concerns all impact the adoption of embedded tech. Implications for the implant industry, policy makers, and researchers interested in such tech are drawn.

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In addition to the usual vitamins and dietary supplements, biohacking actively uses "smart drugs" and nootropics, which increase the efficiency of the brain.

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What are the areas of biohacking?
There are several areas of biohacking, but there are three approaches to the basic ones.

Approach one: grinder
Its representatives are also called cyborgs of our time. Proponents of this method transform themselves through the introduction of chips and implants into bodies.


Some biohackers implant chips that can record and transmit biometric data (for example, glucose levels). Or they install magnets on their fingertips: according to the idea, the movements and vibrations of the magnets transmit information about the world to the brain.

The creators of this know-how promise that in about 2-3 weeks, the brain will begin to process sensory data in a new way, reading the magnetic fields of surrounding objects.

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Approach Two: Nutrigenomics
It studies the effect of food on gene function and health in general. Studies show that the need for personalized nutrition is growing, so nutrigenomics is in the process of being actively studied. ..
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Approach Three: DIY Biology
Or "biology with your own hands". In this approach, the main goal is to popularize science. To do this, scientists share knowledge in biology and information about available alternatives to laboratory equipment, and tell how to conduct experiments at home. ..
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Who will benefit from knowledge of biohacking?
Knowledge in the field of biohacking will be useful to specialists in various fields:

doctors;
beauticians;
nutritionists;
fitness trainers;
bloggers and media personalities (a promising topic for building an audience);
psychologists (for lovers of technology and innovation, biohacking can be a motivation to maintain a healthy and caring attitude towards oneself).

Also, the study of biohacking is relevant for those who are in search of a new profession. Biohacking is one of the top 5 technological trends that will shape the health services market in the future.

So there is a chance to become a sought-after specialist and make an impressive career in the current direction.

What books about biohacking to read
The following books are suitable for getting acquainted with the biohacking movement:

"Brain Biohacking. A Proven Plan to Maximize Your Brain Boost in Two Weeks by Dave Asprey;

"Smart biohacking: 8 facets of a full life. How to Become Healthy, Young and Energetic in 40 Days", Sarah Gottfried;

"Biohacking without fanaticism. How to Live a Long Full Life", Ilya Mutovin;

"Nutrition of a biohacker. How to Eat to Be Efficient and Slow Down Aging", Ekaterina Shcherbakova;

"Intelligent biohacking of Homo Sapiens: the physical body and its laws", Konstantin Zabolotny.
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The use of useful gadgets and modern services is also welcome in biohacking. These can be meditation apps, fitness bracelets, sleep monitors, devices for fixing biomarkers.

The latter include, for example, the Oura ring, a fitness tracker that is equipped with high-tech sensors. The device works in tandem with the app and monitors, for example:

pulse rate;
Temperature;
the level of oxygen in the blood;
the number of steps;
heart rate;
feeling of tension or recovery;
phases of deep and light sleep.
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Biohacking as an individual and comprehensive approach to health and self-knowledge can have a positive impact on people's relationship with their bodies. But remember that any intervention in the body and health should take place under the strict supervision of doctors.




Biohacking

The program of additional professional education was developed by the First Moscow State Medical University named after I. M. Sechenov. You will master a scientific approach to longevity and slowing down the aging process. You will be able to improve your health and appearance, gain a slim and toned figure, increase personal efficiency and achieve your goals faster. You will learn how to monetize new knowledge for better professional results.

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Biohacking

Joint program with the First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov

You will master a scientific approach to longevity and slowing down the aging process. You will be able to improve your health and appearance, gain a slim and toned figure, increase personal efficiency and achieve your goals faster. You will learn how to monetize new knowledge for better professional results.
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What is biohacking?
Biohacking is a set of scientifically proven techniques. They help slow down aging, as well as improve the health of the body, mental health, and brain.

You don't have to be a doctor to practice biohacking, but you need to know how the human body works.

