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Life, Volume 11, Issue 5

2021 May - 93 articles

Cover Story: The submarine alkaline vent theory addresses how life emerged from the water world that was our Earth 4 billion years ago. At that time, the mantle of the Earth was so hot and soft as to preclude the protrusion of any land, volcanic or otherwise, from the ~5 km deep Hadean Ocean floor. The main mineral precipitated at the vent was the 2-layered fougerite (supported by subsidiary mackinawite), which acted as a nanoengine, pump, and non-return valve producing a small but continuous supply of charged protobiological molecules derived from the interaction of an alkaline solution of hydrogen, methane and hydrogen sulfide with acidic ocean water bearing metals, nitrate and carbon dioxide. At the same time, non-cooperative molecules were excreted as waste. View this paper
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Articles (93)

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,757 Views
25 Pages

The Use of Response Surface Methodology as a Statistical Tool for the Optimisation of Waste and Pure Canola Oil Biodegradation by Antarctic Soil Bacteria

  • Khadijah Nabilah Mohd Zahri,
  • Azham Zulkharnain,
  • Claudio Gomez-Fuentes,
  • Suriana Sabri,
  • Khalilah Abdul Khalil,
  • Peter Convey and
  • Siti Aqlima Ahmad

20 May 2021

Hydrocarbons can cause pollution to Antarctic terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, both through accidental release and the discharge of waste cooking oil in grey water. Such pollutants can persist for long periods in cold environments. The native micr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,642 Views
9 Pages

20 May 2021

Iguratimod (IGU) is a conventional synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (csDMARD) routinely prescribed in Japan since 2012 to patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Iguratimod acts directly on B cells by inhibiting the production of infl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,727 Views
10 Pages

Comparing Endovascular Treatment Methods in Acute Ischemic Stroke Due to Tandem Occlusion Focusing on Clinical Aspects

  • Peter Janos Kalmar,
  • Gabor Tarkanyi,
  • Csaba Balazs Nagy,
  • Peter Csecsei,
  • Gabor Lenzser,
  • Edit Bosnyak,
  • Zsofia Nozomi Karadi,
  • Adam Annus,
  • Istvan Szegedi and
  • Laszlo Szapary
  • + 1 author

20 May 2021

Introduction: Acute ischemic strokes (AIS) due to tandem occlusion (TO) of intracranial anterior large vessel and concomitant extracranial internal carotid artery (EICA) are represent in 15–20% of all ischemic strokes. The endovascular treatment (EVT...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,035 Views
18 Pages

20 May 2021

Serratia liquefaciens is a cold-adapted facultative anaerobic astrobiology model organism with the ability to grow at a Martian atmospheric pressure of 7 hPa. Currently there is a lack of data on its limits of growth and metabolic activity at sub-zer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,028 Views
11 Pages

Antioxidant Status in the Vitreous of Eyes with Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment with and without Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy, Macular Hole and Epiretinal Membrane

  • Agata Pietras-Baczewska,
  • Katarzyna Nowomiejska,
  • Agnieszka Brzozowska,
  • Mario Damiano Toro,
  • Wojciech Załuska,
  • Małgorzata Sztanke,
  • Krzysztof Sztanke and
  • Robert Rejdak

19 May 2021

(1) Background: The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that the antioxidant status in the vitreous body of eyes, which had been vitrectomized due to rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) with or without proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,756 Views
53 Pages

Multi-Gene Phylogeny and Morphology Reveal Haplohelminthosporium gen. nov. and Helminthosporiella gen. nov. Associated with Palms in Thailand and A Checklist for Helminthosporium Reported Worldwide

  • Sirinapa Konta,
  • Kevin D. Hyde,
  • Samantha C. Karunarathna,
  • Ausana Mapook,
  • Chanokned Senwanna,
  • Lucas A. P. Dauner,
  • Chandrika M. Nanayakkara,
  • Jianchu Xu,
  • Saowaluck Tibpromma and
  • Saisamorn Lumyong

19 May 2021

Palms (Arecaceae) are substrates for a highly diverse range of fungi. Many species are known as saprobes and many are important plant pathogens. Over the course of our studies of micro-fungi from palms in Thailand, two new taxa were discovered. Morph...

  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,958 Views
13 Pages

19 May 2021

NADH:ubiquinone-oxidoreductase (complex I) is the largest membrane protein complex of the respiratory chain. Complex I couples electron transfer to vectorial proton translocation across the inner mitochondrial membrane. The L shaped structure of comp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,390 Views
7 Pages

Sensitivity Patterns of Bacterial Pathogens Isolated from Blood Cultures of Under-Five Children with Pneumonia and Clinical Sepsis

  • Sufia Islam,
  • Ashiqur Rahman Akand,
  • Tasnova Tasnim Nova,
  • Christian Lehmann and
  • Mohammod Jobayer Chisti

18 May 2021

Treatment options for pneumonia and sepsis by antibiotics are limited due to the development of multidrug-resistant bacterial strains. This unmatched case-control study determined the antibiotic sensitivity against bacterial isolates obtained from se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,479 Views
18 Pages

Ionizing Radiation Induces Resistant Glioblastoma Stem-Like Cells by Promoting Autophagy via the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway

  • Cheng-Yu Tsai,
  • Huey-Jiun Ko,
  • Chi-Ying F. Huang,
  • Ching-Yi Lin,
  • Shean-Jaw Chiou,
  • Yu-Feng Su,
  • Ann-Shung Lieu,
  • Joon-Khim Loh,
  • Aij-Lie Kwan and
  • Yi-Ren Hong
  • + 1 author

18 May 2021

Therapeutic resistance in recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) after concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) is a challenging issue. Although standard fractionated radiation is essential to treat GBM, it has led to local recurrence along with therapy-...

  • Review
  • Open Access
37 Citations
8,572 Views
21 Pages

Vitamin D: Not Just Bone Metabolism but a Key Player in Cardiovascular Diseases

  • Marcello Izzo,
  • Albino Carrizzo,
  • Carmine Izzo,
  • Enrico Cappello,
  • Domenico Cecere,
  • Michele Ciccarelli,
  • Patrizia Iannece,
  • Antonio Damato,
  • Carmine Vecchione and
  • Francesco Pompeo

18 May 2021

Vitamin D is the first item of drug expenditure for the treatment of osteoporosis. Its deficiency is a condition that affects not only older individuals but also young people. Recently, the scientific community has focused its attention on the possib...

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