L,L-diphenylalanine has been employed in the formation of self-assembled peptide nanotubes with great potential for the development of biosensors, molecular carriers, and optoelectronic devices. They are usually formed in ...

Over the last few years, researchers have started to explore a particular class of compounds defined as ionic liquids (ILs) in attempts to use their unique characteristics. Since ILs have a very low vapor pressure, these ...

The World Health Organization estimates that 80% of people have suffered orwill suffer at some point in their life pain in the lower back, which is currently one of thefrequent causes of morbidity and disability. The muscles ...

In this paper, we are concerned with an epidemic model of susceptible, infected and recovered (SIR) population dynamic by considering an age-structured phase of protection with limited duration, for instance due to vaccination ...

Mammalian frataxin is a small mitochondrial protein involved in iron sulfur cluster assembly. Frataxin deficiency causes the neurodegenerative disease Friedreich´s Ataxia. Valuable knowledge has been gained on the structural ...

Amphiphilic structures can be produced from interactions between proteins and polysaccharides, resulting in supramolecular microstructures very suitable to replace synthetic emulsifiers. These association colloids may be ...

Islet Neogenesis Associated Protein pentadecapeptide (INGAP-PP) increases β-cell mass and function in experimental animals. A short clinical trial also yielded promising results. However, HTD4010, a new peptide derived ...