Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Luca Giannessi
Summary: Free-electron lasers can generate intense X-ray radiation for various applications, typically requiring large particle accelerators. However, an experiment has shown a way to overcome this limitation.
Editorial Material
Hematology
Christoph Schmid
Summary: The study reported successful generation and safe clinical application of mLSTs derived from healthy stem cell donors, showing low incidence of GVHD after transfusion of mLSTs and long-term remission and clinical responses in patients.
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Romanos Sklavenitis-Pistofidis, Gad Getz, Irene Ghobrial
Summary: Single-cell RNA-sequencing can predict drug resistance in patients with multiple myeloma.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ludovika Jessica Virginia, Clemens Peterbauer
Summary: Lignin degradation in fungal systems is well characterized, but recent studies have shown the potential for lignin depolymerization and modification by bacteria. The presence of peroxidase genes in Actinobacteria suggests the existence of auxiliary enzymes like pyranose oxidase (POx). Analysis of the genomic locus of POx from Kitasatospora aureofaciens revealed an additional sequence that could serve as a Tat-signal peptide. Expression of KaPOx with this additional sequence in Streptomyces lividans confirmed its natural extracellular localization and potential role in lignin degradation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Editorial Material
Cell & Tissue Engineering
Jeffrey S. Schweitzer, Bin Song, Kwang-Soo Kim
Summary: The study demonstrates significant long-term improvement in motor and depressive behaviors for Parkinson's disease patients receiving autologous cell therapy, supporting its feasibility.
Editorial Material
Genetics & Heredity
Guillaume Lettre
Summary: A new study presents a strategy to establish a link between SNPs associated with human complex traits and diseases and probable causal genes. This method prioritizes genes for functional characterization and helps address questions about the architecture of human phenotypes.
Review
Immunology
Nicoletta Manduca, Ester Maccafeo, Ruggero De Maria, Antonella Sistigu, Martina Musella
Summary: Cancer immunotherapy, despite showing extended progression-free survival in cancer treatment compared to conventional therapies, is effective in only a minority of patients. To improve its applicability, it is crucial to overcome obstacles such as the lack of preclinical models that accurately depict the local tumor microenvironment (TME), which significantly influences disease onset, progression, and response to therapy. This review provides a comprehensive overview of current 3D models, including tumor spheroids, organoids, and immune Tumor-on-a-Chip models, that mimic the complexity and dynamics of the TME. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the TME as a major target in anticancer therapy and highlights the advantages, translational potentials, challenges, and limitations of these models.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jichuan Zhang, Yongan Feng, Yiyang Bo, Richard J. Staples, Jiaheng Zhang, Jean'ne M. Shreeve
Summary: The study successfully synthesized a new insensitive high-energy molecule, IHEM-1, with excellent performance close to ideal state. In addition, four derivatives were prepared based on the weak base site of IHEM-1, showing outstanding energy properties.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Seangly Tror, SeonMin Jeon, Huong Thanh Nguyen, Eunjin Huh, Kwanwoo Shin
Summary: Controllable, self-regenerating artificial cells (SRACs) are a significant development in synthetic biology, aiming to create living cells through recombining biological molecules. However, replicating the complex processes involved in cell regeneration in artificially created spaces remains challenging. This review highlights recent advances and strategies in controllable, SRACs field.
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Robin Augustine, Mert Gezek, Nazli Seray Bostanci, Angelina Nguyen, Gulden Camci-Unal
Summary: The lack of oxygen supply in engineered constructs poses a major challenge in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Providing and maintaining adequate oxygen levels in large tissue-engineered constructs as well as during transportation and storage is crucial. Recent approaches involve incorporating oxygen-generating materials such as peroxides and fluorinated substances into scaffolds. This review paper highlights the importance of oxygen-generating materials in various tissue engineering approaches and discusses challenges, solutions, and future strategies in designing clinically relevant multifunctional biomaterials.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Joseph Powell, Xiao Li
Summary: The latest issue of Cell Systems showcases the application of data-driven, individualized lifestyle coaching to promote health and provides an interpretable view of human health by integrating deep molecular, digital health, and clinical data.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Saife N. Lone, Sabah Nisar, Tariq Masoodi, Mayank Singh, Arshi Rizwan, Sheema Hashem, Wael El-Rifai, Davide Bedognetti, Surinder K. Batra, Mohammad Haris, Ajaz A. Bhat, Muzafar A. Macha
Summary: Liquid biopsies are non-invasive methods that have revolutionized cancer diagnosis and monitoring. By analyzing tumor-derived entities in body fluids, liquid biopsies provide detailed information about tumor characteristics and can be used for detection, prognosis, and treatment monitoring.
