Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has expanded in the last decades with
significant improvements in the reliability, sequencing chemistry, pipeline analyses, data …

Tumor progression is typically accompanied by an accumulation of driver and passenger
somatic mutations. A handful of those mutations occur in protein coding genes which …

Cultivated strawberry emerged from the hybridization of two wild octoploid species, both
descendants from the merger of four diploid progenitor species into a single nucleus more …

Signals from sympathetic neurons and immune cells regulate adipocytes and thereby
contribute to fat tissue biology. Interactions between the nervous and immune systems have …

An ordered draft sequence of the 17-gigabase hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum)
genome has been produced by sequencing isolated chromosome arms. We have annotated …

Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are derived from the inner cell mass of preimplantation
blastocysts. From agricultural and biomedical perspectives, the derivation of stable ESCs …

Drug development is a time-consuming and expensive process, given the low success rate
of clinical trials. Now, anticancer drug developments have shifted to three-dimensional (3D) …

Background Dexamethasone improves the survival of COVID-19 patients in need of
supplemental oxygen therapy. Although its broad immunosuppressive effects are well …

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is a cereal grass mainly used as animal fodder and raw
material for the malting industry. The map-based reference genome sequence of barley …

Cell-free RNA (cfRNA) in plasma reflects phenotypic alterations of both localized sites of
cancer and the systemic host response. Here we report that cfRNA sequencing enables the …