Plasmepsins as Antimalarial Drug Targets—Then, Now, and the Future
ABSTRACT Malaria is a devastating disease caused by Plasmodium parasites. Plasmodium parasites express ten cathepsin D‐like aspartyl proteases, called plasmepsins (PMs). These PMs have diverse roles fulfill diverse functions throughout the parasite's lifecycle, though several exhibit functional redundancies. Among them, PMV, PMIV, and PMX are essential
Brad E. Sleebs
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Avaliação dos parâmetros hematológicos de pacientes infectados pelo HIV submetidos à terapia anti-retroviral associada à suplementação com alfa-tocoferol [PDF]
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Farmácia.O vírus da imunodeficiência humana adquirida (HIV) promove uma síndrome infecto-contagiosa de caráter crônico e ...
Michelon, Cleonice Maria
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Pre-exposure prophylaxis : a new tool for HIV prevention
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is a new HIV prevention method in which people who do not have HIV infection take a pill daily to reduce their risk of becoming infected.
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Senotherapeutics for Knee Osteoarthritis
ABSTRACT Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic disease that imposes a significant economic burden and deteriorates quality of life. Nevertheless, current therapeutic options for OA are limited to symptomatic remedies. As such, there is a high interest in novel methods for treating or preventing OA.
Ezgi Duman +6 more
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Advancing Therapies for Mycobacterial Diseases: From Small Molecules to Host‐Directed Strategies
ABSTRACT The global burden of multidrug‐resistant tuberculosis (MDR‐TB) and the rising incidence of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections highlight the urgent need for innovative therapeutic strategies. Current treatments are prolonged, toxic, and increasingly compromised by resistance and limited diagnostic capacity.
Tânia Silva +23 more
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Abstract Prime editing, a novel clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)‐based technology, fuses a reverse transcriptase (RT) to an engineered CRISPR‐associated protein 9 (Cas9) and uses a prime editing guide RNA (pegRNA)‐encoded template.
Tianshan Ji +4 more
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THE DESIGN, MODELING AND EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL HIV PROTEASE INHIBITORS USING BLITZ, AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS WORKING TOOL [PDF]
Several nonpeptide small molecules were designed as potential inhibitors of HIV protease and their structures were constructed by computer-aided molecular modeling and docked iwo the active site of HIV protease.
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The Mexico City Policy in US Development Policy and Its Backlash‐Frontlash‐Logic
ABSTRACT The Mexico City Policy provides for the discontinuation of U.S. government funding for foreign non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide legal abortion services. While Republican administrations have repeatedly pushed for the introduction of the Mexico City Policy after their re‐election, those regulations have been rescinded by ...
Thomas Lange
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Women and HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) [PDF]
CS - 291117cdc-hiv-women-and-PrEP-discussion-series ...
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Sickle Cell Disease: Historical Overview and Current Therapies
ABSTRACT Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects millions worldwide, yet the limited treatment options currently available do not always adequately control the disease and carry significant side effects. At present, the only curative treatment is hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation, a procedure that carries considerable challenges and numerous ...
Oluwaseun O. Babatunde +4 more
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