title: [Achievements and prospects in the development of the St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology of the Northwestern Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences].
abstract: The article presents the results of the 10-years' long activity of the St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology of the North-Western Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences founded to fulfill the basic and applied aims in the sphere of bioregulation and gerontology and to integrate with medical practice new methods of preventing premature ageing and age-related pathology by means of pharmaceuticals based upon peptide bioregulators. Among the Institute main achievements are the theoretical developments in the field of peptide regulation of ageing, creation of a new medical domain--bioregulation therapy, and foundation of the Russian school of biogerontology.
authors.affiliation: St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology, 3, Dynamo Prospect, 197110, St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Morozov
authors.forename: V Kh
authors.initials: VKh
authors.lastname: Khavinson
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity; D012426:Russia