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Despite significant progress in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer and neu-rodegenerative diseases, their occurence and mortality is still high around the world. The resistance of cancer cells to the drugs remains a significant problem in oncology today, while in the case of neuro-degenerative diseases, therapies reversing the process are still yet to be found. Furthermore, it is im-portant to seek new chemotherapeutics reversing side effects of currently used drugs or helping them perform their function in order to inhibit progression of the disease. Carnosine, dipeptide constisting of β-alanine and L-histidine has a variety of functions, to mention anti-oxidant, anti-glycation and reducing the toxicity of metal ions. It has therefore been proposed to act as a therapeutic agent for many patho-logical states. The aim of this paper was to find if carnosine and its derivatives can be helpful in treating various diseases. Literature search presented in this review includes review and original papers found in SciFinder, PubMed and Google Scholar. Searches were based on substantial keywords concerning ther-apeutical usage of carnosine and its derivatives in several diseases, including neurodegenerative disor-ders and cancer. In this paper, we review articles finding carnosine and its derivatives are potential ther-apeutic agents in many diseases, to mention cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, schizophrenia. Carnosine and its derivatives can be used in treating neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, diabetes or schizophrenia, although their usage is limited. Therefore, there's an urge to synthesize and analyse new substances, overcoming the limitation of carnosine itself.ConspectusFrom structure elucidation and biogenesis to synthetic methodology and total synthesis, terpene natural products have profoundly influenced the development of organic chemistry. Moreover, their myriad functional attributes range from fragrance to pharmaceuticals and have had great societal impact. Ruzicka's formulation of the "biogenetic isoprene rule," a Nobel Prize winning discovery now over 80 years old, allowed for identification of higher order terpene (aka "isoprenoid") structures from simple five-carbon isoprene fragments. Notably, the isoprene rule still holds pedagogical value to students of organic chemistry today. Our laboratory has completed syntheses of over two dozen terpene and meroterpene structures to date, and the isoprene rule has served as a key pattern recognition tool for our synthetic planning purposes. At the strategic level, great opportunity exists in finding unique and synthetically simplifying ways to connect the formal C5 isoprene fragments embedded in terpenes. Biomimetcium sesquiterpenes from the abundant 15-carbon feedstock terpene (+)-cedrol using an abiotic ring shift and multiple C-H oxidation reactions inspired by a postulated biosynthesis of this natural product class.The spread of drug-resistant bacterial pathogens has been recognized as one of the largest global threats to mankind. In order to continue to benefit from the advancement of modern medicine, new treatment, prevention and diagnostic products are needed to satisfactorily treat or prevent infections. CARB-X is a global non-profit public-private partnership dedicated to accelerating antibacterial-related research to tackle the rising threat of drug-resistant bacteria. The CARB-X portfolio is the world's largest early development pipeline of new antibiotics, vaccines, rapid diagnostics and other products to prevent, diagnose and treat life-threatening bacterial infections. Since inception, three application rounds of funding have been completed with a significant worldwide response.Electrolyte solutions and electrode active materials, as core components of energy storage devices, have a great impact on the overall performance. Currently, supercapacitors suffer from the drawbacks of low energy density and poor cyclic stability in typical alkaline aqueous electrolytes. Herein, the ultrathin Co3O4 anode material is synthesized by a facile electrodeposition, followed by postheat treatment process. It is found that the decomposition of active materials induces reduction of energy density and specific capacitance during electrochemical testing. Therefore, a new strategy of preadding Co2+ cations to achieve the dissolution equilibrium of cobalt in active materials is proposed, which can improve the cyclic lifetime of electrode materials and broaden the operation window of electrochemical devices. Co2+ and Li+ embedded in carbon electrode during charging can enhance H+ desorption energy barrier, further hampering the critical step of bulk water electrolysis. More importantly, the highly reversible chemical conversion mechanism between Co3O4 and protons is demonstrated to be the fact that a large amount of quantum dots and second-order flaky CoO layers were in situ formed in the electrochemical reaction process, which is first discovered and reported in neutral solutions. The as-assembled device achieves a high operation voltage (2.2 V), excellent cycling stability (capacitance retention of 168% after 10 000 cycles) and ultrahigh energy density (99 W h kg-1 at a power density of 1100 W kg-1). The as-prepared electrolytes and highly active electrode materials will open up new opportunities for aqueous supercapacitors with high safety, high voltage, high energy density, and long-lifespan.Transition metal phosphides (TMPs) demonstrate great potential for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysis, but their activities need further improvement. Herein we report a novel Au incorporation strategy to boost the HER catalytic performance of CoP. As a proof of concept, heterostructured Au/CoP nanoparticles dispersed on nitrogen-doped carbon with unique porosity, denoted as Au/CoP@NC-3, are synthesized by thermal treatment of Au-nanoparticle-incorporated ZIF-67 precursor. It shows excellent HER activity as well as