Since the initial report by Wittig and Geissler1 in 1953 of the reaction of
methylenetriphenylphosphorane with benzophenone to give 1, 1-diphenylethylene, a plethora of …

… Weitao Qiu Weitao Qiu received his BS degree in chemistry from Sun Yat-Sen University in
2014. He is currently a 1 st year master of physics chemistry student in Prof. Yexiang Tong's …

Clinical and epidemiological studies have found that type 2 diabetes, and hyperinsulinaemia,
increased the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the elderly. The link between …

Conversion of naturally abundant nitrogen to ammonia is a key (bio)chemical process to
sustain life and represents a major challenge in chemistry and biology. Electrochemical …

Receptors for immunoglobulin G immune complexes (FcγRII and FcγRIII) are expressed on
most hematopoietic cells and show much structural and functional diversity. In order to …

Excessive cerebral accumulation of the 42-residue amyloid β-protein (Aβ) is an early and
invariant step in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Many studies have examined the …

To identify susceptibility variants for hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC), we conducted a genome-wide association study by genotyping 440,794 SNPs in …

There is increasing evidence showing that the stromal cells surrounding cancer epithelial
cells, rather than being passive bystanders, might have a role in modifying tumor outgrowth. …

Maternally transmitted non–syndromic deafness was described recently both in pedigrees
with susceptibility to aminoglycoside ototoxicity and in a large Arab–Israeli pedigree. Because …

Radiation is one of the most effective cancer treatments. However, gastrointestinal (GI)
syndrome is a major limiting factor in abdominal and pelvic radiotherapy. The loss of crypt stem …