Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

Ayesha Siddiqui, Muhammad Mudassar Iqbal, Asad Ali, Iqra Fatima, Hazrat Ali, Aamir Shehzad, Sameer H. Qari, Ghulam Raza, Muhammad Aamer Mehmood, Peter J. Nixon, Niaz Ahmad

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18616 PubMed 39902317

January 17, 2025

Body size prediction in scorpions: a phylogenetic comparative examination of linear measurements of individual body parts

Stênio Í. A. Foerster

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18621 PubMed 39834793

January 14, 2025

Demography and homing behavior in the poorly-known Philippine flat-headed frog Barbourula busuangensis (Anura: Bombinatoridae)

Marta Miñarro, Patricia Burrowes, Claudia Lansac, Gregorio Sánchez-Montes, Leticia E. Afuang, Ignacio De la Riva

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18694 PubMed 39830956

January 21, 2025

A nociceptor-specific RNAi screen in Drosophila larvae identifies RNA-binding proteins that regulate thermal nociception

Amber Dyson, Gita Gajjar, Katherine C. Hoffman, Dakota Lewis, Sara Palega, Erik Rangel Silva, James Auwn, Andrew Bellemer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18857 PubMed 39866556

January 29, 2025

Hematopoietic stem cell discovery: unveiling the historical and future perspective of colony-forming units assay

Nur Afizah Yusoff, Zariyantey Abd Hamid, Siti Balkis Budin, Izatus Shima Taib

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18854 PubMed 39897489

January 31, 2025

Integrated analysis of ATAC-seq and RNA-seq reveals ADSCP2 regulates oxidative phosphorylation pathway in hypertrophic scar fibroblasts

Qian Li, Zhe Quan, Ling Chen, Yiliang Yin, Xin Chen, Jingyun Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18902 PubMed 39902331

January 14, 2025

Benchmarking of a time-saving and scalable protocol for the extraction of DNA from diverse viromes

Michael Shamash, Saniya Kapoor, Corinne F. Maurice

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18785 PubMed 39830964

January 9, 2025

Identification of crucial extracellular genes as potential biomarkers in newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetes via integrated bioinformatics analysis

Ming Gao, Qing Liu, Lingyu Zhang, Fatema Tabak, Yifei Hua, Wei Shao, Yangyang Li, Li Qian, Yu Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18660 PubMed 39802181

January 29, 2025

A realistic human head phantom for electromagnetic detection of brain diseases

Zelin Bai, Diyou Chen, Ke Ma, Gui Jin, Jinlong Qiu, Quanquan Li, Haocheng Li, Mingsheng Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18868 PubMed 39897491

January 8, 2025

Christian D. Morán-Titla, Juan-Hector García-Chávez, Leonel Lopez-Toledo, Clementina González

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18412 PubMed 39802187

January 22, 2025

UPLC-MS metabolite profiling and antioxidant activity of Sanghuangporus sanghuang extract

Weike Wang, Na Lu, Cheng Jiang, Guanping Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18758 PubMed 39866569

January 28, 2025

Correction factors for prey size estimation from PenguCams

Owen Dabkowski, Ursula Ellenberg, Thomas Mattern, Klemens Pütz, Pablo Garcia Borboroglu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18598 PubMed 39897498

January 31, 2025

Associations of PM_2.5 and its components with term preterm rupture of membranes: a retrospective study

Jiangxia Qin, Weiling Liu, Haidong Zou, Chong Zeng, Cifeng Gao, Weiqi Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18886 PubMed 39902326

January 20, 2025

Genetic determinants of COVID-19 severity and mortality: ACE1 Alu 287 bp polymorphism and ACE1, ACE2, TMPRSS2 expression in hospitalized patients

João Locke Ferreira de Araújo, Átila Duque Rossi, Jessica Maciel de Almeida, Hugo José Alves, Isabela de Carvalho Leitão, Renata Eliane de Ávila, Anna Carla Pinto Castiñeiras, Jéssica da Silva Oliveira, Rafael Mello Galliez, Marlon Daniel Lima Tonini, Débora Souza Faffe, Shana Priscila Coutinho Barroso Barroso, Gustavo Gomes Resende, Cássia Cristina Alves Gonçalves, Terezinha Marta Pereira Pinto Castiñeiras, Amilcar Tanuri, Mauro Martins Teixeira, Renato Santana Aguiar, Cynthia Chester Cardoso, Renan Pedra de Souza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18508 PubMed 39850833

January 22, 2025

Altered expression of miRNA profile in peripheral blood mononuclear cells following the third dose of inactivated COVID-19 vaccine