In 2008, the world produced approximately 87 gigaliters of liquid biofuels, which is roughly
equal to the volume of liquid fuel consumed by Germany that year. Essentially, all of this …

The growth of the organic foods industry in the United States has been dramatic in the past 2
decades. It is estimated that organic sales have increased by nearly 20% annually since …

Biofuels have been proposed as an ecologically benign alternative to fossil fuels. There is,
however, considerable uncertainty in the scientific literature about their ecological benefit …

The adipocyte-derived hormone leptin signals the status of body energy stores by activating
the long form of the leptin receptor (LRb). Activation of LRb results in the activation of the …

During leptin signaling, each of the phosphorylated tyrosine residues on the long form of the
leptin receptor (LRb) mediates distinct signals. Phosphorylated Tyr 1138 binds STAT3 to …

Background Biliary tract cancers, which arise from the intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts
and the gallbladder, generally have a poor prognosis and are rising in incidence worldwide …

Background The genetic and clinical heterogeneity of breast cancer makes the identification
of effective therapies challenging. We designed I-SPY 2, a phase 2, multicenter, adaptively …

The protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2 has been proposed to serve as a regulator of leptin
signaling, but its specific roles are not fully examined. To directly investigate the role of SHP …

Purpose Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer provides critical information about
tumor response; how best to leverage this for predicting recurrence-free survival (RFS) is not …

One potentially significant impact of growing biofuel crops will be the sequestration or
release of carbon (C) in soil. Soil organic carbon (SOC) represents an important C sink in …