A biohacking specialist identifies individual indicators of aging, markers of biological age, and longevity factors. Then, he creates personal anti-aging strategies: they are also called preventive strategies.
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Partnership
The theoretical and practical part of the program was composed by experts from the I.M. Sechenov Moscow State Medical University and the Federal Research Center of Nutrition and Biotechnology.

First Moscow State Medical University named after I. M. Sechenov
One of the best medical universities in Russia according to Times Higher Education*. More than 30 thousand doctors study and improve their skills here. 85% of teachers have an academic degree.

*Global ranking of the best universities from Times Higher Education magazine. One of the most authoritative in the world.


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The human centricity topic
is gaining more ground in the business and social agendas in Russia and around the world.
This approach has become the foundation of BIOPROM, a congress and exhibition platform for manufacturers and institutions developing human-oriented technologies.



THE FOCUS OF BIOPROM’24

BIOTECHMED
International Forum on Innovative Technologies in Pharmacy and Medicine





Bio-hacking

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October 7, 2024 13:30

The message reads, in part:

“I believe that your forum, which has brought together officials, heads of large companies and scientific centres in Gelendzhik, is an important and much-needed initiative. The issues that will be discussed there have great national importance. I refer to the widespread, universal introduction of innovative technologies in the production of medical products, the food industry and agriculture. These areas can help improve the health, quality of life and well-being of people, as well as enhance the environmental situation in the country.

I am confident that the forum will be held in a creative, constructive spirit, fostering business and professional contacts and the launch of new promising projects.”



07 October 2024

Musicians and dancers from Niger recorded a rap greeting to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of his birthday. This was reported to TASS by the director of the Russian House Bello Issuff.

"The people of Niger really approached the congratulations very creatively. Rap, created under the direction of the talented Nafiy Salissou, reflected not only respect for the Russian leader, but also our music, our culture. The rap was performed by singer Messier Yaro, and the dance part was presented by the Sahel 24 group," Issuff said.

The congratulatory song was called "Vladimir Putin rules". It sings in French about the work of the Russian leader aimed at improving the well-being of the people.

On October 7, the President of Russia celebrates his 72nd birthday.


 
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The Kurchatov Institute presented the latest developments in Russian medicine

22.10.2024




On October 21, the Kurchatov Genome Forum "KurchatovGenTech-2024" began its work in Moscow. Its first event was the plenary session "Genetic Technologies in Biomedicine: Present and Future".

The session was moderated by Maria Vorontsova, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

The guest of honor of the event was the President of the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Mikhail Kovalchuk.

At the meeting, representatives of Russian research centers spoke about developments in the treatment of oncological, orphan and other diseases, including new approaches to the creation of drugs based on synthetic RNA and the use of viruses as tools to fight cancer.

Thus, the chief researcher of the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyotr Chumakov, announced the development of a drug against cancer "Enteromics", created on the basis of different viruses (the development has passed a full cycle of preclinical studies, clinical trials are planned in December).

Valentin Makarov, Deputy Director of the Institute of Synthetic Biology and Genetic Engineering of the Center for Strategic Studies of the FMBA of Russia, noted in his report that vaccines for the treatment of colorectal cancer are being developed on the basis of the platform created by Russian scientists.

Pavel Yakovlev, Vice-President of the Biocad biotechnology company, spoke about a drug developed jointly with a group of scientists from the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis.

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Immunology Musa Khaitov reported on the development of an inhaled drug for coronavirus infection "MIR 19", which has shown its effectiveness, despite the variability of the coronavirus.

Commenting on the results of the event, Maria Vorontsova noted that in recent years, Russian biomedicine has made a qualitative leap that makes it possible to move towards personalization of treatment: "This helps us move away from therapy that has been established for decades to completely new platform solutions, to new individual solutions for each person."

KurchatovGenTech-2024 is held as part of the II International Forum of Nature-Like Technologies. The event was organized by the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute".



