Progress of several anti-aging therapies
For thousands of years, a human has never stopped chasing the dream of “immortality”. With the development of biology, we have a new understanding of the word “immortality” and recognize the …
For thousands of years, a human has never stopped chasing the dream of “immortality”. With the development of biology, we have a new understanding of the word “immortality” and recognize the …
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and is considered the biggest public health hazard of our generation, affecting more than 20 million people. About 135 million …
Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs), alternatively designated as protein transduction domains (PTDs), Trojan peptides, model amphipathic peptides (MAPs), or membrane translocating sequences (MTSs), have the ability to translocate the cell membrane and …
The research team at the Dr. Rath Research Institute in California Institute of Natural Health Education has developed a cancer vaccine that effectively inhibits tumor growth. This peptide vaccine is …
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018 was awarded to James P, Allison and Tasuku Honjo “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.” The Nobel …
Amyloid self-assembly is linked to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and type Ⅱ diabetes (T2D), Several teams of scientists around the world are working on finding ways to prevent amyloid plaque …
Peptide ligands Over the past four years there’s been considerable progress in the development of novel selective analogs of NPY. A number of these analogs have been directed toward discovering tools to …
Introduction The respiratory tract can be divided into upper airway including the nasal cavities, the pharynx and larynx, and the lower airway comprising the tracheobronchial tract and the respiratory portion …
The cytokine family Cytokines are an important group of proteins realizing intercellular communications among cells of the same tissue (paracrine) or of different tissues (endocrine). Such communications are essential for the correct synchronized reactions …
The definition of Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) PNAs are synthetic DNA analogs in which the phosphodiester backbone is replaced by repetitive units of N-(2-aminoethyl) glycine to which the purine and pyrimidine bases …