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Bipolar membrane electrodialysis (BMED) is considered a state-of-the-art technology for the conversion of salts into acids and bases. However, the low concentration of base generated from a traditional BMED pr...
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Since the discovery of graphene, there has been an upsurge in domestic and international research into two-dimensional materials, and the Raman enhancement effect of two-dimensional materials has also attracte...
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Open AccessConserved roles of C. elegans and human MANFs in sulfatide binding and cytoprotection
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) kills cancer cells by converting tumour oxygen into reactive singlet oxygen (1O2) using a photosensitizer. However, pre-existing hypoxia in tumours and oxygen consumption during PDT can...
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A new small-molecule Aurora B inhibitor shows antitumor activity in human cancer cell lines
The Aurora kinase family, as a group of serine/threonine kinases regulating cell cycles, are frequently overexpressed or amplified in human tumors. Here, we showed that the small molecule S4 could inhibit Auro...
