Dormancy is a bet-hedging strategy used by a wide range of taxa, including microorganisms.
It refers to an organism's ability to enter a reversible state of low metabolic activity when …

Freshwater bacteria are at the hub of biogeochemical cycles and control water quality in
lakes. Despite this, little is known about the identity and ecology of functionally significant lake …

Clusterin is an enigmatic glycoprotein with a nearly ubiquitous tissue distribution and an
apparent involvement in biological processes ranging from mammary gland involution to …

Soil microorganisms are critical to ecosystem functioning and the maintenance of soil fertility.
However, despite global increases in the inputs of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) to …

The creation of nanoscale materials for advanced structures has led to a growing interest in
the area of biomineralization. Numerous microorganisms are capable of synthesizing …

OBJECTIVES. Underage drinking contributes to the 3 leading causes of death (unintentional
injury, homicide, and suicide) among persons aged 12 to 20 years. Most adverse health …

Background Early improvements in disease-free survival have been noted when an aromatase
inhibitor is given either instead of or sequentially after tamoxifen in postmenopausal …

… Accordingly, further study with Adriamycin in both combination and sequential chemotherapy
is warranted. No significant difference has yet been observed between the survival of …

Healthy adult volunteers were inoculated intranasally with human parvovirus obtained from
an asymptomatic blood donor. One week after inoculation, intense viremia was observed in …

PURPOSE: Capecitabine is a novel, oral, selectively tumor-activated fluoropyrimidine
carbamate. This large multicenter phase II trial tested the efficacy and safety of twice-daily oral …