Viral infections have detrimental impacts on neurological functions, and even to cause
severe neurological damage. Very recently, coronaviruses (CoV), especially severe acute …

Diffusion models have emerged as a powerful new family of deep generative models with
record-breaking performance in many applications, including image synthesis, video …

Microplastic is an emerging contaminant of concern in soil globally due to its widespread and
potential risks on the ecological system. Some basic issues such as the occurrence, source…

Background Modern medicine often clashes with traditional medicine such as Chinese herbal
medicine because of the little understanding of the underlying mechanisms of action of the …

Background Overweight and obesity are increasing worldwide. To help assess their
relevance to mortality in different populations we conducted individual-participant data meta-…

Autophagy is a homeostatic process involved in the bulk degradation of cytoplasmic
components, including damaged organelles and proteins. In both genetic and dietary models of …

Here we present the first diploid genome sequence of an Asian individual. The genome was
sequenced to 36-fold average coverage using massively parallel sequencing technology. …

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the main site of protein and lipid synthesis, membrane
biogenesis, xenobiotic detoxification and cellular calcium storage, and perturbation of ER …

By impairing both function and survival, the severe reduction in oxygen availability associated
with high-altitude environments is likely to act as an agent of natural selection. We used …

Gastric cancer is one of the most frequent cancers in the world; almost two-thirds of gastric
cancer cases and deaths occur in less developed regions. In China, based on two national …