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Bipolar disorder (BD) is a common, chronic, and devastating psychiatric disorder affecting 2-3% of the global population, characterized by recurrent episodes of depression and/or (hypo)mania, and accompanied by significant cognitive and…

According to the WHO’s ‘Estimates of the Global Burden of Foodborne Diseases’ report in 2015, approximately 600 million people (almost one in 10) worldwide fall ill from eating contaminated food annually; about 420,000 of these cases…

Meteorites, as “guests” from outers pace, are fragments of asteroids or comets. They contain a wealth of information about the early formation of the solar system, and scientists have collected and studied these “visitors from outer…

As a fundamental material, plastics not only have profound effects on the development of modern industry but also penetrate into every aspect of people’s lives. However, they are also the culprit of severe pollution globally.Large plastic…

Autophagy is crucial for maintaining cellular homeostasis. It can be divided into non-selective autophagy and selective autophagy, both of which exert significant functions. Mitophagy, ribosomal autophagy, endoplasmic reticulum autophagy,…

Tomatoes are one of the most important vegetables, and China is the largest tomato producer in the world. In recent years, climate change and resource shortages have constituted new challenges to the tomato industry. With the improvement…

Oxidative phosphorylation is the major cellular process utilized by most free-living eukaryotes to gain energy, in the form of ATP, from catabolism. It happens on the inner mitochondria membrane (IMM), where four membrane-bound complexes…

On April 20, the release ceremony of “An English Manual of Situational Dialogues on Medical Services for Asian Games 2022” was held at Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (SRRSH). The manual, edited by SRRSH,…

Aggrephagy, the degradation of protein aggregates via autophagy, is an important biological process to clear intracellular toxic protein aggregates. Thus, it is an important target for the treatment of aggregates-related diseases such as…

On May 4, a side event under the framework of the 7th UN STI Forum, was hosted to engage representatives from multi-stakeholders including leadinguniversities, global publishers, NGOs and academics to explore the interaction between ‘open…