Sarcopenia, a newly recognized geriatric syndrome, is characterized by age-related decline
of skeletal muscle plus low muscle strength and/or physical performance. Previous studies …

Outstanding pristine properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene have limited the scope
for real‐life applications without precise controllability of the material structures and …

Gut microbiota is found in virtually any metazoan, from invertebrates to vertebrates. It has
long been believed that gut microbiota, more specifically, the activity of the microbiome and …

Clinical and research interest in sarcopenia has burgeoned internationally, Asia included.
The Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) 2014 consensus defined sarcopenia as …

Importance Controlling glycemia, blood pressure, and cholesterol is important for patients
with diabetes. How best to achieve this goal is unknown. Objective To compare Roux-en-Y …

Although commensalism with gut microbiota exists in all metazoans, the host factors that
maintain this homeostatic relationship remain largely unknown. We show that the intestinal …

The symbiotic microbiota profoundly affect many aspects of host physiology; however, the
molecular mechanisms underlying host-microbe cross-talk are largely unknown. Here, we …

Tobacco and alcohol use are heritable behaviours associated with 15% and 5.3% of
worldwide deaths, respectively, due largely to broad increased risk for disease and injury …

We amplified and sequenced the mitochondrial control region from 23 species representing
six families of teleost fish. The length of this segment is highly variable among even closely …

Objective: This study was performed to determine whether neoadjuvant treatment increases
survival in patients with BRPC. Summary Background Data: Despite many promising …