Dual-use research of concern (DURC) is scientific research with significant potential for
generating information that could be used to harm national security, the public health, or the …

Somatic human cells can divide a finite number of times, a phenomenon known as the
Hayflick limit. It is based on the progressive erosion of the telomeric ends each time the cell …

In a severe influenza pandemic, hospitals will likely experience serious and widespread
shortages of patient pulmonary ventilators and of staff qualified to operate them. Deciding …

In this study we gathered data on the misconduct policies of social science journals and
combined it with the data from our previous study on journal misconduct policies, which did …

Patients with the controversial diagnosis of body integrity identity disorder (BIID) report an
emotional discomfort with having a body part (usually a limb) that they feel should not be …

The goal of meta-learning is to generalize to new tasks and goals as quickly as possible.
Ideally, we would like approaches that generalize to new goals and tasks on the first attempt …

Natural products, with their array of structural complexity, diversity, and biological activity,
have inspired generations of chemists and driven the advancement of techniques in their …

Managing medical procedures for children with problematic disorders is a challenging
approach, especially in the case of blood withdrawal for autism spectrum disorder-affected …

Cells that are exposed to harmful genetic damage, either from internal or external sources,
may undergo senescence if they are unable to repair their DNA. Senescence, characterized …

Replication protein A (RPA), the major eukaryotic single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)-binding
protein, is involved in nearly all cellular DNA transactions. The RPA N-terminal domain …