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11/12/2024

📑 Special Issue:
Applications of Dermatoscopy in Skin Diseases

👨‍🔬 Guest edit by Dr. Paweł Pietkiewicz, Dr. Enzo Errichetti and Dr. Cristian Navarrete

🗓️ Submission deadline: 29 August 2025

🔗 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/life/special_issues/Y89R1SX4Z6

11/12/2024

📑 Special Issue:
The Emerging Role of Microbiota in Health and Diseases

👩‍🔬 Guest edit by Dr. Katarzyna Góralska and Prof. Dr. Edyta Juszczuk-Kubiak

🗓️ Submission deadline: 29 August 2025
🔗 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/life/special_issues/ORL0NJ00O4

10/12/2024

📢Interesting article:

New Insights on Formyl Peptide Receptor Type 2 Involvement in Nociceptive Processes in the Spinal Cord

🎓by Dr. Pieretti and Prof. Maione et al., from the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Rome) and the University of Naples Federico II (Naples), repectively.

👉🏻Read more: https://brnw.ch/21wPjPg

; peptide receptors; ; ; spinal cord

Formyl peptide receptor type 2 (FPR2/ALX) belongs to the formyl peptide receptors (FPRs) family clustered on chromosome 19 and encodes a family of three Class A of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). A short N-terminal region, an NPXXY motif in transmembrane (TM) region 7 and an E/DRY motif that br...

10/12/2024

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Capillaroscopy and Immunological Profile in Systemic Sclerosis
🎓by Dr. Lambova et al., from the Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

📄Read more: https://brnw.ch/21wPjNa

; sclerosis;

Introduction: Data on the associations between capillaroscopic changes and diagnostic systemic-sclerosis (SSc)-related antibodies are scarce. Presence of such correlation would improve current knowledge about the disease’s pathogenesis by revealing the mechanisms of microangiopathy. The microv...

09/12/2024

👉🏻 Check out this Review:
Therapeutic Effects of Taurine and Histidine Supplementation in Retinal Diseases

🎓 by Deokho Lee et al., from Harvard Medical School, USA

🔗 https://brnw.ch/21wPiuo

09/12/2024

📗 Check out this Article:

Using geophysical, hydrologic, and geochemical techniques, Tutolo et al. show that physical and chemical processes in alkaline lakes promote oscillation between conditions required for prebiotic chemistry and the origin of life.

🔗https://brnw.ch/21wPiuk

04/12/2024

🤗 Check out this Review:

The Integration of Cell Therapy and Biomaterials as Treatment Strategies for Remyelination

🎓by Dr. Gómez-Pinedo et al., from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.

📄Read more: https://brnw.ch/21wPbWs

sclerosis; ; therapy;

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic degenerative autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that causes inflammation, demyelinating lesions, and axonal damage and is associated with a high rate of early-onset disability. Disease-modifying therapies are used to mitigate the inflammatory proces...

04/12/2024

👉🏻Check out this featured paper:
Mechanisms of Germline Stem Cell Competition across Species

🎓by Rachel A. Hodge et al., from New York University Grossman School of Medicine, USA

🔗Read more: https://brnw.ch/21wPbWg

03/12/2024

📗 Special Issue:
Microalgae and Their Biotechnological Potential

👨‍🔬 Guest edit by Dr. Fantao Kong, Prof. Dr. Yi Xin and Prof. Dr. Yuanxue Liang

🗓️ Submission Deadline: 31 October 2025

🔗 https://shorturl.at/XZFJj

03/12/2024

📗 Special Issue:
Precision Therapies in Cancer: Advancements and Future Directions

👨‍🔬 Guest edit by Dr. Subhajit Chatterjee and
Dr. Krushna Chandra Hembram

🗓️ Submission deadline: 30 September 2025

🔗https://brnw.ch/21wPa54

28/11/2024

📢Interesting article:
Study on “Atypical” Migraine Auras in the Pediatric Age: The Role of Cortical Spreading Depression and the Physiopathogenetic Hypothesis Arising from Our Clinical Cases

🎓 by Dr. Raieli et al., from the Child Neuropsychiatry Unit ISMEP, ARNAS Civico Palermo, Italy.

