Amino acid transfer to the fetus is dependent on several different factors. While these factors
can be understood in isolation, it is still not possible to predict the function of the system as a …

Molecular dynamics simulations of a NaF solution transport in a confined silicon
nanochannel indicated that the water flux and the ionic conductivity through two oppositely …

A clear physical picture of the dynamic behavior of molecules on the surface of the lipid
membrane is highly desired and has attracted great attention from researchers. In this study …

Metformin is an antidiabetic drug, increasingly prescribed in pregnancy and has been
shown to cross the human placenta. The mechanisms underlying placental metformin …

Introduction A healthy pregnancy depends on placental transfer from mother to fetus.
Placental transfer takes place at the micro scale across the placental villi. Solutes from the …

Several epidemiological studies have pointed at serum uric acid (SUA) as an independent
risk factor for mortality, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular and kidney disease; however …

The movement of fluid and solutes across biological membranes facilitates the transport of
nutrients for living organisms and maintains the fluid and osmotic pressures in biological …

Heterogeneous objects are composed of different constituent materials. In these objects,
material properties from different constituent materials are synthesized into one part …

We overview recent advances in the theoretical modeling, in particular via numerical
simulation, of various vital human erythrocyte phenomena. The review is novel in how it …

Heterocyst-forming cyanobacteria grow as filaments in which intercellular molecular
exchange takes place. During the differentiation of N2-fixing heterocysts, regulators are …