Successes in medical biophysics (on the 40th anniversary of the Medico-biological faculty of the Russian State Medical University)

On the occasion of the 40-year anniversary of the Medicobiological Faculty of the Russian State Medical University, the research activity of the biophysics department was summed up. The main result is the creation of medical biophysics as part of the medicobiological science. Scientific investigations of the biophysics department are reviewed. They are presented as follows: chemiluminescence of biological systems; effect of visible light on human and animal molecules and cells; application of luminescence methods in laboratory and clinical investigations; free radicals and their role in cell biology and pathology; medical aspects of molecular biophysics; and biological membranes and cell pathology.