Biology and Life Sciences Forum, Volume 20, Issue 1

One of the hot topics in medical research involves using new materials for repairing human tissues. Graphene and its derivatives (which will be abbreviated as “graphene” in the following text for the sake of simplicity) happens to be one...

Background—TC, LA and MCM plants(family: Cucurbitaceae) are widely used in traditional medicine and are important sources of vegetables in the world [...]

Since December 2019, the problem caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has grown into a global threat. The search for new treatment strategies is strongly associated with both fundamental research into the mechanisms...

Cell spheroids represent a scaffold-free route to form cell aggregates through maximizing cell-cell interactions. Spheroids have gained significant attention for the engineering of multilayer tissues as they offer a closer resemblance of physiologica...

Preeclampsia (PE) is one of the most common complications of pregnancy that occurs in 3–8% of pregnant women, being one of the top five causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. We found that PE-associated polymorphisms near the FLT1 gene are...

Research in nanostructured materials has led to the development of different applications of relevance in the fields of medicine and biomedical engineering. In this regard, the field of drug delivery has probably benefited the most due to the possibi...

Ab initio DNA synthesis refers to the unusual synthesis of dsDNA (with a length ranging from tens of bp to kbp) by thermophilic DNA polymerases from free dNTPs in the complete absence of added DNAs. As commonly believed, the reaction product is a lin...

Telomeres are important specialized nucleoprotein structures at the ends of linear eukaryotic chromosomes involved in protecting DNA from damage. The functional characteristic of telomeres is the length. Changes in telomere structure is of enormous e...

Aptamers are nucleic acid ligands which exhibit specific binding to a desired target. Oligonucleotides are limited in their ability to form hydrophobic interactions. The affinity of aptamers can be improved with the introduction of hydrophobic modifi...

Cutaneous administration has advantages over the oral or intravenous route, such as convenience for the patient, avoiding hepatic metabolism, and providing sustained administration of the active component over long periods of time. A major challenge...