Madame Maria Vorontsova (one of Vladimir Putin's two daughters)

October 21, 2024

Expert: Genetic technologies of the Russian Federation have received an impetus in development in the last six years

In the history of the development of this scientific direction, there have been several "fundamentally new steps and discoveries" that are applicable, including in medicine, said Maria Vorontsova, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine of Lomonosov Moscow State University for Science

... these discoveries will allow, among other things, to improve medical care, says Maria Vorontsova, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine of Lomonosov Moscow State University for Science, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Leading Researcher at the National Medical Research Center of Endocrinology of the Ministry of Health of Russia, member of the Presidium of the Russian Association for the Promotion of Science.

"Over the past 5-6 years, genetic technologies and projects around these technologies have received a significant impetus in the development of the country, which is good news," Vorontsova said, noting that in the history of the development of this scientific direction, which began in Russia much earlier, there have been several "fundamentally new steps and discoveries" that are applicable, including in medicine.

Vorontsova moderated the plenary session "Genetic Technologies in Biomedicine: Present and Future", which takes place within the framework of the Kurchatov Genome Forum ("KurchatovGenTech-2024"). At the meeting, representatives of Russian scientific centers spoke about the latest achievements in this area, including new approaches to the creation of drugs based on synthetic RNA, the use of viruses as natural tools to fight cancer.

Mikhail Kovalchuk, President of the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", in turn, recalled that the country has been implementing a federal scientific and technical program for the development of genetic technologies since 2019. "When the program was launched, many of you probably heard that there is no genetics in the country, there is no this, that. <… > A couple of days ago, the Americans wrote that Russia had rushed in the direction of genetic technologies surprisingly quickly. They have a tremendous breakthrough in the field of these systems and technologies. [Therefore] it is necessary to strengthen [against the Russian Federation] sanctions aimed at this zone," Kovalchuk said.

"[As they say], we learn about our own successes as the resistance to our movement grows. I want to congratulate you and me on the fact that <... > this is already noticeable not only to us," the scientist concluded.
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Pavel Yakovlev, Vice President for Early Development and Research of the company, noted that existing drugs, in particular, are aimed at blocking individual molecules (cytokines), which preserves the risk of spreading the inflammatory process in the body through other cytokines. The authors of the new drug have discovered mechanisms that allow us to conclude that the same T-cells are responsible for the development of ankylosing spondylitis, which makes it possible to comprehensively affect this process.

"Phase III clinical trials are currently underway, which should expand the number of indications for the use of this drug. <… > The drug is already on the market. As for other diseases, including diabetes, multiple sclerosis, intestinal diseases, we are actively engaged in the development of these drugs," Yakovlev told TASS.

"We are moving from classical pharmacology, which we used for several decades, or even centuries before, to fundamentally new approaches. These are cross-cutting technologies that have shown themselves in each report - from orphan diseases to infectious, oncological and autoimmune diseases," Vorontsova told reporters, summing up the session.


The most severe genetic diseases are no longer a sentence. Genetic engineering therapy is on guard of health. At the Kurchatov Genomic Forum in Moscow, methods of treating diseases that previously did not lend themselves to any influence were discussed. And now Russian doctors can repair genes and replace pathological DNA sections.

Russian scientists are trying to get closer to understanding the code of nature

Russian specialists can already identify defects in the child's body even before the birth of a child, as well as correct them and ensure the health and longevity of the newborn person. Genetic research is one of the main priorities of the Kurchatov Institute. Success in many areas depends on the developments of scientists.




 

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The tasks of bioeconomics were discussed at the Kurchatov Institute

22.10.2024




Ensuring food security, breakthroughs in medicine, new energy, the development of remote areas of the country... These are all different but interrelated tasks that biotechnology solves. This was discussed on October 21 at the Kurchatov Institute at the plenary session "Bioeconomics".

The session opened the II International Forum of Nature-Like Technologies
, which is taking place at the Kurchatov Institute on October 21–23.

The meeting began with a long report by the President of the Kurchatov Institute, Mikhail Kovalchuk. He recalled the history of the development of domestic biotechnologies and stressed that despite the "losses" that this sphere of science and industry suffered in the 1990s, now Russian biotech is on the rise again. "Our competitive advantage is the availability of a huge amount of raw materials for biotechnology. These are water and energy resources, which few people have in such volumes. These are labor resources and, most importantly, scientific and technical potential, which not only exists, but is already integrated," Kovalchuk emphasized.

