The Institute of Physiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus was established in 1953 on the basis of the Institute of Theoretical Medicine of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR and became the leading scientific institution coordinating physiological research in the republic. The Institute successfully performs fundamental and applied research aimed at developing methods for the prevention and correction of pathological conditions of hypoxic, ischemic and inflammatory genesis, new devices and methods for their therapeutic and prophylactic use are being developed