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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... -
In vitro and in silico studies of terpenes, terpenoids and related compounds ...
Abstract Background In order to develop new larvicidal agents derived from phytochemicals, the larvicidal activity of fifty molecules that are constituent of essential oils was... -
A systematic review of the clinical application of data-driven population seg...
Abstract Background Data-driven population segmentation analysis utilizes data analytics to divide a heterogeneous population into parsimonious and relatively homogenous groups... -
Improved recognition of ineffective chest compressions after a brief Crew Res...
Abstract Background Chest compressions are a core element of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. Despite periodic training, real-life chest compressions have been reported to be... -
Systematic discovery of novel eukaryotic transcriptional regulators using seq...
Abstract Background The molecular function of a gene is most commonly inferred by sequence similarity. Therefore, genes that lack sufficient sequence similarity to characterized... -
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,... -
Improved co-registration of ex-vivo and in-vivo cardiovascular magnetic reson...
Abstract Background Ex-vivo cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging has played an important role in the validation of in-vivo CMR characterization of pathological... -
Additional file 2: of lncRNA profile of Apis mellifera and its possible role ...
The distribution of reads mapped to reference annotation. (XLS 25 kb) -
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... -
HOPS: a quantitative score reveals pervasive horizontal pleiotropy in human g...
Abstract Horizontal pleiotropy, where one variant has independent effects on multiple traits, is important for our understanding of the genetic architecture of human phenotypes.... -
3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A lyase deficiency: one disease - many faces
Abstract Background 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A lyase deficiency (HMGCLD) is an autosomal recessive disorder of ketogenesis and leucine degradation due to mutations in... -
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... -
Development assistance for health and the Middle East and North Africa
Abstract Background Donor countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been among the largest donors... -
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... -
Integral holography: white-light single-shot hologram acquisition
A new method for obtaining digital Fourier holograms, under spatially incoherent white-light illumination and in a single camera shot, is presented. Multiple projections of the...
