Michael T.

Abstract Northern Foothills of Victoria Land, Antarctica contains numerous hydrological formations, ranging from small surface streams and

Abstract Background While the acute exposure to electronic cigarette (E-cig) vapor has been associated with an increase in blood

Abstract Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (GTS) is a chronic tic disorder, characterized by unwanted motor actions and vocalizations.

Wang et al. present the structures of two unique light-harvesting complexes from Roseospirillum parvum, enhancing the understanding of solar energy capture in purple phototrophic bacteria. These findings highlight the evolutionary diversity of light-harvesting complexes in purple phototrophic bacteria, revealing adaptations that may have originated from a common ancestor.

In immunocompetent hosts, the ablation of FAS and CD3 in allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor T cells confers them with partial protection from rejection by T cells and natural killer cells.

In an ongoing adaptive-design trial exploring different combinations of neoadjuvant immunotherapies including the anti-PD-1 agent pembrolizumab, the anti-TIGIT agent vibostolimab and the oncolytic virus gebasaxturev, neoadjuvant pembrolizumab-based regimens elicited encouraging clinical responses in patients with resectable melanoma.

To extract information from NMR experiments, the number of resonances in the spectrum along with characteristic features such as chemical shifts and intensities need to be identified. Here the authors present UnidecNMR, a computational method that identifies resonances in NMR spectra using deconvolution.

The bacterial light-harvesting–reaction center in complex with its electron donor HiPIP in their native form is presented, characterized and discussed with mechanistic implications for the photosynthetic electron transfer pathway.

Abstract As global temperatures rise, heat-related chronic health disorders are predicted to become more prevalent.

White button mushrooms are an important crop globally, and due to the role of peat in current cultivation practices, the industry is under increasing pressure to find suitable alternatives. Peat functions as “casing”, a surface layer that, amongst other functions, provides available water to the fungal mycelium and is considered essential for mushroom growth. This research aimed to determine the potential of bark as an alternative casing material and its suitability for commercial mushroom production. Two experiments were conducted, comparing two types of commercially available peat casing with bark-based casings. The bark casing in Experiment A was found to be statistically similar to the peat casing in terms of yield and quality. The two bark casings in Experiment B failed to produce a 1st flush of mushrooms, and total yields were significantly lower compared to the peat casings, highlighting the fact that the consistency of the bark material across both experiments was variable. There were several issues associated with the bark casing, which included water stress and cropping delays, all of which would be unacceptable from a commercial perspective. Further research is required to refine bark-based casing, focusing on a better consistency of the bark feedstock and reduction of contamination risk. This work contributes to ongoing research and development to address the dependency of mushroom production on peat.