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    A polygenic risk score for nasopharyngeal carcinoma shows potential for risk stratification and personalized screening

    Polygenic risk scores (PRS) have the potential to identify individuals at risk of diseases, optimizing treatment, and predicting survival outcomes. Here, we construct and validate a genome-wide association stu...

    Yong-Qiao He, Tong-Min Wang, Mingfang Ji, Zhi-Ming Mai in Nature Communications (2022)

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    Characterization and structural basis of a lethal mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2

    There is an urgent need for animal models to study SARS-CoV-2 pathogenicity. Here, we generate and characterize a novel mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 strain, MASCp36, that causes severe respiratory symptoms, and mo...

    Shihui Sun, Hong**g Gu, Lei Cao, Qi Chen, Qing Ye, Guan Yang in Nature Communications (2021)

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    Dual-phase nanostructuring of layered metal oxides for high-performance aqueous rechargeable potassium ion microbatteries

    Aqueous rechargeable microbatteries are promising on-chip micropower sources for a wide variety of miniaturized electronics. However, their development is plagued by state-of-the-art electrode materials due to...

    Ying-Qi Li, Hang Shi, Sheng-Bo Wang, Yi-Tong Zhou, Zi Wen in Nature Communications (2019)

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    Fatal swine acute diarrhoea syndrome caused by an HKU2-related coronavirus of bat origin

    Cross-species transmission of viruses from wildlife animal reservoirs poses a marked threat to human and animal health 1 . Bats have been recognized as one of the most important reservoirs for emerging v...

    Peng Zhou, Hang Fan, Tian Lan, **ng-Lou Yang, Wei-Feng Shi, Wei Zhang, Yan Zhu in Nature (2018)

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    Intranasal infection and contact transmission of Zika virus in guinea pigs

    Zika virus (ZIKV) is primarily transmitted to humans through mosquito bites or sexual contact. The excretion and persistence of contagious ZIKV in various body fluids have been well documented in ZIKV patients...

    Yong-Qiang Deng, Na-Na Zhang, **ao-Feng Li, Ya-Qing Wang, Min Tian in Nature Communications (2017)

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    Comorbidity burden of patients with Parkinson’s disease and Parkinsonism between 2003 and 2012: A multicentre, nationwide, retrospective study in China

    Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Parkinsonism are common neurodegenerative disorders with continuously increasing prevalence, causing high global burdens. However, data concerning the comorbidity burden of patient...

    **n Wang, Fan Zeng, Wang-Sheng **, Chi Zhu, Qing-Hua Wang in Scientific Reports (2017)

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    Erratum: Genetic diversity and evolutionary dynamics of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone

    Nature 524, 93–96 (2015); doi:10.1038/nature14490 This Letter should have contained an associated Creative Commons statement in the Author Information section. In addition, the Fig. 3c legend should have state...

    Yi-Gang Tong, Wei-Feng Shi, Di Liu, Jun Qian, Long Liang, **ao-Chen Bo, Jun Liu in Nature (2015)

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    Genetic diversity and evolutionary dynamics of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone

    The genome sequences of 175 Ebola virus from five districts in Sierra Leone, collected during September–November 2014, show that the rate of virus evolution seems to be similar to that observed during previous...

    Yi-Gang Tong, Wei-Feng Shi, Di Liu, Jun Qian, Long Liang, **ao-Chen Bo, Jun Liu in Nature (2015)