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Molecular application of aptamers in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and communicable diseases
(MDPI, 2018)
Cancer and infectious diseases such as Ebola, HIV, tuberculosis, Zika, hepatitis, measles
and human schistosomiasis are serious global health hazards. The increasing annual morbidities
and mortalities of these diseases ...
Inhibition of NOS- like activity in maize alters the expression of genes involved in H2O2 scavenging and glycine betaine biosynthesis
(Nature Publishing Group, 2018)
Nitric oxide synthase-like activity contributes to the production of nitric oxide in plants, which controls
plant responses to stress. This study investigates if changes in ascorbate peroxidase enzymatic
activity and ...
Adapting the yeast consolidated bioprocessing paradigm for biorefineries
(Green Wave Publishing of Canada, 2018)
Despite decades long development, no natural or engineered organism has been isolated that can produce commodity products at the rates and yields required by industry via direct microbial conversion. However, new genomic ...
Applications of Computational Methods in Biomedical Breast Cancer Imaging Diagnostics: A Review
(MDPI, 2020)
With the exponential increase in new cases coupled with an increased mortality rate, cancer has ranked as the second most prevalent cause of death in the world. Early detection is paramount for suitable diagnosis and ...
Diversity of dsDNA viruses in a South African hot spring assessed by metagenomics and microscopy
(MDPI, 2017)
The current view of virus diversity in terrestrial hot springs is limited to a few sampling
sites. To expand our current understanding of hot spring viral community diversity, this study
aimed to investigate the first ...
Multifunctional Gold Nanoparticles for Improved Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications: A Review
(Springer Open, 2021)
The medical properties of metals have been explored for centuries in traditional medicine for the treatment of infections
and diseases and still practiced to date. Platinum-based drugs are the first class of metal-based ...
Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: 2017 update from the ICTV Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee
(Springer, 2018)
The prokaryotic virus community is represented at the International
Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) by the
Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee. Since our
last report [5], the committee composition has ...
Antibacterial activity of biogenic silver and gold nanoparticles synthesized from Salvia africana-lutea and Sutherlandia frutescens
(Nanotechnology, 2020)
Nanoparticles (NPs) synthesized using various chemical and physical methods are often cytotoxic which restricts their use in biomedical applications. In contrast, metallic biogenic NPs synthesized using biological systems ...
Antibacterial activity of rationally designed antimicrobial peptides.
(Hindawi, 2020)
Many infectious diseases are still prevalent in the world’s populations since no effective treatments are available to eradicate them.
e reasons may either be the antibiotic resistance towards the available therapeutic ...
Synthesis and cytotoxic evaluation of gum arabic surface modified cadmium telluride quantum dots
(American Scientific Publishers, 2020)
Water-soluble cadmium telluride (CdTe) quantum dots (QDs) were capped with gum Arabic (GA) is a non-toxic,
water-soluble glycoprotein polymer commonly used in the food and pharmaceutical industries. The GA was
used to ...