Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), a degenerative vascular disorder characterized by gradual dilation of the aortic wall, often develops without symptoms but carries a risk of rupture when large.

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In this study, Li et al. demonstrated that PATCH combines deep tissue penetration with high spatiotemporal specificity, thus enabling selective and efficient modulation of receptor clustering in vivo ...

According to statistics in China, 11.39 million patients have coronary heart disease (CHD); therefore, CHD poses a severe threat to human life and health [1]. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) ...

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This Special Issue develops an analysis of the political economy of Western Sahara. It does so through the lens of its natural resources, with a particular focus on the fisheries sector. Bringing ...

Northeastern China has a high incidence of tick-borne diseases. Emerging and re-emerging tick-borne viral diseases pose a considerable threat to public health. To date, ten tick-borne viruses have ...

The concept of food and medicine homology (FMH) is deeply embedded in traditional Chinese medicine and carries historical importance. The recent rigorous definition of FMH pertains to substances that ...

Many studies have reported that obesity causes heart failure (HF) pathogenesis. The elevated circulating levels of angiopoietin-like protein 2 (ANGPTL2) observed in patients with HF suggest potential ...

Background: With distal transradial access (dTRA), the postoperative compression time remains significantly longer than the recommended range via in practice. This study investigated whether ...

Our patient, an 84-year-old man with no significant risk factors and no history of smoking has been under medical care since 2012 for mild-to-moderate mitral regurgitation and mild tricuspid ...

Proteins are essential macromolecules that perform functions according to their conformational dynamics. Studying the conformational changes induced by protein mutations is the standard approach used ...