The present invention discloses an engineering yeast strain for producing nervonic acids. The yeast strain over-expresses the genes related to enzymes required in a synthetic process of long-chain unsaturated fatty acids, such as fatty acid elongase, desaturase, diacylglycerol acyltransferase and the like, and optionally, further adjusts and controls the synthesis and decomposition route of triglyceride, the synthesis and decomposition route of sphingomyelin, and the synthesis and decomposition route and the oxidation-reduction balanced route of lipid subcell levels. The recombinant yeast strain can produce microorganism oil; and the content of the prepared nervonic acids accounts for 39.6% of the total fatty acids.

The present invention generally relates to methods of identifying modulators of central nervous system diseases and the use of the modulators in treatment and diagnosis. The methods utilize a novel high throughput screen that includes injection of a library of barcoded viral vectors expressing shRNA's, CRISPR/Cas systems or cDNA's into animal models of disease and detecting synthetic lethality.

The invention concerns Flavine adenine dinucleotide (FAD) for use in preventing and/or treating cancer. The FAD is favorably encapsulated at least partially in a particle with a vector to improve its absorption and distribution while limiting its destruction, in particular by blood hydrolases. The invention relates to the pharmaceutical field and more specifically to oncology or cancerology.

Described herein are methods and compositions for the use of treating damage induced by SD. Aspects of the invention relate to administering to a subject in need thereof an agent that reduces reactive oxygen species. In some embodiments, administration of an agent that reduces reactive oxygen species repairs SD-induced damage in the gut.

Provided herein are compositions, systems, kits, and methods for treating a patient with a thromboembolism by administering nanoconjugates comprising nanoparticles encapsulating and/or conjugated to: i) tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA), and ii) at least one antioxidant enzyme selected from the group consisting of: superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, and a catalase.

The present invention discloses an engineering yeast strain for producing nervonic acids. The yeast strain over-expresses the genes related to enzymes required in a synthetic process of long-chain unsaturated fatty acids, such as fatty acid elongase, desaturase, diacylglycerol acyltransferase and the like, and optionally, further adjusts and controls the synthesis and decomposition route of triglyceride, the synthesis and decomposition route of sphingomyelin, and the synthesis and decomposition route and the oxidation-reduction balanced route of lipid subcell levels. The recombinant yeast strain can produce microorganism oil; and the content of the prepared nervonic acids accounts for 39.6% of the total fatty acids.

Described herein are methods and compositions for the use of treating damage induced by SD. Aspects of the invention relate to administering to a subject in need thereof an agent that reduces reactive oxygen species. In some embodiments, administration of an agent that reduces reactive oxygen species repairs SD-induced damage in the gut.

The invention relates to methods of identifying a composition useful for the prevention or treatment of noise-induced hearing loss. The method includes exposing a mammalian test subject to a candidate composition and a calibrated sound or noise challenge. Next, a temporary threshold shift (TTS) is monitored in the test subject over a period of time. The monitored TTS is compared with a TTS of a control subject exposed to a control composition. The presence or absence is determined by clinically relevant and statistically significant differences between the monitored TTS in the test subject and the TTS of the control subject, and the presence of a statistically significant difference identifies the candidate composition as useful for prevention or treatment of noise-induced hearing loss.

Methods are disclosed herein for promoting survival of a donor liver in a recipient subject, wherein the donor liver is homozygous for rs738409:G mutation in the patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3 (PNPLA3) gene. The method can include administering to the subject glutathione (GSH) and/or a nucleic acid molecule encoding a component of the ferroptosis pathway (such as GPX4).

The present disclosure discloses application of PRDX5 and GPX4 genes in preparation of drugs for castration-resistant prostate cancer and belongs to the technical field of biological medicines. The present disclosure proposes that silencing or interfering with the expression of the PRDX5 and/or GPX4 genes can be used in the treatment or adjuvant treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer. The present disclosure proposes for the first time a new strategy for preparing the drugs for the treatment of CRPC using siRNA in combination with an androgen receptor antagonist. The pharmaceutical composition comprising siRNA in combination with an androgen receptor antagonist according to the present disclosure can be used for the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer and significantly improves the inhibitory effect of enzalutamide on castration-resistant prostate cancer, which provides the basis for the design and clinical application of nucleic acid drugs with important clinical therapeutic significance.