Dynamic culture of a thermosensitive collagen hydrogel improves...
Dynamic culture of a thermosensitive collagen hydrogel improves the construction of tissue-engineered peripheral nerve.
View ArticleHSP72 confers protection in retinal ganglion cells and lateral geniculate...
HSP72 confers protection in retinal ganglion cells and lateral geniculate nucleus neurons
View ArticleCholecystokinin octapeptide antagonizes apoptosis in retinal pigment...
Cholecystokinin octapeptide antagonizes apoptosis in retinal pigment epithelial cells
View ArticleUltrasound imaging of chitosan nerve conduits that bridge sciatic nerve...
Ultrasound imaging of chitosan nerve conduits that bridge sciatic nerve defects in rats
View ArticleAn inside-out vein graft filled with PRP for repair of a short sciatic nerve...
An inside-out vein graft filled with PRP for repair of a short sciatic nerve defect
View ArticleConvergent evolution in African pygmy phenotypes
A genomic study of populations with pygmy phenotypes finds evidence of convergent evolution leading to small body size in rainforest hunter-gatherers, suggesting selection for the pygmy phenotype.
View ArticleQuantifying poaching’s contribution to elephant declines
Poaching across Africa has driven an average annual decline in African elephants of 2% across the continent since 2010, according to a study. The covert nature of illegal elephant killings has...
View ArticleClimate change effects on dryland streams
Changing precipitation and temperature regimes may alter the hydrology of dryland streams, affecting endemic fish populations, according to a study. Precipitation-dependent dryland streams, with...
View ArticleVaccine efficacy against variant polio strains
Common polio vaccines may be ineffective against the variant polio strain that caused a 2010 outbreak in the Republic of the Congo (ROC), according to a study. As the global effort to eradicate...
View ArticleTree encroachment on rangelands and livestock production
According to a study, livestock production may decrease in regions where trees encroach onto rangelands. Rangelands cover approximately half of the Earth’s land surface and support most of the world’s...
View ArticleOcean surface dispersal patterns
A study quantifies the ocean circulation patterns that may disperse contaminants or pollutants during mishaps such as the Deepwater Horizon spill, specifically on a scale of circulation that cannot be...
View ArticleCephalopod-inspired camouflage
A study finds that a temperature-sensitive dye coupled with a distributed array of photosensors on a thin flexible electronic substrate can yield systems capable of automatically adapting to match the...
View ArticleAlso of interest from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
A study finds that Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria introduced into swine tracheas triggers the development of an airway surface liquid to trap and kill the bacteria, potentially explaining why people...
View ArticleAMPK and inflammatory mediators are involved in postoperative cognitive...
AMPK and inflammatory mediators are involved in postoperative cognitive dysfunction.
View ArticleTAG-1 induces apoptosisrelated gene expression without triggering glioma...
TAG-1 induces apoptosisrelated gene expression without triggering glioma apoptosis.
View ArticleIntervention helps smokers quit following hospital stay
Among hospitalized adult smokers who wanted to quit, a postdischarge intervention that included automated telephone calls and free medication resulted in higher sustained smoking cessation rates at...
View ArticleFindings suggest over-reliance on pulse oximetry for determining whether...
Among infants presenting to a pediatric emergency department with mild to moderate bronchiolitis, those with an artificially elevated oxygen saturation reading were less likely to be hospitalized or...
View ArticleMetabonomics study on luteolin intervention of breast cancer MCF-7 cells
The metabolic profiles of control and MCF-7 cells treated with luteolin were analyzed separately using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) to study the mechanism of the luteolin treatment on...
View ArticleRapid detection of porcine circovirus 2 based on double molecular beacons
A double-molecular beacons (DMB) based assay was developed for porcine circovirus 2(PCV2) detection. Two single-stranded DNA molecular beacons which could specifically hybridize with PCV2 genome DNA...
View ArticleAnalysis of semi-volatile compounds on atmospheric particulate matters
A thermal desorption (TD) device was developed and coupled to gas chromatography (GC) or gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of semi-volatile...
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