… Dr Yuk Cheung Chan obtained his BSc in Biochemistry (2004) and PhD in Physiology (2008)
from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, China. He is currently a postdoctoral …

Background Warfarin induced skin necrosis is a rare complication with a prevalence of 0·01–0·1
per cent. It was first described in 1943. Methods A literature review was undertaken …

Aerosol samples for PM 10 (particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters less than 10 um)
were collected from September 1993 to August 1994 at five sites representing the major …

The pursuit of greater performance in microelectronic devices has led to a shrinkage of
bump size and a significant increase in electrical current. This has resulted in a high current …

Copper (Cu) has been widely used in the under bump metallurgy of chip and substrate
metallization for chip packaging. However, due to the rapid formation of Cu–Sn intermetallic …

In the village of Tsaoling (in Yunlin County, Taiwan), a major landslide was triggered by the
Chi-Chi earthquake in 1999 with more than 125×10 6 m 3 of rock displaced. The kinematic …

Cancer cells exploit the expression of the programmed death-1 (PD-1) ligand 1 (PD-L1) to
subvert T-cell-mediated immunosurveillance 1 , 2 . The success of therapies that disrupt PD-…

Certain nondigestible oligosaccharides can be selectively utilized by probiotics and reduce
the risk of colon cancer. However, the inhibitory effects of xylooligosaccharides (XOS) on …

Forced expression of selected transcription factors can transform somatic cells into embryonic
stem cell (ESC)-like cells, termed induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). There is no …

Loss of MHC class I (MHC-I) antigen presentation in cancer cells can elicit immunotherapy
resistance. A genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen identified an evolutionarily conserved …