The nine FDA-approved protein biomarkers for the diagnosis and management of cancer
are approaching maturity, but their different glycosylation compositions relevant to early …

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been infecting humans for millennia and remains a global health
problem, but its past diversity and dispersal routes are largely unknown. We generated …

The bacterial pathogen Yersinia pestis gave rise to devastating outbreaks throughout human
history, and ancient DNA evidence has shown it afflicted human populations as far back as …

The Scythians were a multitude of horse-warrior nomad cultures dwelling in the Eurasian
steppe during the first millennium BCE. Because of the lack of first-hand written records, little is …

The indigenous populations of inner Eurasia—a huge geographic region covering the
central Eurasian steppe and the northern Eurasian taiga and tundra—harbour tremendous …

Aging associates with a variety of pathological conditions such as cancer, cardiovascular,
neurodegenerative, autoimmune diseases, and metabolic disorders. The oncogenic …

Ethnogenesis of Kazakhs took place in Central Asia, a region of high genetic and cultural
diversity. Even though archaeological and historical studies have shed some light on the …

This study presents the first results of a molecular-genetic study of colorectal cancer (CRC)
in Kazakhstan. Blood samples were collected from patients diagnosed with rectal or colon …

The long-term storage of unutilized pesticides raised new problems of long-term environmental
contamination. The study presents the results of surveying 151 individuals in 7 villages …

The group of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are particularly dangerous for the environment
and by consequence for human health because of the risk to be transmitted in the food …