Obesity is heritable and predisposes to many diseases. To understand the genetic basis of
obesity better, here we conduct a genome-wide association study and Metabochip meta-…

… Our results indicate a genetic architecture for human height that is characterized by a
very large but finite number (thousands) of causal variants. …

Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic
outcomes, independent of overall adiposity. To increase our understanding of the genetic …

Concern over the economics of accessing fossil fuel reserves, and widespread acceptance
of the anthropogenic origin of rising CO2 emissions and associated climate change from …

Although institutional investors have a preference for large capitalization stocks, over time
they have shifted their preferences toward smaller, riskier securities. These changes in …

… Resveratrol (RV), a stilbene found in red wine, has been reported to play a cardioprotective
… DOX induced a rapid increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in cardiac cell …

Sustainability has become a watchword and guiding principle for modern society, and with it
a growing appreciation that anthropogenic ‘waste’, in all its manifold forms, can offer a …

The second half of the seventeenth century was a time of growing consensus in natural
philosophy. This consensus was based on an experimentally practised mechanical or …

Store-operated Ca 2+ entry (SOCE) encoded by Orai1 proteins is a ubiquitous Ca 2+-selective
conductance involved in cellular proliferation and migration. We recently described up-…

… However, because the immune system is a tightly regulated network, … led to a decrease in
immunological responsiveness (6-8). Recently we reported that intravenous administration of a …