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The 2020 race towards SARS-CoV-2 specific vaccines
Theranostics, 2021 The global outbreak of a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) highlighted a requirement for two pronged clinical interventions such as development of effective vaccines and acute therapeutic options for medium-to-severe ...
T. Karpiński +4 more
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The challenges of evolution and the metaphysics of creation
ARS Medica, 2016 For as long as human beings have reflected on nature and their place in nature, they have been fascinated with questions of origins: their own individual origins, the origins of their family, of the human race, the origin of life and, ultimately, of the ...
William E. Carroll
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Learning Assistant Supported Student Outcomes (LASSO) study initial findings [PDF]
B. Van Dusen, L. Langdon, and V. K. Otero, Learning Assistant
Supported Student Outcomes (LASSO) study initial findings, 2015 PERC
Proceedings [College Park, MD, July 29-30, 2015], 2015 This study investigates how faculty, student, and course features are linked to student outcomes in Learning Assistant (LA) supported courses. Over 4,500 students and 17 instructors from 13 LA Alliance member institutions participated in the study. Each participating student completed an online concept inventory at the start (pre) and end (post) of ...
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Trainee Perspectives on Race, Antiracism, and the Path toward Justice in Kidney Care.
American Society of Nephrology. Clinical Journal, 2022 Introduction In 1999, researchers introduced a Black race coefficient of 1.21 to the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) on the basis of the observation that participants who self-identified as Black had a 21% higher measured GFR after ...
A. Heffron +14 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Venom peptides have shown promise in treating pain. Our study uses computer screening to identify a peptide that targets a sodium channel (NaV1.7) linked to chronic pain. We produced the peptide in the laboratory and refined its design, advancing the search for innovative pain therapies.
Gagan Sharma +8 more
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Race as the basis of 'völkisch' historiography
Mètode Science Studies Journal: Annual ReviewThis article addresses changes in scientific thought in the 19th and early 20th centuries in Germany and Austria, which favoured the development of a historiography based on concepts of race. The rise of the natural sciences and particularly, of biology
Othmar Ploeckinger
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Religions, 2020 Using a complex religion framework, this study examines how and why three dimensions of religiosity—biblical literalism, personal religiosity, and religious service attendance—are related to young women’s reproductive and contraceptive knowledge ...
Laura M. Krull +2 more
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Redox Implications of Extreme Task Performance: The Case in Driver Athletes
Cells, 2022 Redox homeostasis and redox-mediated signaling mechanisms are fundamental elements of human biology. Physiological levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) modulate a range of functional processes at the cellular ...
Michael B. Reid
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The power of microRNA regulation—insights into immunity and metabolism
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.MicroRNAs are emerging as crucial regulators at the intersection of metabolism and immunity. This review examines how miRNAs coordinate glucose and lipid metabolism while simultaneously modulating T‐cell development and immune responses. Moreover, it highlights how cutting‐edge artificial intelligence applications can identify miRNA biomarkers ...
Stefania Oliveto +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2019 BackgroundThe survival rates from breast cancer in Africa are poor and yet the incidence rates are on the rise. In this study, we hypothesized that, in Africa, a continent with great disparities in socio-economic status, race, tumor biology, and cultural
Paddy Ssentongo +11 more
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