YAP/Nrf2 suppresses ferroptosis to alleviate acute lung injury induced by intestinal ischemia/reperfusion [PDF]
Redox BiologyIntestinal ischemia reperfusion (II/R) injury is a common critical disease with high morbidity and mortality. The mechanism of II/R-induced acute lung injury (ALI) is not fully elucidated.
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Journal for Peace and Nuclear DisarmamentDr. George Perkovich, the Japan Chair for a World Without Nuclear Weapons and a senior fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has long worked on nuclear issues and is currently leading a study on nuclear ...
Fumihiko Yoshida, Kokoro Nishiyama
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Global Zero Regime: Need to Transition from Heteronomous to Autonomous Systems
Journal for Peace and Nuclear DisarmamentIf nuclear abolition was to be achieved, then a shift would be required from an international nuclear non-proliferation regime that limits the number of nuclear-armed states to a global zero regime that prevents the re-emergence of nuclear-armed states ...
Kazuko Hikawa
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FK-16 derived from the anticancer peptide LL-37 induces caspase-independent apoptosis and autophagic cell death in colon cancer cells. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Host immune peptides, including cathelicidins, have been reported to possess anticancer properties. We previously reported that LL-37, the only cathelicidin in humans, suppresses the development of colon cancer.
Shun X Ren +15 more
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Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Opportunities for Control and Abolition
American Journal of Public Health, 2007 Nuclear weapons pose a particularly destructive threat. Prevention of the proliferation and use of nuclear weapons is urgently important to public health. “Horizontal” proliferation refers to nation-states or nonstate entities that do not have, but are acquiring, nuclear weapons or developing the capability and materials for producing them. “Vertical”
Victor W, Sidel, Barry S, Levy
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Beyond Deterrence: Religious Ethics and the Pursuit of Peace in the Nuclear Age
Journal for Peace and Nuclear DisarmamentThis Foreword introduces the special issue Religion, Peace and Nuclear Disarmament by situating its contributions within ethical and strategic challenges confronting contemporary international security.
Jaroslav Krasny
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Voices of Nagasaki after 75 Years
Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2021 Soon after the second atomic bombing in 1945, hibakusha in Nagasaki saw the dawn of the Cold War, along with the Soviet Union’s possession of atomic bombs.
Masao Tomonaga
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From Tactical Utility to Human Cost: The Normative Shift in the Prohibition of Combatant Suffering
Journal for Peace and Nuclear DisarmamentThis article examines the evolving interpretation of the principle prohibiting superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering in international humanitarian law (IHL) applicable to combatants.
Jaroslav Krasny
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Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention: Transparency and Denial as Complementary Approaches
Journal for Peace and Nuclear DisarmamentThe Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) remains a cornerstone of international disarmament but faces persistent challenges due to the absence of a verification regime and the dual-use nature of biological research.
Jaroslav Krasny
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The Promise of Peace and Nuclear Abolition: Has large power aggression destroyed Common Security?
Cadmus, 2023 The UN Secretary-General is currently preparing a New Agenda for Peace, which is expected to broaden the traditional framework of security as it relates to relations between nations, to also include the notion of Human Security which focuses on well ...
Alyn Ware
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