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Scott L. Nuismer
Summary: A recent study suggests that a virus associated with vampire bats could be utilized to transmit a vaccine and reduce the spillover risk of rabies virus in Peru.
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Nadejda Drenska, Robert V. Kohn
Summary: We studied the prediction problem of binary sequences, using stock prediction as an example. By considering the predictions of history-dependent experts and strategies for the investor, we determined upper and lower bounds for the investor's regret and proposed optimal strategies. Compared to other prediction methods using partial differential equations, our approach has the feature of two timescales.
COMMUNICATIONS ON PURE AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Timothy J. Murdoch, Baptiste Quienne, Maialen Argaiz, Radmila Tomovska, Edgar Espinosa, Franck D'Agosto, Muriel Lansalot, Julien Pinaud, Sylvain Caillol, Ignacio Martin-Fabiani
Summary: Self-stratification of model blends of colloidal spheres has been achieved through the addition of rheology modifiers, such as xanthan gum, Carbopol 940, and HEUR10kC12, which affect the viscosity and particle interactions. Xanthan gum allows for small-on-top stratification, while Carbopol 940 leads to lateral segregation or surface enrichment of large particles depending on pH. HEUR10kC12 results in small-on-top, large-enhanced, and randomly mixed structures. Understanding these mechanisms is crucial for predicting and controlling stratification in coating formulations.
ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Vaibhav Bedi, Dipendu Mandal, Zahid Hussain, Shi-Ming Chen, Yile Wu, Zheng-Wang Qu, Stefan Grimme, Douglas W. Stephan
Summary: The reaction of (tBuO(2)CN)(2) with 9-BBN leads to the formation of a bicyclic heterocyclic compound, while its reactions with BF3 or [Et3Si][B(C6F5)(4)] result in the isolation of different compounds. Computational studies reveal that the steric and electronic properties of the Lewis acid are important in the formation of one of the compounds.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Chisa Itoh, Haruka Yoshino, Taku Kitayama, Wataru Kosaka, Hitoshi Miyasaka
Summary: A new synthetic route for constructing functional paddlewheel diruthenium(II,II) complexes was developed, utilizing Schiff base condensation reactions. The attached Schiff base groups significantly affected the electronic states of the resulting complexes, as revealed by cyclic voltammetry and DFT calculations.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Danrui Ni, Haozhe Wang, Xianghan Xu, Weiwei Xie, Robert J. Cava
Summary: A layered rhombohedral polymorph of indium(iii) triiodide is synthesized at high pressure and temperature. It has an orange color, which is different from ambient pressure InI3, which has a monoclinic molecular structure and a light-yellow color.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2024)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Juan Carlos Perez-Sanchez, Raquel P. Herrera, M. Concepcion Gimeno
Summary: Gold(II) complexes have been less utilized in catalysis compared to their gold(I) and gold(III) counterparts. However, gold(II) complexes offer potential in homo-coupling and cross-coupling reactions, as they are more easily accessible through simplified oxidation and reduction processes. Gold(II) exhibits characteristics of both soft acid gold(I) and hard acid gold(III). This review explores the unique reactivity and potential applications of gold(II) species, highlighting their significance in catalytic transformations.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Nighat Yousuf, Yanping Ma, Qaiser Mahmood, Wenjuan Zhang, Yizhou Wang, Hassan Saeed, Wen-Hua Sun
Summary: In this study, a series of structurally rigid cyclooctyl-fused iminopyridine iron complexes were synthesized and used with methylaluminoxane for isoprene polymerization. The extent of steric hindrance of the ligand framework was found to significantly affect catalytic performance, with less hindrance leading to better activity and stability.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Chenghao Song, Huiwei Du, Menglei Xu, Jie Yang, Xinyu Zhang, Jungan Wang, Yuanfang Zhang, Chengjun Gu, Rui Li, Tao Hong, Jingji Zhang, Jiangying Wang, Yongchun Ye
Summary: This study improves the performance of perovskite solar cells by using a dual-hole transport layer strategy. This strategy enhances the charge transfer efficiency of the transport layer, reduces charge recombination, and improves the quality of the perovskite film layer. Ultimately, the stability of the device is enhanced.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Mahender Singh, Aakash Yadav, Ranjit Singh, Chullikkattil P. Pradeep
