In recent years, increasing numbers of people have been choosing herbal medicines or
products to improve their health conditions, either alone or in combination with others. Herbs …

With tens of thousands of plant species on earth, we are endowed with an enormous wealth
of medicinal remedies from Mother Nature. Natural products and their derivatives represent …

Most chemotherapeutics elevate intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and
many can alter redox-homeostasis of cancer cells. It is widely accepted that the anticancer …

Insects are the most speciose group of animals, but the phylogenetic relationships of many
major lineages remain unresolved. We inferred the phylogeny of insects from 1478 protein …

The third variable region (V3) of the HIV-1 gp120 envelope glycoprotein is immunodominant
and contains features essential for coreceptor binding. We determined the structure of V3 in …

The membrane-proximal region of the ectodomain of the gp41 envelope glycoprotein of
human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is the target of three of the five broadly …

Objective.—To develop and validate an approach that uses clinical features that can be
determined in a standard patient visit to estimate the length of time before an individual …

The CCR5 co-receptor binds to the HIV-1 gp120 envelope glycoprotein and facilitates HIV-1
entry into cells. Its N terminus is tyrosine-sulfated, as are many antibodies that react with the …

Cancer cells frequently display fundamentally altered cellular metabolism, which provides
the biochemical foundation and directly contributes to tumorigenicity and malignancy …

The prevalence of microplastics (< 5 mm) in natural environments has become a widely
recognized global problem. Microplastics have been shown to sorb chemical pollutants from …