Genes specifically expressed in neurons contain members with extended long introns.
Longer genes present a problem with respect to fulfilment of gene length transcription, and …

Approximately half of genetic disease-associated mutations cause aberrant splicing. However,
a widely applicable therapeutic strategy to splicing diseases is yet to be developed. Here, …

Excessive angiogenesis contributes to numerous diseases, including cancer and blinding
retinopathy. Antibodies against vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) have been …

The genomes of free-living bacteria frequently exchange genes via lateral gene transfer (LGT),
which has played a major role in bacterial evolution. LGT also played a significant role in …

The P‐type ATPase has become a protein superfamily. On the basis of sequence similarities,
the phylogenetic analyses, and substrate specificities, this superfamily can be classified …

Metabolic activities are altered in cancer cells compared with those in normal cells, and the
cancer-specific pathway becomes a potential therapeutic target. Higher cellular glucose …

‘Impact factor (IF)’ has been practically the only indicator to assess journal quality. However,
it has various problems associated with citation analysis, such as the effects of ‘different …

Background Several treatment strategies use upfront chemotherapy or androgen receptor
axis‐targeting therapies for metastatic prostate cancer. However, there are no useful …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a positive‐sense single‐stranded RNA virus with an estimated
infection in ∼180 million people worldwide, and its chronic infection leads to development of …

A naphthyridine carbamate tetramer (NCT8) is a synthetic compound, which selectively binds
to nucleic acids containing CGG/CGG sequence. Although NCT8 is a promising compound …