good durability in acidic and alkaline condition, respectively, greatly outperforming its Au-free analogue, namely, CoP@NC. In-depth analysis suggests that the improved HER activity of Au/CoP@NC-3 is attributed to the presence of Au nanoparticles which enlarge the electrochemical active surface areas and adjust the electronic structure of active CoP species to enhance the water adsorption and optimize H adsorption for the accelerated HER process.Structural electrodes made of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and aramid nanofiber (ANF) are promising candidates for future structural supercapacitors. In this study, the influence of nanoarchitecture on the effective ionic diffusivity, porosity and tortuosity in rGO/ANF structural electrodes is investigated through multiphysics computational modeling. Two specific nanoarchitectures, namely, 'house-of-cards' and 'layered' structures are evaluated. The results obtained from nanoarchitecture computational modeling are compared to the porous media approach and shows that the widely used porous electrode theory such as Bruggeman or Millington-Quirk relations, overestimates the effective diffusion coefficient. Also, the results from nanoarchitecture modeling are validated with experimental measurements obtained from impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV). The effective diffusion coefficients obtained from nano-architectural modeling show better agreement with experimental measurements. Evaluation of microscopic properties such as porosity, tortuosity and effective diffusivity through both experiment and simulation is essential to understand the material behavior and improve its performance.Li-CO2 batteries are of great interest among researchers due to their high energy density and utilization of the greenhouse gas CO2 to produce energy. However, several shortcomings have been encountered in the practical applications of Li-CO2 batteries, among which their poor cyclability and high charge overpotential necessary to decompose the highly insulating discharge product (Li2CO3) are the most important. Herein, the spinel zinc cobalt oxide porous nanorods with carbon nanotubes (ZnCo2O4@CNTs) composite is employed as a cathode material in Li-CO2 batteries to improve the latter's cycling performance. The ZnCo2O4@CNT cathode-based Li-CO2 battery exhibited a full discharge capacity of 4275 mAh g-1 and excellent cycling performance over 200 cycles with a charge overpotential below 4.3 V when operated at a current density of 100 mA g-1 and fixed capacity of 500 mAh g-1. The superior performance of the ZnCo2O4@CNT cathode composite was attributed to the synergistic effects of ZnCo2O4 and CNT. The highly porous ZnCo2O4 nanorod structures in the ZnCo2O4@CNT catalyst showed enhanced catalytic activity/stability, which effectively promoted CO2 diffusion during the discharging process and accelerated Li2CO3 decomposition at a low charge overpotential.Sodium-ion batteries have been considered as one of ideal power sources for energy storage system. However, the choice of cathode material with good cycling stability and high capacity is limited. Herein, a nanocomposite of hierarchical mesoporous iron fluoride and reduced graphene oxide is prepared by an in situ approach. The as-prepared nanocomposite exhibits remarkably high discharge specific capacity of 227.5 mAh/g at 0.1C. Specifically, the discharge specific capacity of the sample still remains 87.5 mAh/g at a high rate of 15C after the 100th cycle. The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and galvanostatic intermittent titration technique (GITT) measurements show that the addition of reduced graphene oxide can effectively reduce the charge transfer resistance and enhance the Na+ diffusion rate in the FeF3·0.33H2O nanoparticles. The structural changes of FeF3·0.33H2O is further investigated by ex-situ XRD, XPS, and ex situ high-resolution transmission electron microscopy.OBJECTIVE To analyze the genetic and clinical outcomes of blastocysts derived from 0PN oocytes after IVF/ICSI. selleckchem METHODS This retrospective observational study included patients aged 40 years or younger submitted to IVF/ICSI with their own oocytes and with blastocysts derived from 0PN oocytes between January 2015 and April 2018. The clinical outcomes of 0PN blastocyst transfers were analyzed. Genetic tests were performed on biopsied 0PN blastocysts with Next Generation Sequencing. RESULTS A total of 27 0PN blastocysts were transferred, yielding an implantation rate of 48.0% and an ongoing pregnancy rate of 50.0%. The transfers resulted in 13 live births (59.0% live birth rate). Genetic test results revealed that four of the 17 0PN blastocysts biopsied were 46XX; three were 46XY; and 10 were aneuploid embryos, awarding a diploid rate to 76.4% (13/17). CONCLUSION Almost half of the 0PN blastocysts implanted (48.0%) and 13 healthy babies were born. More than three quarters (76.4%) of the 0PN blastocysts were diploid, thus ruling out the possibility of parthenogenetic activation. Our study indicated that the transfer of 0PN blastocysts is a safe, worthy option when the number of normal 2PN embryos is insufficient.OBJECTIVE This paper looked into the findings of a survey on the ethical and emotional aspects encircling the fate of surplus embryos in Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR). METHODS Five staff members of a fertility clinic in the Brazilian State of São Paulo answered a semi-structured qualitative interview. RESULTS The answers alluded to the different meanings assigned to embryos by medical staff (genetic material) and couples undergoing fertility treatment (potential child). The meaning couples assigned to their embryos, along with inherent uncertainty and distress, affected the choice of what would be done to surplus embryos. CONCLUSION Psychological support may be helpful to two key groups present in assisted human reproduction clinic staff, for support in their interactions with couples; and couples in need of support and awareness on surplus embryo donation.