The Journal was launched in 2007 and publishes 4 issues per year.
Until the 80s of the XX century. in biology, research focused on the characterization of previously unknown biomolecules, as well as the elucidation of unknown biological processes and the development of new methods for their research, such as DNA sequencing, polymerase chain reaction, or hybridoma technology for obtaining monoclonal antibodies, prevailed. This made it possible to reveal the basic laws of life and use the knowledge gained for the benefit of medicine and various biotechnologies, particularly in agriculture and the food industry. In the last few decades, the methodological foundations of biological research continue to be actively developed, but the creation of new materials and technologies, which were absent in nature, took the leading position, without a doubt. Examples here can be small interfering RNAs, which should become drugs of the new generation, or methods of genetic engineering, with the help of which it will be possible to carry out effective treatment of patients with hereditary diseases that are not sensitive to traditional drugs. Currently, research aimed at creating "smart" or "intelligent" drugs, which are delivered by special nano-sized containers (platforms) and are a kind of molecular robots capable of finding pathological cells in the body and effectively killing them, is developing extremely intensively. Such "smart" drugs do not damage the cells of normal tissues and organs, that is, they do not have negative side effects in the body, which are typical for the action of most traditional drugs. In addition, scientists have already learned to obtain cells, for example, stem cells, with a purposefully altered genome and even create genetically modified organisms, in particular, microorganisms and plants. Taking into account the fact that the amount of natural transplant material will always be limited, scientists are actively working on creating special biomatrixes (frames) for "growing" artificial tissues and organs.
The Journal of Biological Studies / Studia Biologica, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2016, tries to take into account the global trends listed above in the development of modern biology as much as possible. The editors urge authors of future articles submitted to our journal to also pay attention to these trends. In order for the world scientific community to better respond to your fruitful ideas expressed in the articles, we invite the authors of the articles to use the English language more often when writing them. Obviously, the time is not far when our magazine will completely switch to the English language, and we all need to actively prepare for this step.
Rostyslav Stoika
Corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
Editor-in-chief