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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi Ilia,<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you for responding. This is precisely what I wanted to hear because in gathering data this morning, it makes Russia look like it is on par with some of the world’s leading countries. For example, </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In 2014, Moscow held the International Conference on “Biotechnolgy and Quality of Life”, in 2015 “Biotechnology: State of the Art and Prospect of Development” and in 2016, “Biotechnology in the economic development regions”. In 2015, Germany and Russia organized the 3<sup>rd</sup> Russian-German Forum on BioTech2015 on microbiology, gene engineering, biomedicine, and environmental biotechnology. But the world leading countries are not Russia or the US. They are Malasia, India, Canada, Italy and Brazil. According to one report, Russia ranks 18 out 50 of the most innovative countries in the world. In 2015, the top countries in Europe are the UK, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Czech Republic.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Natasha<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>___________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Natasha Vita-More, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Professor, University of Advancing Technology<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Program Lead, Graduate Studies<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Chair, Humanity+<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fellow, Institute of Ethics and Emerging Technology<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Author, </span></i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Transhumanist-Reader-Contemporary-Technology-Philosophy/dp/1118334310/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433267085&sr=8-1&keywords=transhumanist+reader"><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>The Transhumanist Reader</span></i></a><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'><img border=0 width=84 height=120 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0A74A.F1B3B810" alt="cover email"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ilia Stambler<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 15, 2015 9:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list<br><b>Cc:</b> humanityplusboard@googlegroups.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Question: Russia and Biotech Industry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>As far as it appears, the state of biotechnology and medical technology in Russia is terrible (I include some references in Russian, as they were easier to find). Some examples:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Most foreign biomedical technology was banned for import into Russia (by the Russians themselves), and now new Russian analogs are being developed (understandably of inferior quality) and tested on the Russian population.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=RU><a href="http://daily.rbc.ru/investigation/economics/23/06/2014/54af1a389a794744819c108d">http://daily.rbc.ru/investigation/economics/23/06/2014/54af1a389a794744819c108d</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=RU> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The use of any embryonic stem cells was banned by the government<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://izvestia.ru/news/546449">http://izvestia.ru/news/546449</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=RU> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The law was passed to ban the use of any form of GMO in agriculture.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://geektimes.ru/post/249666/">http://geektimes.ru/post/249666/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=RU> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The “Dynasty Foundation” that supported a lot of Russian science, especially biomedical science, was recently branded as “Foreign Agent”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://www.newsru.com/russia/15jun2015/dynasty.html">http://www.newsru.com/russia/15jun2015/dynasty.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Many hospitals and medical research institutes (including gerontological research institutes) have been closed:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://www.aif.ru/society/healthcare/1402197">http://www.aif.ru/society/healthcare/1402197</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>There were some reports about some interesting biotechnological developments in Russia, such as tissue 3D printing, and some other great science done by heroic Russian scientists against all odds… Yet, overall it does not seem to be a very favorable place for development…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 6:23 PM, <<a href="mailto:natasha@natasha.cc" target="_blank">natasha@natasha.cc</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>Hello!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>Does anyone know about the advances in biotechnology in Russia today and its future? Are the regulations still more flexible than in the US and elsewhere?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>Any knowledge you can impart is appreciated!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'> </span><span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>Natasha</span><span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#888888'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>extropy-chat mailing list<br><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat" target="_blank">http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ilia Stambler, PhD</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Outreach Coordinator. International Society on Aging and Disease - ISOAD </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt'><a href="http://isoad.org/" target="_blank">http://isoad.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Chair. Israeli Longevity Alliance / International Longevity Alliance (Israel) - ILA <a href="http://www.bioaging.org.il/" target="_blank">http://www.bioaging.org.il</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Coordinator. Longevity for All <a href="http://www.longevityforall.org/" target="_blank">http://www.longevityforall.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Author. Longevity History. <i>A History of Life-Extensionism in the Twentieth Century</i> <span style='color:blue'><a href="http://longevityhistory.com/" target="_blank"><span lang=DE>http://longevityhistory.com</span></a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Email: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:ilia.stambler@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span lang=DE style='color:#1155CC'>ilia.stambler@gmail.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tel: 972-3-961-4296 / 0522-283-578</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rishon Lezion. 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