The President of the Center recalled that in August 2024, the Scientific and Technological Center (STC) for Bioeconomy and Biotechnology was established by order of the Government of the Russian Federation. The head organization in the new structure, which united eight Russian research institutes, was the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute". "The bioeconomy around the world is rightly called a knowledge-based economy. And we are creating a powerful intellectual center for it," said President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Krasnikov, who participated in the session.

By April 2025, the new approaches developed with the participation of the STC will be implemented in the form of a new national project for the development of the bioeconomy. "This is the first step towards the creation of a nature-like technosphere," Kovalchuk said.

Other participants of the plenary session also spoke about the strategic importance of biotechnology. Thus, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation Andrei Fursenko stressed that Russian biotechnologies should not only solve the problems of import substitution, but also develop at a faster pace. And for this, the state must create an extensive system of scientific centers that would both interact and compete with each other, stimulating the achievement of results.

And the Vice-Speaker of the State Duma Irina Yarovaya focused on the social aspect: "Research institutes that work in the field of biotechnology are becoming a means of changing the social environment... When implementing a new project, it is necessary to aim at a concrete, tangible result: it should be expressed in strengthening people's health, increasing the quality and duration of their life."

In addition, I. Yarovaya emphasized the importance of ensuring biological safety, which was also mentioned by M. Kovalchuk in his report. In particular, she pointed out the importance of adopting a law on the genetic examination of biomaterials imported into the country: "Ignorance of what exactly is imported into our country in the form of basic ingredients for the production of food products and pharmacology is unacceptable."

The plenary session was also attended by Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Mikhail Murashko, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture Lilia Gumerova, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Science and Higher Education Sergey Kabyshev, Head of the FMBA Veronika Skvortsova and others.




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[Aide to the President of the Russian Federation Andrei Fursenko, speaking at the plenary session "Bioeconomics" within the framework of the Kurchatov Genome Forum ("Kurchatovgentech-2024") ], also touched upon the topic of a new national project dedicated to the development of the bioeconomy. Earlier, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov, speaking at the main forecast session of the Bioprom forum "Live to 120: technologies for humans", noted that it is planned to start the implementation of the new national project in April 2025. "If we talk about the bioeconomy as a whole, what a separate national project will be devoted to, it was determined by presidential decree and should begin its implementation next April," Manturov said.

Fursenko noted that this national project is "a complex, comprehensive, project of more than one department, but a project absolutely vital for all of us." "If we try to replace it with a set of what we already have, it will be a mistake. We will not get a new quality," Fursenko said.


Genetic Code: The Development of the Bioeconomy Was Discussed at the Kurchatov Forum

How nature-like technologies will change people's lives

October 22 2024

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"We are talking about the use of fundamentally new, nature-like technologies that do not cause damage to the world around us, but coexist with it and allow us to restore the balance between the biosphere and the technosphere disturbed by man," said Mikhail Kovalchuk, President of the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", in his speech.

According to him, the bioeconomy is the first stage in the creation of a nature-like technosphere.
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The introduction of new nature-like methods will make greater use of these basic resources and make better use of natural processes. Such as photosynthesis, vital activity. New technologies, in particular, will significantly increase yields and increase the total useful biomass.
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Another important factor in the bioeconomy, the head of the Research Center emphasized, should be a more even settlement of people across the country. The technologies necessary for this have already been created. .. such as epidemics of infectious diseases or man-made disasters.
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As the President of the Kurchatov Institute explained, two major federal programs are currently being implemented in our country as part of the development of nature-like technologies. They are presented at the forum in the form of separate areas. One of them is devoted to synchrotron and laser facilities of the megascience class, and the other to genetic research and technologies.

The first direction (megainstallations) is what allows specialists to "peek" at the atomic level about the structure of matter and organisms, to study the processes that occur in nature at the micro level, and to recreate them in devices that are useful to humans. The second part is knowledge about genetic codes, as well as their combinations, which can be used to obtain new drugs, products, plant and animal species," said Mikhail Kovalchuk.



