A REVIEW OF THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF MICROALGAL CAROTENOIDS AND THEIR POTENTIAL USE IN HEALTHCARE AND COSMETIC INDUSTRIES

A Review of the Biological Activities of Microalgal Carotenoids and Their Potential Use in Healthcare and Cosmetic Industries

Carotenoids are natural pigments that play pivotal roles in many physiological functions.The characteristics of carotenoids, their effects on CALENDULA health, and the cosmetic benefits of their usage have been under investigation for a long time; however, most reviews on this subject focus on carotenoids obtained from several microalgae, vegetable

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Circulating mutational portrait of cancer: manifestation of aggressive clonal events in both early and late stages

Abstract Background Solid tumors residing in tissues and organs leave footprints in circulation through circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and circulating tumor DNAs (ctDNA).Characterization of the ctDNA portraits and comparison with tumor DNA mutational portraits may reveal clinically actionable information on solid tumors that is traditionally achiev

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A Novel High Throughput, Parallel Infection Assay for Determining the Replication Capacities of 346 Primary HIV-1 Isolates of the Zurich Primary HIV-1 Infection Study in Primary Cells

HIV-1 replication capacity is an important characteristic to understand the replication competence of single variants or virus populations.It can further aid in the understanding of HIV-1 pathogenicity, disease progression, and drug resistance mutations.To effectively study RC, Classic Tee (White many assays have been established.However, there is

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