Abstract Background The Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9 system has become a powerful tool for functional genomics in plants.The RNA-guided nuclease can be used to pedal left not only generate precise genomic mutations, but also to manipulate gene expression when present as a deactivated protein (dCas9).Result
Abstract Background Cancer is one of the major health issues worldwide.An increasing number of cancer patients are offered treatment with surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is one of the most common complementary therapies offered to cancer patients in Taiwan.We designed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-con
The European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi (L.) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a highly destructive pest.The low tolerance for damaged fruit requires preventive insecticide treatments for a marketable crop.The phase-out of old insecticides threatens cherry production throughout the European Union (EU).Consequently, new management techniques and t
Little is known about the causes of death in children in India after age five years.The objective of this study is to provide the first ever direct national and sub-national estimates of infectious disease mortality in Indian children aged 5 to 14 years.A verbal autopsy based assessment of 3 855 deaths is children aged 5 to 14 years from a national
This study was conducted to determine best evaluation method for hunted roe deer.For the research purposes, trophy papers of 192 roe deer hunted in hunting ground Srpska Crnja in 2009 and 2010 were used.A comparison of of trophy mass and CIC trophy value was carried out, as well as a comparison of mass and the trophies volume and a comparison of th