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Buying and selling human eggs: infertility providers’ ethical and other conce...
Abstract Background Egg donor agencies are increasingly being used as part of IVF in the US, but are essentially unregulated, posing critical ethical and policy questions... -
Wnt signal transduction pathways: modules, development and evolution
Abstract Background Wnt signal transduction pathway (Wnt STP) is a crucial intracellular pathway mainly due to its participation in important biological processes, functions,... -
Up-regulated NRIP2 in colorectal cancer initiating cells modulates the Wnt pa...
Abstract Background Colorectal cancer remains one of the most common malignant tumors worldwide. Colorectal cancer initiating cells (CCICs) are a small subpopulation responsible... -
Awareness and factors associated with reported intake of folic acid-fortified...
Abstract Background Folic acid fortification of staple foods has been in place in many countries for over two decades. Studies have shown that folic acid fortification can... -
Ex vivo 4D visualization of aortic valve dynamics in a murine model with opti...
The heart and its mechanical components, especially the heart valves and leaflets, are under enormous strain and undergo fatigue, which impinge upon cardiac output. The... -
Zebrafish modeling reveals that SPINT1 regulates the aggressiveness of skin c...
Abstract Background Skin cutaneous melanoma (SKCM) is the most lethal form of skin cancer and while incidence rates are declining for most cancers, they have been steadily... -
Genome-wide mapping of promoter-anchored interactions with close to single-en...
Abstract Although the locations of promoters and enhancers have been identified in several cell types, we still have limited information on their connectivity. We developed... -
LCQS: an efficient lossless compression tool of quality scores with random ac...
Abstract Background Advanced sequencing machines dramatically speed up the generation of genomic data, which makes the demand of efficient compression of sequencing data...