Summary: A new aryl selenonium polyoxometalate hybrid was developed and compared with an aryl sulfonium polyoxometalate hybrid in terms of their photocatalytic properties. It was found that the aryl selenonium hybrid exhibited better catalytic performance, which could be attributed to the larger atomic radii of selenium stabilizing the photogenerated electron-hole pair more efficiently. Additionally, the generation of elemental selenium through cleavage of C-Se bonds during catalysis was observed.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Yuhan Xie, Boyu Dong, Xuemin Wang, Siyuan Wang, Jinxi Chen, Yongbing Lou
Summary: This study successfully fabricated visible-light-responsive three-dimensional core-shell CoSe2/ZnIn2S4 heterostructures and achieved attractive activity in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. The presence of CoSe2 improved light absorption and accelerated charge transfer kinetics. The strong interaction between CoSe2 and ZnIn2S4 reduced charge recombination, further enhancing photocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Andre L. de O. Batista, Joao Marcos T. Palheta, Mauricio J. Piotrowski, Celso R. C. Rego, Diego Guedes-Sobrinho, Alexandre C. Dias
Summary: This study presents a simulation protocol that provides a solid foundation for exploring two-dimensional materials. Using the TiBr2 2H monolayer as an example, the study reveals its promising properties for optoelectronic and valleytronic applications, including its stability, spin-orbit coupling effects, and optical helicity selection rule.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Jiang Jiang, Zi-Wei Li, Zhi-Zhuan Zhang, Bin Tan, Zhao-Feng Wu, Xiao-Ying Huang
Summary: In this work, two metal organic frameworks (MOFs) containing {Cu2I2} clusters, Eu-CuI-INA and Sr-K-CuI-INA, were synthesized and characterized. Both materials have a three-dimensional structure with {Cu2I2} clusters coordinated by INA(-) ligands and Eu3+ or Sr2+ ions. The Sr-K-CuI-INA material exhibited sensitive fluorescence sensing behaviors towards cysteine and nitro-bearing molecules, showing potential applications in bio and explosive molecule sensing. This work provides a good reference for designing fluorescent MOF probes containing CuI molecules.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Zhiya Lin, Jiasheng Wu, Qianwen Ye, Yulong Chen, Hai Jia, Xiaohui Huang, Shaoming Ying
Summary: Na-ion batteries (NIBs) have attracted great interest as a potential technology for grid-scale energy storage due to the wide distribution, low cost, and environmental friendliness of sodium resources. However, their implementation is hindered by low rate capability and cycling stability caused by the large ionic size of Na+. In this study, a three-dimensional nanoarchitectured coral-like CoSe2@N-doped carbon (CL-CoSe2@NC) was synthesized, and it exhibited improved sodium storage properties with better electrode kinetics and a stable SEI film.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Ya-Qiong Zhang, Yu Zhang, Guoping Zeng, Rong-Zhen Liao, Man Li
Summary: The mechanism and selectivity of CO2 reduction under visible light were investigated using density functional calculations. The results showed that a tetradentate PNNP-type Iridium(III) complex exhibited high activity and selectivity in the reaction.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Sanyukta Ghosh, Shubhanth Jain, Soumya Ranjan Mishra, Gerda Rogl, Peter Rogl, Ernst Bauer, B. S. Murty, A. Govindaraj, Ramesh Chandra Mallik
Summary: In this study, reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was uniformly dispersed in the In0.5Co4Sb12 bulk material by ultrasonication, which effectively reduced the lattice thermal conductivity and improved the thermoelectric efficiency.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Mika Takeuchi, Yutaka Amao
Summary: This study developed an effective visible-light driven system for fumaric acid production using renewable resources such as biomass derivatives, providing an alternative to the current petroleum-based synthesis methods.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Juan Jian, Meiting Wang, Zhuo Wang, Jingwen Meng, Yuqin Yang, Limin Chang
Summary: Developing low-cost and self-supported bifunctional catalysts is crucial for highly efficient water splitting devices. In this study, nano-NiFe2O4 was directly grown onto iron foil surface and Sn4+ was introduced into the NiFe2O4. The resulting Sn-NiFe2O4/IF showed low overpotentials and high current densities during oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), making it a promising catalyst for large-scale hydrogen production.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2024)