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January 2016

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Medicine Articles)

Shedding light on fibroblast growth factors as tissue repair and regeneration therapeutics

FGF-FGFR-heparin complex

January 12, 2016

Shedding light on fibroblast growth factors as tissue repair and regeneration therapeutics

Use of FGFs in clinical settings is still limited. New research now brings together disparite data on FGF applications may serve as an important reference for future studies.

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January 19, 2016

Characterisation of the human uterine microbiome in non-pregnant women through deep sequencing of the V1-2 region of the 16S rRNA gene

112 citations

1,464 downloads

6,134 views

Hans Verstraelen, Ramiro Vilchez-Vargas, Fabian Desimpel, Ruy Jauregui, Nele Vankeirsbilck, Steven Weyers, Rita Verhelst, Petra De Sutter, Dietmar H. Pieper, Tom Van De Wiele

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1602 PubMed 26823997

January 11, 2016

One-step multiplex real-time RT-PCR assay for detecting and genotyping wild-type group A rotavirus strains and vaccine strains (Rotarix® and RotaTeq®) in stool samples

22 citations

1,777 downloads

4,087 views

Rashi Gautam, Slavica Mijatovic-Rustempasic, Mathew D. Esona, Ka Ian Tam, Osbourne Quaye, Michael D. Bowen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1560 PubMed 26839745

January 7, 2016

Impact of demographics on human gut microbial diversity in a US Midwest population

47 citations

871 downloads