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Melanoma is the most lethal form of skin cancer and is most commonly caused by UV induced mutagenesis. MITF is considered the master regulator of melanocytes and has been termed a lineage survival oncogene in melanoma. As such, MITF has been extensively studied in melanoma and has been suggested ... (1,656 characters more)

Targeted temperature management is a treatment used following cardiac arrest. Studies are contradictory as to which core temperature should be targeted. The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) recommends that patients be cooled to 32°C – 36°C. Targeted temperature management lowers the metabolic... (1,947 characters more)

The benefit of breastfeeding and breastmilk has long been known, and both mother and baby benefit from a successful breastfeeding. But this process does not always go smoothly and the majority of mothers experience problems related to breastfeeding that causes pain. But pain can negatively affect... (1,429 characters more)

Serial dependence may bias current perception towards or away from previous visual input. A relative consensus seems to be about attractive biases arising at a post-perceptual decisional stage and repulsive biases happening at low-level perceptual stage. Attention affects serial dependence, non-a... (819 characters more)

This research project is a part of a larger project aimed at determining the structural basis for temperature adaptations in proteins by studying two subtilisin-like serine proteases that are structurally homologous: A C-terminal truncated form of the cold-active VPR (VPR∆C), from a psychrophilic... (1,560 characters more)