The most important publications in last five years
Paclitaxel-Loaded Cationic Fluid Lipid Nanodiscs and Liposomes with Brush-Conformation PEG Chains Penetrate Breast Tumors and Trigger Caspase-3 Activation. Simón-Gracia L, Scodeller P, Fisher WS, Sidorenko V, Steffes VM, Ewert KK, Safinya CR, Teesalu T.ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2022 Dec 28;14(51):56613-56622. doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c17961. Epub 2022 Dec 15.PMID: 36521233
Novel Anthracycline Utorubicin for Cancer Therapy.Simón-Gracia L, Sidorenko V, Uustare A, Ogibalov I, Tasa A, Tshubrik O, Teesalu T. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2021 Jul 26;60(31):17018-17027. doi: 10.1002/anie.202016421. Epub 2021 Jun 1. PMID: 33908690
In vivo phage display: identification of organ-specific peptides using deep sequencing and differential profiling across tissues.Pleiko K, Põšnograjeva K, Haugas M, Paiste P, Tobi A, Kurm K, Riekstina U, Teesalu T. Nucleic Acids Res. 2021 Apr 19;49(7):e38. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1279. PMID: 33444445
A widespread viral entry mechanism: The C-end Rule motif-neuropilin receptor interaction. Balistreri G, Yamauchi Y, Teesalu T. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Nov 16;118(49):e2112457118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2112457118. PMID: 34772761
Neuropilin-1 facilitates SARS-CoV-2 cell entry and infectivity. Cantuti-Castelvetri L, Ojha R, Pedro LD, Djannatian M, Franz J, Kuivanen S, van der Meer F, Kallio K, Kaya T, Anastasina M, Smura T, Levanov L, Szirovicza L, Tobi A, Kallio-Kokko H, Österlund P, Joensuu M, Meunier FA, Butcher SJ, Winkler MS, Mollenhauer B, Helenius A, Gokce O, Teesalu T, Hepojoki J, Vapalahti O, Stadelmann C, Balistreri G, Simons M. Science. 2020 Nov 13;370(6518):856-860. doi: 10.1126/science.abd2985. Epub 2020 Oct 20. PMID: 33082293
This year, the Faculty of Medicine's anniversary events will take place on October 10th and 11th. We invite all interested parties to submit abstracts for the Faculty of Medicine's anniversary research conference by May 27, 2024
Surprisingly high fraction of infertile men presenting congenital testicular maldescent, were revealed as stated in a recent publication by researchers University of Tartu.
Approximately one in seven couples face difficulties conceiving a child naturally. Half of these cases are due to male infertility – either caused by the complete absence or low number of mature sperm.