17 de julio de 2018
Wilderness areas are ecologically intact landscapes predominantly free of human uses, especially industrial-scale activities that result in substantial biophysical disturbance. This definition does not exclude land and resource use by local communities who depend on such areas for subsistence and bio-cultural connections. Wilderness areas are important for biodiversity conservation and sustain key...
17 de julio de 2018
Human–wildlife conflict is a major conservation challenge, and compensation for wildlife damage is a widely used economic tool to mitigate this conflict. The effectiveness of this management tool is widely debated. The relative importance of factors associated with compensation success is unclear, and little is known about global geographic or taxonomic differences in the application of compensa...
10 de julio de 2018
El Supertree Grove en Singapur es uno de los cinco centros clave de investigación en Asia junto con Hong Kong, Malasia, Corea del Sur y Taiwán. Singapur está invirtiendo en ciencia y aumentando su alcance global como resultado. Los científicos de estos cinco centros ofrecen una visión de la amplitud del trabajo dinámico que se realiza, desde la edición del genoma hasta el desarrollo de la e...
10 de julio de 2018
Mitochondria are widely recognized as fundamental organelles for cellular physiology and constitute the main energy source for different cellular processes. The location, morphology, and interactions of mitochondria with other organelles, such as the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), have emerged as critical events capable of determining cellular fate. Mitochondria-related functions have proven particul...
10 de julio de 2018
Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) has strong inflammatory and profibrotic activities. Its expression is enhanced in skeletal muscular dystrophies such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a myopathy characterized by exacerbated inflammation and fibrosis. In dystrophic tissue, necrotic-regenerative foci, myofibroblasts, newly-regenerated muscle fibers and necrosis all occur simultaneousl...