Yekta naser biography definition
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Micro Nano Bio Aspects (Journal title abbreviation: Micro Nano Bio Asp; Acronym: MNBA) was launched in 2022 as an international, quarterly (online = 4 Issues per year), peer-reviewed, and open-access journal dedicated to the various disciplines of biotechnology in the micro and nano scales. This journal accepts papers in all aspects of the micro and nano biotechnology specifically micro and nanofabrication, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, medical biotechnology, biosecurity, biosafety, organic and inorganic materials, molecular engineering, regenerative medicine (stem cells and tissue engineering), synthesis of micro and nanomaterials, new contrast and therapeutic agents, diagnostic devices, analytical tools, drug delivery vectors, and bioinformatics (molecular dynamics simulations and molecular docking). MNBA publishes primary articles (original/research articles, case reports (case-study), and technical notes or techniqual papers), secondary articles (
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mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines—Facts and Hypotheses on Fragmentation and Encapsulation
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Background: The adventure of the mRNA vaccine began thirty years ago in the context of influenza. This consisted in encapsulating the mRNA coding for a viral protein in a lipid particle. We show how the mRNA encoding S protein has been modified for that purpose in the context of the anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. Results: by using data coming from genetic and epidemiologic databases, we show the theoretical possibility of fragmentation of this mRNA into small RNA sequences capable of inhibiting important bio-syntheses such as the production of beta-globin. Discussion: we discuss two aspects related to mRNA vaccine: (i) the plausibility of mRNA fragmentation, and (ii) the role of liposomal nanoparticles (LNPs) used in the vaccine and their impact on mRNA biodistribution. Conclusion: we insist on the need to develop lipid nanoparticles allowing personalized ledning of vaccines and avoiding a
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2022
“Yektai: A Search for Modernism”
Fereshteh DaftariManoucher Yektai, Karma Books, New York, 2022
In the mid-1940s, few Iranian artists could act on their desire to leave Iran to study in Europe. Manoucher Yektai and Monir Shahroudy (later Farmanfarmaian, Yektai’s wife from 1948 to 1953) were among the first who did. Their goal was France, not the American Dream, but facing restrictions on passage to war-torn France, they set sail in 1944 on a fartyg that took them to California by way of Bombay and immediately after that to New York, where they arrived in 1945.
It was not until the 1960s that a handful of other Iranian artists immigrated to the United States. Among them were Siah Armajani, in 1960; Maryam Javaheri, who arrived in New York in 1961 and found a mentor in Ad Reinhardt; and, later that decade, Nahid Haghighat and Nicky Nodjoumi. In the 1950s, despite New York’s new status as the center of the art world, Iranian artists were aiming for Italy—themecca that drew M