Kovalchuk spoke about the creation of a megascience structure throughout Russia

October 21 2024
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He said that two federal programs were approved for the development of nature-like technologies in the country.

"The first is the genetics program. This is how we work at the atomic and molecular level, that is, we are talking about creating a mega-science structure throughout the country. This is a huge program, for which almost 600 billion rubles have been allocated and fixed until 2032. Now the creation of unique installations is underway," Kovalchuk said.

He noted that within five to six years, Russia will have the most advanced research infrastructure in the world in this area.


Kovalchuk explained the need for the world to transition to nature-like technologies

Kovalchuk called Russia an energy superpower with great prospects

October 21 2024


The transition of the global economy to the use of nature-like technologies is necessary due to a lack of resources, environmental degradation and improper ways of organizing production. This was stated to Izvestia on October 21 by the president of the National Research Center (NRC) "Kurchatov Institute" Mikhail Kovalchuk.

"This will inevitably become such a quintessence of the main line of development [of humanity], because we have a lack of resources and a catastrophically deteriorating environment due to the wrong way of farming," he said on the sidelines of the II International Forum of Nature-Like Technologies.

Kovalchuk recalled that almost 10 years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin was the first in the world to point out from the UN rostrum the importance of the transition to such technologies. According to the head of the Kurchatov Institute, this topic is much more complex than the more discussed field of nanotechnology, but not all countries are ready to study it yet.


At the same time, the dominant method of production, which was supposed to serve only the countries of the so-called golden billion, has now begun to be used around the world and leads to the destruction of resources, Kovalchuk explained.

He pointed out that Western countries tried to find a way out of the crisis by inciting armed conflicts. In turn, Russia, as an energy superpower, has proposed an alternative path that will inevitably become the main trend in global development, the president of the research center concluded.

Earlier in the day, Kovalchuk said that a mega-science structure will be created throughout Russia for the development of nature-like technologies. For these purposes, two federal programs were approved in the country, in particular on genetics, he recalled.

Back in September 2015, at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, Putin called for the introduction of fundamentally new nature-like technologies in the world that do not harm the world around us and allow restoring the balance disturbed by man. In November 2023, the Russian leader instructed the government to develop and approve a plan for the development of nature-like technologies in the country.



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February 8, 2018

The president held a meeting of the Council for science and education in Novosibirsk.
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Mikhail Kovalchuk:
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When we talk to you about the digital economy, we have to understand that if we do not develop the energy sector appropriately, we will not have a digital economy. In the near future, this creates serious constraints on energy resources for the formation of a digital economy. At the same time, nature does not know resource crises and energy starvation. The explanation for this is the extremely high energy efficiency of natural sites.
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I would like to say that a number of technologically significant results have already been achieved both in the field of energy production and in the field of energy consumption. For example, technologies have been developed to generate electrical energy based on the metabolic processes of living organisms. These are so-called biofuel cells, which can be used, in particular, to power microsensors of a biological nature and implantable medical devices.


Draft Decree of the President of the Russian Federation “On the Strategy for the development of nature-like (convergent) technologies” (June 14, 2022), full text (some quotes)

General characteristics of the big challenges that the Strategy is designed to answer:

The global challenge of the XXI century is the need to ensure the sustainable development of civilization.
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The cause of the crisis is the antagonism of nature and the technosphere created by man.
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Nature–like (convergent) sciences and technologies are a tool for responding to the great challenges of the modern world.
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The symbiosis of nano- and biotechnologies allows not only to reproduce living matter, but also to create fundamentally new bioorganic materials and structures.
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Research and development in the field of NBICS convergence as a tool for creating nature-like technologies is actively conducted in a number of foreign countries, primarily in the USA.

In particular, in the USA there is a program of the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Commerce called NBIC – “Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information technology and Cognitive science”. In other countries, similar convergent programs are known by the acronyms GRAIN (Genetics, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Nanotechnology) and BANG (Bits, Atoms, Neurons, Genes). These programs are largely focused on the development of human resources. Thus, the NBIC program of the USA is called “Converging Technologies for Improving Human Perfomance”, and the NBIC program of the European Union is “Converging Technologies for the European Knowledge Society) (CTEKS).

