Every year, cancer is responsible for millions of deaths worldwide and, even though much
progress has been achieved in medicine, there are still many issues that must be addressed …

Soon after they were first described in 1990, aptamers were largely recognized as a new
class of biological ligands that can rival antibodies in various analytical, diagnostic, and …

The immune system plays a critical role in our health. No other component of human
physiology plays a decisive role in as diverse an array of maladies, from deadly diseases …

The main challenge for all electrical, mechanical and optical sensors is to detect low
molecular weight (less than 400 Da) chemical and biological analytes under extremely …

Purpose Cancer is one of the leading causes of death, and thus, the scientific community
has but great efforts to improve cancer management. Among the major challenges in cancer …

Inflammasomes are large protein complexes that play a major role in sensing inflammatory
signals and triggering the innate immune response. Each inflammasome complex has three …

Aptamers are single-stranded nucleic acids that selectively bind to target molecules. Most
aptamers are obtained through a combinatorial biology technique called SELEX. Since …

Background—Prediction models are developed to aid health care providers in estimating
the probability or risk that a specific disease or condition is present (diagnostic models) or …

Among polysaccharides of environmental and economic interest, chitosan (CS) is receiving
much attention, particularly in the food and biotechnology industries to encapsulate active …

G-quadruplexes constitute a unique class of nucleic acid structures formed by G-rich
oligonucleotides of DNA-or RNA-type. Depending on their chemical nature, loops length …