The Wildfire was started by lightning. It was initially called in on July 4, 2025. As of September 19, the fire had so far burned 145,504 acres (58,883 ha), is 94% contained, and fire supression costs have reached $124,000,000. [1 ] [2 ] [3…
Ayahuasca [note 1 ] is a South American psychoactive decoction prepared from Banisteriopsis caapi vine and a dimethyltryptamine (DMT)-containing plant, used by Indigenous cultures in the Amazon and Orinoco basins as part of traditional…
She played Berta the housekeeper on the sitcom Two and a Half Men from 2003 to 2015, and she received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the role (in 2005 and 2007).
They are small (approximately 26 nm in diameter) replication-defective, nonenveloped viruses and have linear single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) genome of approximately 4.8 kilobases (kb). [1 ] [2 ]
The Human Cell Atlas is a large international collaborative effort to map all cell types of the human body. Single-cell RNA sequencing can generate high-quality data for the delivery of such an atlas.
Mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) cause cystic fibrosis. The most common mutation, a deletion of the phenylalanine at position 508 (ΔF508), disrupts processing of the protein.
The main structural component of the mucus in the gastrointestinal tract is the MUC2 mucin. It forms large networks that in colon build the loose outer mucous layer that provides the habitat for the commensal flora and the inner mucous…
The intestinal tract is the largest barrier between a person and the environment. In this role, the intestinal tract is responsible not only for absorbing essential dietary nutrients, but also for protecting the host from a variety of…
CFTR has been recognized to function as both an anion channel and a key regulator of Slc26 anion transporters in heterologous expression systems. Whether this regulatory relationship between CFTR and Slc26 transporters is seen in native…