Ponedelkina IY, Khaybrakhmanova EA, Rakhimova LY
A self-assembling peptidic platform to boost the cellular uptake and nuclear delivery of oligonucleotides
The study, conducted by researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and analyzed in the Neuroscience News summary, followed infants from birth through age three, measuring DNA methylation patterns in cord blood at delivery (the epigenetic "switches" present at the moment of birth), tracking gut microbiome composition through the first year of life, and assessing neurodevelopmental outcomes at age three using standardized ASD and ADHD diagnostic instruments
Biomarkers of selenium status
Melanotan II activates multiple melanocortin receptors
Due to budgetary limitations, only one replicate was performed for the protein array and microarray experiments