👉Read more: https://brnw.ch/21wP2WD

; ; ; spreading depression; children;

Migraine is a complex neurologic disorder by which several systems of the central nervous system (autonomous system, affective, cognitive, sensory and motor system) may be affected on different levels. About a fourth of migraine patients have migraine auras. The most common aura is the visual aura f...

28/11/2024

⭐ Editor's Choice ⭐
Alkanes as Membrane Regulators of the Response of Early Membranes to Extreme Temperatures

🎓 by Prof. Dr. Peters et al., from the University Grenoble Alpes, France.

👉Read more: https://brnw.ch/21wP2Wh

; of life; stability; ; scattering; ;

One of the first steps in the origin of life was the formation of a membrane, a physical boundary that allowed the retention of molecules in concentrated solutions. The proto-membrane was likely formed by self-assembly of simple readily available amphiphiles, such as short-chain fatty acids and alco...

28/11/2024

📗 Special Issue: Molecular Mechanisms of Preeclampsia

👨‍🔬 Guest edit by Dr. Feng Li
🗓️ Submission deadline:30 April 2025

🔗https://brnw.ch/21wP2G5

27/11/2024

📗 Featured Paper:

Quantitative Standardized Expansion Assay: An Artificial Intelligence-Powered Morphometric Description of Blastocyst Expansion and Zona Thinning Dynamics

👨‍🔬 by Danilo Cimadomo et al., from Clinica Valle Giulia, Italy

🔗 Read more: https://brnw.ch/21wP0yh

Artificial intelligence applied to time-lapse microscopy may revolutionize embryo selection in IVF by automating data collection and standardizing the assessments. In this context, blastocyst expansion dynamics, although being associated with reproductive fitness, have been poorly studied. This retr...

27/11/2024

📗Featured Paper:

Clinician’s Guide to Epitranscriptomics: An Example of N1-Methyladenosine (m1A) RNA Modification and Cancer

👨‍🔬 by Ana Kvolik Pavić et al., from University Hospital Osijek, Croatia

Read more: https://brnw.ch/21wP13k

26/11/2024

📢Interesting article:
Possible Ribose Synthesis in Carbonaceous Planetesimals

🎓 by Dr. Paschek et al., from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany.

👉Read more: https://brnw.ch/21wP0VO

reaction; chemistry; chondrites; ; ; chromatography; world; of life; ;

The origin of life might be sparked by the polymerization of the first RNA molecules in Darwinian ponds during wet-dry cycles. The key life-building block ribose was found in carbonaceous chondrites. Its exogenous delivery onto the Hadean Earth could be a crucial step toward the emergence of the RNA...

26/11/2024

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Targeting Chemokines and Chemokine GPCRs to Enhance Strong Opioid Efficacy in Neuropathic Pain

🎓by Dr. Vincenzi, Dr. Reverte et al., from the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

📄Read more: https://brnw.ch/21wOZ4d

pain; opioids; ; receptors; ; receptor antagonist

Neuropathic pain (NP) originates from an injury or disease of the somatosensory nervous system. This heterogeneous origin and the possible association with other pathologies make the management of NP a real challenge. To date, there are no satisfactory treatments for this type of chronic pain. Even ...

25/11/2024

📢Interesting Review:

Proteomics for Early Detection of Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: Clinically Useful Urine Protein Biomarkers

🎓by Prof. Kim et al., from the Handong Global University, Korea.

👉🏻Read more: https://brnw.ch/21wOX5Q

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Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men, and most cases are non-muscle-invasive. A high recurrence rate is a critical problem in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. The availability of few urine tests hinders the effective detection of superficial and small bladder tumors. Cystoscopy ...