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Hydra Model: Potential Insights into the Microbiota–Gut–Brain Axis
Alexander Klimovich and Thomas Bosch discuss current knowledge on the function of the nervous system in Hydra and the interactions between neurons and microbes.
New OCT System with Angiography for Everyday Clinical Use
A team of Russian scientists developed an OCT system with angiography for everyday clinical use.
Smallest Imaging System To-Date for Skin Diagnosis
A team of Spanish researchers developed a handheld skin imaging system with joint optical coherence tomography and digital epiluminescence microscopy for point-of-care skin diagnosis.
The Complex Enzymology Of mRNA Decapping
Single stranded RNAs with a free 5′ monophosphate end are susceptible to rapid degradation. Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) and ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) are stabilized by hairpin structures and by “hiding” their 5′ ends within complex protein structures.
Let It Flow: Plasma To Improve Lactose Production
A research team used a plasma jet‐like setup to enhance the flowability of lactose powder while in production.
Using Single Step Atmospheric‐Pressure Plasma To Fabricate Biosensors
A research team from the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan showed that aerosol‐assisted dielectric‐barrier‐discharge atmospheric‐pressure plasma deposition can be used for depositing different kinds of protein on different biosensor substrates in a single step.
Methylated Cytosine: A Promising Regulator of RNA Function?
It is a well‐known fact that RNA is the target of a plethora of modifications which currently amount to over a hundred. The vast majority of these modifications was observed in the two most abundant classes of RNA, rRNA and tRNA. With the recent advance in mapping technologies, modifications have been discovered also in mRNA and in less abundant non‐coding RNA species.
Nanofactories: Evolution of Drug Delivery Systems
The required features of nanofactories, and current strategies for their design and fabrication.
First Study on Cold Atmospheric Plasma Treatment of ‘Dry’ Amino Acids
A team of German researchers conducted the first study on the direct exposure of cold atmospheric plasma on amino acids at dry conditions.
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