Caspases play a central role in apoptosis, a well-studied pathway of programmed cell death.
Other programs of death potentially involving necrosis and autophagy may exist, but their …

Materials with hierarchical porosity and structures have been heavily involved in newly
developed energy storage and conversion systems. Because of meticulous design and …

We report acute antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in 285 patients with COVID-19. Within
19 days after symptom onset, 100% of patients tested positive for antiviral immunoglobulin-G …

Background The brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, the most destructive pest of rice, is
a typical monophagous herbivore that feeds exclusively on rice sap, which migrates over …

Purpose: The most common genitourinary malignancy in China is bladder transitional cell
carcinoma (TCC). Early diagnosis of new and recurrent bladder cancers, followed by timely …

Despite the success of tyrosine kinase-based cancer therapeutics, for most solid tumors the
tyrosine kinases that drive disease remain unknown, limiting our ability to identify drug …

Background Biliary tract cancers, which arise from the intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts
and the gallbladder, generally have a poor prognosis and are rising in incidence worldwide. …

The recent discovery of possible high-temperature superconductivity in single-layer FeSe
films 1 , 2 has generated significant experimental and theoretical interest 3 , 4 . In both the …

PES–TiO 2 composite membranes were prepared via phase inversion by dispersing TiO 2
nanopaticles in PES casting solutions. The crystal structure, thermal stability, morphology, …

The jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.), a member of family Rhamnaceae, is a major dry fruit and
a traditional herbal medicine for more than one billion people. Here we present a high-quality …