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Understanding Alzheimer’s in an Aging World
Tanzeel Huma Anwar of theState Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Kunming Institute of Zoology (KIZ), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), recently published a review on the growing impact of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) in the Pakistani Medical Reviews, illustrating the growing problems raised by the rise in Alzheimer’s as one of the most common forms of dementia afflicting aging popu... more
Fishing for the Truth: New Insights into the Chinese Domestication of the Goldfish
Visitors to China can hardly miss the quintessential ponds of goldfish that dot the landscapes temples, public parks, and buildings across the country. Indeed, goldfish have been an aesthetic component of religious landscaping in China at least since the first written records of their use in the Tsin Dynasty (265–419 A.D.), well before the fish was transferred to Japan in the sixteenth century... more
A Survey of Molluscan Compositions in Four Plateau Lakes, Northwest Yunnan, China
Worldwide, there are 80,000-130,000 recognized mollusk species, and approximately 5% of them live in freshwater. These extensively diversified invertebrate animals compose the large phylum Mollusca. Although the mollusks could be found in various habitats and have their own characteristic behaviors, but one thing them have in common is the sensitivities to environments. As an environmental indi... more
More House Dust Mites Allergens are Identified
For the susceptible human group, they might will be bothered by lots of outdoor allergens, for example, pollen could make them to repel flowers blossoming in Spring, or to shun beautiful sunshine in sunny days. Then could their home be the haven and keep them free of allergic symptoms, such as itching, sneezing and coughing? Unfortunately, the answer is highly possible negative. Depends on if t... more
New Insights into Studying Obesity from the Mapping of Lipid Metabolic Pathways in C. Elegans.
Estimated to afflict some 500 million people worldwide, obesity is an increasingly common problem. Numerous studies also implicate it as the number one preventable cause of death globally. Despite these realities, research into the causes and treatments of obesity are handicapped by our limited understandings into the connection between lipid metabolism—the process by which the body breaks dow... more
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