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Advancing XNAzymes as Nucleic Acid Therapeutics
DNA enzymes (DNAzymes) with site-specific RNA cleavage activity hold great promise as gene silencing agents, but more work is needed for these molecules to reach the clinic. The current best-in-class molecule ...
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New Molecular Technologies for Oligonucleotide Therapeutics-2: A-Type Nucleic Acid Duplex-Specific Binding Oligocationic Molecules for Oligonucleotide Therapeutics
In this chapter, A-type nucleic acid duplex-specific binding oligocationic molecules are introduced as a promising method for improving the properties of oligonucleotide therapeutics. Although oligocationic mo...
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Summary and Outlook
The COVID 19 pandemic is unprecedented in scale and duration. The health, social and economic impacts were and still are significant. The tough measures, including lockdowns in the spring of 2020 and the winter p...
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Introduction
As human civilization advanced, the study of biomaterials also developed, incorporating various materials at various length scales, from nano to macro, with the straightforward goal of extending and improving ...
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Crystallography
A crystal is a three-dimensional repetition array of atoms. This means that atoms are arranged in a periodically repeating geometric array.
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Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: Plant Response, Interaction, Phytotoxicity, and Defence
Agronomy is the strength of developed countries, with more than 70% of the people depending on it for their survival. The potency of the plant to protect itself against risks depends on a certain degree on its...
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Basic Materials Science
An alloy is a substance that has metallic properties and is composed of two or more chemical elements, of which at least one is a metal.
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Heat Treatment
The plastic deformation of metal under the action of applied forces is of great importance in the fabrication of metals to any desired shape. When it is carried out at a temperature, it is called the cold work...
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Elucidation of Synergistic Interaction Among Metal Oxide Nanoparticles and PGPR on the Plant Growth and Development
The use of nanotechnology applications for the improvement of agriculture sectors is increasing day by day. Relative to conventional fertilizers, nano-fertilizers are promptly uptaken by plants and can enhance...
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Flower-Based Compounds and Their Role in Nanomaterials Synthesis and Applications
Flowers are an essential part of the plant which are rich in a variety of secondary compounds like terpenoids, flavonoids, coumarins, sterols and xanthones. Floral therapy was an integral part of ancient Ayurv...
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Basic Human Biology in Terms of Anatomy and Histology
Articulations—In Anatomy, a common area is when two bones are attached for the motion of body parts. An articulation or joint is usually formed of fibrous connective tissue and cartilage.
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Corrosion Engineering and Biomaterial Corrosion
A metal begins to deteriorate through chemical or electrochemical reactions with its surroundings at the surface.
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Biomaterials and Their Properties
Group → 4, Block → d, Atomic no. → 22.
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Vaccine Technologies, Approaches Against COVID-19, Clinical Phases
Shortly after the enormity of this pandemic became clear and local containment was illusory, unprecedented preparations to develop vaccines against COVID-19 began. The scientific community and the pharmaceutical ...
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Inactivated Vaccines and Recombinant Protein
Inactivated vaccines historically form the second major vaccine group, the antithesis of live attenuated vaccines, so to speak. In inactivated vaccines, the virus is first multiplied in large quantities and then ...
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Other Aspects: Immunity and Viral Mutations
In the case of COVID-19, elderly people and people with certain pre-existing conditions are among the high-risk groups, in whom an infection can lead to particularly severe courses and even death. However, vaccin...
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Biodegradable Polyvinyl Alcohol/Starch/Halloysite Nanotube Bionanocomposite: Preparation and Characterization
The researchers’ attention has been drawn to the need to replace petroleum-based polymers with appropriate alternatives derived from biomass due to growing environmental and sustainability concerns (Joseph et ...
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Preparation of Nanomaterials Using Coumarin and Their Various Applications
In the present study, carbon quantum dots (CDQs) modified coumarine-3-carboxylic acid (CCA) and 7-diethyl amino coumarine-3-carboxylate (DACC) were synthesized by microwave assisted method and the synthesized ...
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Atomic Structure
It is considered that the massive positive portion of an atom is confined in an extremely small quantity at its center. The nuclei, the center of the atom, are encircled by an electron cloud, which makes the e...
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Bonds in Solids
Bonding is the interaction between the atoms to form molecules by rearranging the electron in the atom to achieve a stable configuration.
