RECENT ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING THE BIOLOGICAL ROLES OF THE PLANT NUCLEAR ENVELOPE



Appreciating the image of God in all humanity: Towards a pastoral response to skin lightening as image enhancement to exit dark skin

The practice of skin lightening is prevalent amongst dark-skinned people globally.Various current studies that map this practice and that seek motivations behind the practice are examined.It is observed that through shrewd marketing, Soap Dock dark-skinned people are offered a promise of a better quality of life, obtained by a lighter skin, through

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Pangolins Lack IFIH1/MDA5, a Cytoplasmic RNA Sensor That Initiates Innate Immune Defense Upon Coronavirus Infection

Zoonotic infections are an imminent threat to human health.Pangolins were recently identified as carriers and intermediate hosts of coronaviruses.Previous research has shown that infection with coronaviruses activates an innate immune response upon sensing of viral RNA by interferon-induced with helicase C domain 1 (IFIH1), also known as MDA5.Here,

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