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  1. Clostridia and Enteroviruses as Synergistic Triggers of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  2. From Co-Infections to Autoimmune Disease via Hyperactivated Innate Immunity: COVID-19 Autoimmune Coagulopathies, Autoimmune Myocarditis and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  3. “Sea Water” Supplemented with Calcium Phosphate and Magnesium Sulfate in a Long-Term Miller-Type Experiment Yields Sugars, Nucleic Acids Bases, Nucleosides, Lipids, Amino Acids, and Oligopeptides

    Article • Life, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  4. T Cell Receptor Sequences Amplified during Severe COVID-19 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Mimic SARS-CoV-2, Its Bacterial Co-Infections and Host Autoantigens

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  5. Complementary Sets of Autoantibodies Induced by SARS-CoV-2, Adenovirus and Bacterial Antigens Cross-React with Human Blood Protein Antigens in COVID-19 Coagulopathies

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  6. Novel Apparatuses for Incorporating Natural Selection Processes into Origins-of-Life Experiments to Produce Adaptively Evolving Chemical Ecosystems

    Article • Life, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  7. Polymathy Among Nobel Laureates As a Creative Strategy— The Qualitative and Phenomenological Evidence

    Article • Creativity Research Journal, April 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  8. Biased, Bitopic, Opioid–Adrenergic Tethered Compounds May Improve Specificity, Lower Dosage and Enhance Agonist or Antagonist Function with Reduced Risk of Tolerance and Addiction

    Article • Pharmaceuticals, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  9. Co-Evolution of Opioid and Adrenergic Ligands and Receptors: Shared, Complementary Modules Explain Evolution of Functional Interactions and Suggest Novel Engineering Possibilities

    Article • Life, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  10. COVID‐19 coagulopathies: Human blood proteins mimic SARS‐CoV‐2 virus, vaccine proteins and bacterial co‐infections inducing autoimmunity

    Article • BioEssays, October 2021, Wiley

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  11. Pneumococcal and Influenza Vaccination Rates and Pneumococcal Invasive Disease Rates Set Geographical and Ethnic Population Susceptibility to Serious COVID-19 Cases and Deaths

    Article • Vaccines, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  12. Innate Receptor Activation Patterns Involving TLR and NLR Synergisms in COVID-19, ALI/ARDS and Sepsis Cytokine Storms: A Review and Model Making Novel Predictions and Therapeutic Suggestions

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  13. Possible Cross-Reactivity between SARS-CoV-2 Proteins, CRM197 and Proteins in Pneumococcal Vaccines May Protect Against Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Disease and Death

    Article • Vaccines, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  14. Possible Cross-Reactivity Between SARS-CoV-2 Proteins, CRM197 and Proteins in Pneumococcal Vaccines May Protect Against Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Disease and Death

    Article • September 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  15. Age and Location in Severity of COVID‐19 Pathology: Do Lactoferrin and Pneumococcal Vaccination Explain Low Infant Mortality and Regional Differences?

    Article • BioEssays, August 2020, Wiley

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  16. Glutathione and Glutathione-Like Sequences of Opioid and Aminergic Receptors Bind Ascorbic Acid, Adrenergic and Opioid Drugs Mediating Antioxidant Function: Relevance for Anesthesia and Abuse

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  17. Possible Cross-Reactivity Between SARS-CoV-2 Proteins, CRM197 and Proteins in Pneumococcal Vaccines May Protect Against Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Disease and Death

    Article • August 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  18. Cross-Reactivity Between SARS-CoV-2 Proteins and Proteins in Pneumococcal Vaccines May Protect Against Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Disease and Death

    Article • July 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  19. Synergistic Activation of Toll-Like and NOD Receptors by Complementary Antigens as Facilitators of Autoimmune Disease: Review, Model and Novel Predictions

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  20. Why Infants Rarely Die of COVID-19 and Morbidity and Mortality Rates Vary by Location: Pneumococcal and Hib Vaccinations as Possible Means to Mitigate Future Pandemics

    Article • May 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  21. Why Infants Rarely Die of COVID-19 and Morbidity and Mortality Rates Vary by Location: Pneumococcal and Hib Vaccinations as Possible Means to Mitigate Future Pandemics

    Article • April 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  22. A Statistical Study of Intra-Domain and Trans-Domain Polymathy among Nobel Laureates

    Article • Creativity Research Journal, April 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  23. <strong>A General Theory of Autoimmune Disease Causation: Integrating Innate and Adaptive Immunity, Altered Antigen Processing, Sex and Genetic Predispositions, and Microbiome Effects</strong>

    Article • June 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  24. The Mysterious, and Potentially Revolutionary, Immunological Properties of Transfer Factor: A Review

    Article • May 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  25. Correlation between tools for thinking; arts, crafts, and design avocations; and scientific achievement among STEMM professionals

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  26. The Ribosome as a Missing Link in Prebiotic Evolution III: Over-Representation of tRNA- and rRNA-Like Sequences and Plieofunctionality of Ribosome-Related Molecules Argues for the Evolution of Primitive Genomes from Ribosomal RNA Modules

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, January 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  27. Adrenergic Agonists Bind to Adrenergic-Receptor-Like Regions of the Mu Opioid Receptor, Enhancing Morphine and Methionine-Enkephalin Binding: A New Approach to “Biased Opioids”?

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, January 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  28. Rapid Non-Enzymatic Glycation of the Insulin Receptor under Hyperglycemic Conditions Inhibits Insulin Binding In Vitro: Implications for Insulin Resistance

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, December 2017, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  29. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Proteins Mimic Human T Cell Receptors Inducing Cross-Reactive Antibodies

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, October 2017, MDPI AG

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  30. The ribosome as a missing link in prebiotic evolution II: Ribosomes encode ribosomal proteins that bind to common regions of their own mRNAs and rRNAs

    Article • Journal of Theoretical Biology, May 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  31. How to Make a Non-Antigenic Protein (Auto) Antigenic: Molecular Complementarity Alters Antigen Processing and Activates Adaptive-Innate Immunity Synergy

    Article • Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, October 2015, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  32. Unresolved issues in theories of autoimmune disease using myocarditis as a framework

    Article • Journal of Theoretical Biology, June 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  33. The ribosome as a missing link in the evolution of life

    Article • Journal of Theoretical Biology, February 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  34. Compounds such as vitamin C and opiates that enhance receptors adrenalin-like drugs

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, August 2014, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  35. Tools for thinking applied to nature: an inclusive pedagogical framework for environmental education

    Article • Oryx, March 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein

  36. How peptide hormones that bind to each other co-evolved to build each other's cellular receptors

    Article • Journal of Receptor Ligand and Channel Research, July 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Robert Root-Bernstein