Our Research

This is the most evolutionarily successful group of animals. They hold an absolute record for species diversity – more than 2,000,000 species and 90% of the planet’s gene pool. Hence, the interest of modern science in insects is understandable.

An example is “surgical maggots”. Known since the Crimean War, Napoleon and N.I. Pirogov, this method is experiencing a real renaissance these days. It turned out that when treating complex wounds, “surgical larvae” make it possible to do without antibiotics at all. In the era of superbugs, it is difficult to overestimate this feature of the larvae.

Conducted by the standards of evidence-based medicine, research allowed the FDA in 2004 to register biosurgery as an effective method of treatment (FDA K033391). This opened the way for the widespread use of “surgical larvae” in modern medicine. Today, hundreds of hospitals in the USA, EU, Japan, Israel constantly use this method in their practice.

We are very proud that Professor Sergey Chernysh, the founder of our technology and a world-renowned expert in insect immunology worked closely with Jules Hoffman at the Strasbourg Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in the 90’s.”

As a result of many years of research, our group of scientists from St. Petersburg State University managed to decipher the composition of the antimicrobial complex of “surgical larvae” and develop an advanced technology for its production.

Today, we are proud to introduce a new generation of medical substances for treatments of solid cancers, viral infections, antibiotic resistant bacterial infections, as well as new generation of wellness substances for incurable diseases.