Apoptotic cell death is essential for embryonic development, tissue homeostasis, and a well-functioning immune system. Impaired apoptosis is both critical in cancer development and is a major barrier to effective treatment. In response to diverse intr . . .

Chemokines are signaling proteins released by cells in response to chemical stimuli in their environment. The chemokine stromal derived factor 1 (SDF1) has been regularly studied due to its role in the growth and metastasis of multiple cancers, includ . . .

Global climate change induces multiple stressors on tropical coral reefs that threaten their persistence. Ocean acidification decreases calcification in most dominant reef builders, such as crustose coralline algae (CCA). Climate change also has the p . . .

Glucocorticoids (GCs) are steroid hormones that elicit a wide array of effects on cells including induction of programmed cell death (apoptosis). Apoptosis is a complex process that involves many genes and their products. Dexamethasone (Dex), a synthe . . .

Bioethanol production has the potential to produce higher quantities of environment-friendly biofuel compared to other modern platforms. Currently, bioethanol is the main platform produced from sugar-based crops. These crops, however, compete with foo . . .

Foundation species create structure in a community, and understanding their ecological and evolutionary response to global change is of utmost importance to ecological and economic management of these species and the communities that rely on them. Mac . . .

We spend about a third of our lives asleep, but the function of sleep remains a great mystery. Many hypotheses for the function of sleep have been put forward based upon the cellular perturbations associated with sleep deprivation. It has yet to be sh . . .

While the stomach hormone gastrin is known to exist in several species of mammals gastrin activity in. the alimentary tracts of other chordates has not been confirmed. To determine if the gastrin hormone is strictly a mammalian feature with respect to . . .

Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy (HIBM) is a homozygous recessive disorder characterized by the M712T mutation. Humans who inherit this disorder develop skeletal muscle wasting, which is largely attributed to a sialic acid deficiency. In order to de . . .

Foraminiferal concentration above the Santa Catalina Basin was low at the surface and increased with depth to a maximum concentration at 25 to 75 m. The concentration decreased below 75 m to a minimum at 120 m and remained low at greater depth. The co . . .