Nanometer-scale siRNA carriers incorporating peptidomimetic oligomers: physical characterization and biological activity

Yeliz Utku Konca,1 Kent Kirshenbaum,2 Ronald N Zuckermann3 1Department of Chemistry, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey; 2Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY, 3Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA Abstract: Synthetic short interfering RNA (siRNA) oligonucleotides can trigger the RNA interf

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WAMI: a web server for the analysis of minisatellite maps

Abstract Background Minisatellites are genomic loci composed of tandem arrays of short repetitive DNA segments.A minisatellite map Roller Wheel is a sequence of symbols that represents the tandem repeat array such that the set of symbols is in one-to-one correspondence with the set of distinct repeats.Due to variations in repeat type and organizati

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Comparative Study of the Effects of Auriculotherapy and Pharmacotherapy on Hirsutism Due to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Unmarried 18-35-Years-Old Women

Background: Hirsutism, male-pattern hair growth, affects 5 to 10 percent of women of reproductive age.Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the cause of hirsutism in 7.2-8.2 percent of cases.This study aimed to compare the effects of auriculotherapy and pharmacotherapy on hirsutism due to polycystic ovary syndrome in unmarried 18-35-years-old women.M

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