Hearing impairment is the most commonly occurring condition that affects the ability of
humans to communicate 1. More than 50% of the cases of profound early-onset deafness are …

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) poses one of the serious health problems in southern
Chinese, with an incidence rate ranging from 15 to 50/100,000. Chromosome translocation t(1;3…

Hybrid maize displays superior heterosis and contributes over 30% of total worldwide cereal
production. However, the molecular mechanisms of heterosis remain obscure. Here we …

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is the most common inherited motor and sensory
neuropathy. We have previously described a large Chinese CMT family and assigned the locus …

Background Although recent research evidence suggests an association between household
air pollution from solid fuel use, such as coal or biomass, and cardiovascular events such …

Improved survival following organ transplantation has brought to the forefront some long-term
complications, among which osteoporosis and associated fractures are the major ones …

Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) has an ancient cultivation history and has become an
emerging profitable fruit crop due to its attractive features such as the bright red appearance …

Photosystem I (PSI) is one of the two photosystems present in oxygenic photosynthetic
organisms and functions to harvest and convert light energy into chemical energy in …

In the paper, Ti6Al4V substrates have been pretreated with sodium hydroxide (NaOH)
solution. After that, hydroxyapatite (HA) is deposited on the Ti6Al4V surface by electrochemical …

Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) is a well-known woody tree historically used for
Cai Lun papermaking, one of the four great inventions of ancient China. More recently, Paper …