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The Amazon biome is the largest continuous region of tropical forest in the world. It extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the eastern slopes of the Andes Cordillera and contains parts of nine South American countries. The biodiversity in this biome is unique and one of the highest in the world...

Mouse embryonic stem cells (mESC) have been a key tool in understanding early differentiation events in development since their first isolation in 1981[1]. These cells have the remarkable ability and are pluripotent: they have the ability to differentiate into derivatives of the three germ layers that make up an embryo...

Hongrui Cui..

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Federico Andreotti..

Worldwide, life expectancy has shown a remarkable linear increase over the last two centuries [1]. However, the number of years of life spent in disability also increases and individuals from the European Union born in 2009 are expected to spend on average 25% (women) or 20% (men) of their life in poor health, i.e., experience limited or severe long-term limitation (> 6 months) in usual activity caused by ill-health (http://www.healthy-life-years.eu/) [2]...

Marieke Poppe..

Lotte Kleinendorst..

Langqing Liu..

Xiaofei Yu..

Yun Yu..

Pieter Willem Marie Bonnemaijer..

Viral infections of any kind can influence the haemostatic balance. This means that during, or shortly after infection with certain viruses the ability of blood to clot in humans can be drastically changed which can lead to both thrombotic as well as haemorrhagic complications. Direct or indirect activation of the endothelium by viruses (or other pathogens) may result in alterations in the coagulation- and the fibrinolytic systems...

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Muhammad Ashar Malik..