Morphometric approach supports distinction among three species of Paucibranchia Molina-Acevedo, 2018 (Annelida: Eunicidae).

In this study, we performed a morphometric approach of 23 quantitative features of Paucibranchia bellii (Audouin Milne-Edwards, 1833), P. disjuncta (Hartman, 1961), and P. carrerai Molina-Acevedo, 2018 in order to evaluate their importance in interspecific discrimination.

Cationic lipids in gene delivery: principles, vector design and therapeutical applications.

Gene therapy will change medicine by treating the diseases at their core levels revolutionizing the way to deliver functional proteins. The development of this technology relies in designing optimal systems for DNA transfer and expression (transfection), cationic lipids being a promising alternative. Being safer than viral vectors, they also allow the delivery of larger plasmids and can be easily GMP-manufactured and stored.