On the federal channel " Rossiya 1" in the program "Morning of Russia" on February 13, a story about microchips was broadcast. It included information about the developments of the Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry at KNRTU, with an interview given by Associate Professor Artem Bezrukov, Acting Head of the Department.

The story focused on the possibilities of microfluidics and the prospects for using microfluidic chips in medicine. Currently, the Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry is actively conducting research based on microfluidic devices as part of the scientific school led by Professor Yuri Galyametdinov. Scientists integrate liquid crystals into microchannels, which can serve as models of various biological objects, and fluorescent nanoparticles, which are used for diagnostic and biomedical applications. Devices with such microchannels can simulate the processes occurring in the capillaries of living organisms and become functional models of "organ-on-a-chip", helping to solve medical problems, among other things.

If you place human organ cells inside the chip's microchannels, you can create a model of these organs and test new drugs on them. Another option is to add DNA fragments of a specific patient inside and select personal medicines.

"We can, for example, immobilize DNA on the inner walls of microchips and get a personal device for medical analysis," explained Artem Bezrukov.

This is especially important for the treatment of cancer, when the wrong treatment can kill healthy organs. If the drugs are tested on a biochip first, side effects can be avoided.

An interview with Artyom Bezrukov, filmed by Vesti Tatarstana colleagues at VGTRK, was also broadcast on the same day on the Rossiya 24 channel in the "Interview. News Feed" section. The story, titled "A Laboratory in the Palm: How Tatarstan is Building a Scientific Future," describes how a tiny microchip, thinner than a human hair, created at KNRTU, can accommodate an entire laboratory.

"This is no longer science fiction, but the future of medicine that KNRTU scientists are already building," the story notes. — Thanks to the speed of reactions, such chips can be used for almost any chemical process. This is how science turns the invisible into the useful, changing the way we diagnose, develop medicines, and conduct scientific research, and opening up new horizons for future medicine.