Report on ALS Treatment Study: Exploring the Multifaceted Mechanisms of Nebivolol and Donepezil Background and Research Objectives Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease marked by progressive loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brain, leading to severe muscle atrophy, functional decline, and eventual death...
Deciphering Antagonist Selectivity of Endothelin Receptors: Insights from Cryo-EM-Based Structural Studies Academic Background Endothelin (ET) is a potent vasoconstrictor peptide that plays a significant role in regulating cardiovascular functions. The endothelin family includes ET-1, ET-2, and ET-3, which regulate vascular tone and cardiovascular ...
Development of Semi-synthetic Guanidino-lipoglycopeptide Antibiotics and Study of Their In Vitro and In Vivo Antibacterial Activities Background With the slowdown in antimicrobial drug development and the rapid increase of resistant strains, antibiotic resistance has become a major threat to human health. Particularly, Gram-positive pathogens such ...
Piplartine Attenuates Aminoglycoside-Induced TRPV1 Activity and Protects from Hearing Loss in Mice Academic Background Hearing loss is a serious global health problem affecting over 400 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Aminoglycoside antibiotics, while widely used in medicine due to their broad-spectrum antibact...
Review of Research on Treatment of Lung Infections with Novel Coumarin Derivatives Background With the increasing antibiotic resistance, especially the problem of Acinetobacter baumannii’s resistance to antibiotics, researchers worldwide have begun to search for new antimicrobial agents. This Gram-negative bacterium, with its high survivability and...
The Use of Regorafenib in Patients with BRAF-Mutant Solid Tumors: A Summary of Results from the TAPUR Study Background Introduction The BRAF gene belongs to the cytoplasmic serine/threonine kinase family and regulates cell proliferation and survival by activating the mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway (MAPK). BRAF mutations can lead...
Engineering Selective Gene Drives to Steer Tumor Evolution to Counteract Drug Resistance As tumors evolve, targeted therapies against cancer often fail due to the evolution of drug resistance. This study demonstrates a way to manipulate tumor evolution repeatedly to design therapeutic opportunities, even in the presence of genetic heterogeneity. We...
Research on Network Construction and Application of Novel Drug Repositioning Strategies Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and pharmaceutical companies have been dedicated to developing treatments and vaccines. Drug repositioning, due to its shortcut, is considered a rapid and effective response strategy. Drug repositioning attemp...
Supramolecular Assembly-Activated Single-Molecule Phosphorescence Resonance Energy Transfer for Near-Infrared Targeted Cell Imaging In recent years, pure organic phosphorescence resonance energy transfer (PRET) research has become a hot topic. In this paper, the authors constructed a single-molecule PRET system with a large Stokes shift (367 nm) an...
Neuritogenic Glycosaminoglycan Hydrogels Promote Functional Recovery After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious neurological disorder, and the complexity of its treatment has long plagued the medical community. TBI not only leads to immediate loss of neurological function in patients, but also causes long-term tis...