Influenza A viruses constitute a major and ongoing global public health concern. Current antiviral strategies target viral gene products; however, the emergence of drug-resistant viruses highlights the need for novel antiviral approaches. Cleavage of the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) by host cell proteases is crucial for viral infectivity and therefore presents a potential drug target. Pep...

Binding of hippuric acid (HA), a uremic toxin, with human serum albumin (HSA) has been examined by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), molecular docking, circular dichroism (CD) and fluorescence spectroscopy to understand the reason that govern its impaired elimination through hemodialysis. ITC results shows that the HA binds with HSA at high (K b ~1...

Removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and storing the carbon (C) in resistant soil organic matter (SOM) is a global priority to restore soil fertility and help mitigate climate change. Although it is widely assumed that retaining rather than removing or burning crop residues will increase SOM levels, many studies have failed to demonstrate this. We hypothesised that the microbial na...

A field experiment entitled “Response of Sulphur and Zinc on Growth Yield Lentil” was conducted during Rabi season 2022 at the Crop Research Farm, Department Agronomy, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University Agriculture, Technology Sciences, Prayagraj (U.P.) India. The soil in experimental plot sandy loamy texture, nearly neutral reaction (pH 7.8), low organic carbon (0.35%). ...

Taxus baccata is a native species to the Caspian forests and is considered as the identification of these forests by some resources. The aim of this study was to understand the ecological characteristics of T. baccata in order to find suitable areas for its plantation in the Pone Aram preserve of Golestan province. Therefore, Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) methods based on Analytical Hierarchy...

Local induction of pro-tolerogenic cytokines, such as IL-10, is an appealing strategy to help facilitate transplantation of islets and other tissues. Here, we describe a pair of implantable devices that capitalize on our recent finding that hyaluronan (HA) promotes IL-10 production by activated T cells. The first device is an injectable hydrogel made of crosslinked HA and heparan sulfate loaded...

maize hybrid ksc 706 (k3547/4 × mo17) produced grain yield 11.713 t ha-1, when evaluated in eight locations over two years (2007-8), comparing to ksc 704 with 9.845 t/ha. on farm experiments in 2012, in kermanshah province in two locations, this hybrid produced 13.100 and 13.300 t ha-1 in eslam abad and ravansar as first cropping, respectively, comparing to ksc 704, with 11.300 and 9.700 t ha-1...