Category Archives: Research
Major disaster has minimal effects on mental health measured by dispensing of psychiatric medication
There are well established links between traumas and psychiatric disorders such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, other Anxiety Disorders, and Depression. Traumas include events that affect individuals such car accidents, rapes, and violence as well as disasters
You are what you do: how we construct the mental image of our body
We commonly take our body for granted and have no doubt that our right hand, say, is part of our body. However, recent demonstrations of the rubber-hand illusion suggest that the mental representation of our body is
Photomultiplication type polymer photodetectors with broad spectral response range from UV light to NIR
Polymer photodetectors (PPDs) have attracted more and more attention due to the low cost, flexible and environment friendly and lighter weight compared to their inorganic counterpart. Up to now, most of the reported PPDs are photodiode type
A new general principle of virology
Shin et al describe for the first time a novel strategy used by persistent viruses to temporally regulate expression of the structural proteins that make up their virus particles. The viruses that infect humans and other mammals
Pre-radiation lymphocyte harvesting and post-radiation reinfusion in patients with newly diagnosed high grade gliomas
In people diagnosed with malignant brain tumors, the prescribed treatment is often radiation and chemotherapy; however, these treatments severely affect the immune system, increasing the chance of early death. Radiation in particular has been known to cause
Pre-treatment is important in the utilisation of food waste for the production of high value products
Proper disposal of food industry waste is a problem that developed as well as developing economies face alike. Conversion of food waste is a pioneering idea which can lead to huge financial gains while ensuring a healthy
Punching above their weight: how the smallest RNAs offer great promise for cancer biology
In recent decades, scientists have witnessed transformative developments in the field of RNA biology. RNA molecules are similar in composition to their more famous DNA counterparts (they are both nucleic acids), but are present in a variety
Computational refinement and validation protocol for proteins
HIV protects itself using a membrane layer of lipids which covers all proteins which could potentially be targeted by drugs. The only exposed proteins, gp120 and gp41 form spikes that protrude out of the lipid membrane. These
Janus subcompartmentalized microreactors
When we are sick and have to take medicine, the first thing we do, is reading the package leaflet. We want to know the potential side effects of the drug. Sometimes the side effect of one drug
Nuclear membrane diversity
Although it is obvious that every tissue in our bodies is different, the vast majority of scientific research is done on a small number of cancer cell lines studying individual cells grown in dishes — for example
Person centered progressive resistance exercise for women with fibromyalgia
Muscle strength in women with fibromyalgia (FM) is reduced compared to healthy women and a reason for this might be a low level of physical activity at such intensity that is required to maintain or improve muscle
Is it possible reversible and irreversible aggregation of proteins?
The discovery of protein chain regions responsible for protein aggregation is an important result of studying of the molecular mechanisms of prion diseases, and different proteinopathies associated with the formation of pathological aggregations through the prion mechanism.
Human centromeric DNA is able to form quadruplex helices
The classical view of a chromosome that most of people have in mind is a cross-shaped figure, something like the letter X. Chromosomes look indeed like that when the cell is ready to divide and give rise
How to know transcription factors by the company they keep
The ENCODE project is a massive data-collection effort set out to understand the function of the human genome. The collection comprises many types of genomic data, including the localization of transcription factors onto DNA. Transcription factors are
Allergy: the latest technology in vitro in the service of an appropriate diagnosis
The countless and various allergen sources from both the plant kingdom is to the animal kingdom constantly stimulate our immune system.So the allergy diagnostics laboratory is evolving using new technologies such as molecular biology, nanotechnology to highlight
Cerium loading into Zr-Metal Organic Frameworks, a new strategy for redox catalysis
Porous solids are a class of material with high scientific and technological significance. Porosity permits molecules to access the surface and the bulk of the solid. MOFs or Metal-Organic Frameworks are hybrid organic/inorganic materials that are the
The infusion of haematopoietic stem cells in patients with liver insufficiency
Cirrhosis, the end result of long-term liver damage, and its related morbidity represnt a significant burden on health care worldwide. Liver transplantation is the only definitive therapeutic option for those patients. However, the paucity of donors, the incidence
What type of immune responses are needed to control HIV infection?
Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection can be controlled by antiretroviral therapy (ART) for long periods of time, preventing the development of HIV-induced immunodeficiency and AIDS. However, HIV-1 infection cannot be eradicated from immune cells by ART and
Can we help infertile couple suffering from in vitro fertilization arrest with ca2+ ionophore?
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is an infertility treatment technique developed to help infertile couples to conceive child. ICSI is performed by injecting one spermatozoon (male gamete) into cytoplasm of an oocyte (female egg) in vitro in assisted
Antibiotic sensing by a bacterial communication system
Bacteria compete using antibiotics. Bacteria compete with one another using an array of destructive compounds and strategies. For example antibiotics, used to treat infections, are produced by bacteria and other microbes and can kill competitors in mixed
