Publications by authors named "S Ebrahimi"

Background: Grape (Vitis vinifera L.) is one of the most important fruit products globally and has a high nutritional value with potent antioxidant and anti-cancer activities. In current years, phenylalanine application has been particularly noticed for enhancing the nutritional quality of horticultural crops.

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The i-motif is a pH-responsive cytosine-rich oligonucleotide sequence that forms, under acidic conditions, a quadruplex structure. This tunable structural switching has made the i-motif a useful platform for designing pH-responsive nanomaterials. Despite the widespread application of i-motif DNA constructs as biomolecular switches, the mechanism of i-motif folding on the atomic scale has yet to be established.

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Background: The rehabilitation process for cognitive disorders is long and complex, which can lead to reduced rehabilitation outcomes and reduced quality improvement. Thus, there is a need to use new methods to boost conventional rehabilitation (e.g.

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Lipid-based nanocarriers have been in continuous development as strategies to enhance drug delivery efficiency. Liposomes are delivery systems primarily composed of phospholipids and cholesterol (or other suitable stabilizers) that have transformed the pharmaceutical field by improving drug targeting and release control. The success of this technology is strongly attributed to phospholipids, which are components of cell membranes, forming a biocompatible system.

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Article Synopsis
  • Researchers studied the full genomes of both fatal and mild coronavirus strains to understand how they evolved into more virulent forms by analyzing short oligonucleotide features.
  • They calculated the frequency of various short nucleotide sequences (from dinucleotides to hexanucleotides) using the Markov method and computed odds ratios to create a set of raw data for analysis.
  • By applying ten different weighting algorithms, they identified specific oligonucleotide motifs, like CC and CACCAC, that could help distinguish between virulent and mild strains, potentially pointing to RNA elements linked to viral virulence for future treatment targets.*
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