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2026 | Medical Gas Research | Pp. 1-2
Hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) was once considered a toxic environmental pollutant, but scientific thinking has shifted, and it is now recognized as the third endogenous gasotransmitter, alongside nitric oxide and carbon monoxide.1 This transition to a central signal...
2026 | Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports | Pp. 1-15
RNA-protein complexes (RNPs) are central regulators of post-transcriptional gene expression and are increasingly implicated in controlling when, where and to what extent specialised (secondary) metabolic pathways operate in plants. Relative to transcription f...
2026 | Nutritional Neuroscience
Background:Single prolonged stress (SPS) is a validated PTSD-like paradigm that causes cognitive and affective dysfunction and corticolimbic injuries due to the dysregulation of the HPA-axis and neurotrophic, redox, and neuroimmune pathways. Berberine is a bi...
2026 | Open Research Africa | Pp. 1-17
Background Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) encompasses a spectrum of vulvovaginal, sexual, and urinary symptoms associated with estrogen deficiency and is increasingly recognized as a major contributor to morbidity among midlife and older women. Whi...
2026 | Frontiers in Horticulture | Pp. 1-21
Urban controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) has emerged as a technologicallyadvanced approach to food production that seeks to address land scarcity, climateinstability, and the growing demand for fresh produce in cities. This reviewexamined the role of sm...
2026 | Frontiers in Public Health | Pp. 1-10
Background: Workplace stress among university academics in sub-Saharan Africa remains insufficiently investigated, particularly in studies that combine validated psychometric assessment with objective clinical measurements and evaluation of stress-related lif...
2026 | Middle East Fertility Society Journal | Pp. 1-18
Background The microbiota of the reproductive system is a vital factor in fertility, pregnancy and neonatal health. Microbiota composition may control implantation, gestational preservation and neonatal colonization. The vaginal, cervical and uterine/endometr...
2026 | Phytomedicine Plus | Pp. 1-11
Background/objectives: Chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, neurodegenerative disorders, and cardiovascular diseases continue to pose significant global health challenges. Phytomedicine offers therapeutic potential through antioxidant, anti-inflammatory...
2026 | Environmental Epigenetics | Pp. 1-13
Bisphenol A (BPA), which is a common ingredient of plastics and epoxy resins, is among the most commonly found endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the human envir onment. Chr onic human e xposur e has raised concerns over its effects on reproductive health. The...
2026 | Frontiers in Drug Delivery | Pp. 1-12
Introduction: Messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics have advanced from experimental platforms to clinical application, driven largely by the success of lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-based COVID-19 vaccines. Building on this progress, nanoparticle-mediated mRNA deliver...