The main content of this stage will be the development and creation of:

– nanobiotechnology products;

– hybrid devices and bionic devices;

– nanobiosystems and devices, including fundamentally new hybrid bionic-type sensing systems;

– biorobototechnical systems, including new generation artificial intelligence systems and neuromorphic processors.


The implementation of the task of the third stage will lead to the creation of a fundamentally new technological basis of the economy in the Russian Federation.

Stage 1. Formation of the scientific and personnel base for the development of nature-like (convergent) sciences and technologies (2022-2026).
Priority tasks of the stage:
[among them]
– development and creation of combined (hybrid) technical systems and technological processes using natural components, primarily biosensors, biofuel elements, brain-computer interfaces, additive technologies for creating separate biosimilar and artificial biological objects, nuclear medicine and radiation therapy technologies;

– creation of the first generation of the domestic neuromorphic processor and implementation of pilot projects for its application in real sectors of the economy and the military-industrial complex;

– search for available developments in the field of nature-like (convergent) sciences and technologies ready for industrial development.

Stage 2. Creation of technological foundations for the beginning of the formation of separate nature–like scientific and production clusters (2027-2032).
Priority tasks of the stage:

– transfer of the results of the first stage to the economy;

– research and technological reproduction of individual objects and processes of wildlife, primarily in the field of:

– synthetic biology (artificial cell, artificial virus);

– biophotonic devices;

– biorobots;

– additive manufacturing technologies and equipment for the creation of synthetic biological materials and artificial organs from them;


– new generation medicines and means of their targeted delivery;

– energy supply systems for implantable devices, artificial organs and biorobots due to energy processes in living organisms;

– development and creation of neuromorphic brain-machine and brain-brain interfaces, anthropomorphic bioprostheses, anthropomorphic robotic devices;


– development and creation of neuromorphic artificial intelligence systems, including those with the ability to self-study without connection to data storage and processing centers;

– creation of a fully functional (including the learning function) domestic neuroprocessor with characteristics that are not inferior or superior to foreign analogues;

– development of biocomputing technologies;

– creation of prototypes of components of nature-like nuclear power;

– development of the interdisciplinary education system.

Stage 3. Formation of the basic elements of the nature–like technosphere (2033-2037)
Priority tasks of the stage:

– transfer of the results of stages 1 and 2 to the economy;

– technological reproduction of systems and complexes of wildlife, first of all:

– nature-like energy systems, including nature-like nuclear power;

– cyberphysical additive production complexes (“Internet of everything”);

– medical systems based on technologies of correction of the psychophysiological sphere of a person;

– formation of basic elements of anthropomorphic biorobotonics, including communities of anthropomorphic biorobototechnical systems;

– creation of super-large neurocomputers based on the developed neuroprocessors, approaching the human in their cognitive capabilities;

– creation of a new generation of artificial intelligence systems with cognitive capabilities, providing approaches to creating a “strong” artificial intelligence;


– development of the interdisciplinary education system.

As a result of the implementation of the third stage, separate nature-like scientific and production clusters will be formed, as structure-forming elements of a nature-like technosphere."

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Directorate of Digitalization, Technology and Agri-Business of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)



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"Ladies and gentlemen, one more issue that shall affect the future of the entire humankind is climate change. It is in our interest to ensure that the coming UN Climate Change Conference that will take place in Paris in December this year should deliver some feasible results. As part of our national contribution, we plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions to 70–75 percent of the 1990 levels by the year 2030.

However, I suggest that we take a broader look at the issue. Admittedly, we may be able to defuse it for a while by introducing emission quotas and using other tactical measures, but we certainly will not solve it for good that way. What we need is an essentially different approach, one that would involve introducing new, groundbreaking, nature-like technologies that would not damage the environment, but rather work in harmony with it, enabling us to restore the balance between the biosphere and technology upset by human activities."



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