supported by the Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation(INV-005834),Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(NO.2021J01353,NO.2020J01094);National Science and Technology Major Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(NO.2018ZX10734402-007);Research on accurate prediction and timely response system for out-breaks of new infectious diseases(SRPG2200702);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.20720230001).
Although studies have compared the relative severity of Omicron and Delta variants by assessing the relative risks,there are still gaps in the knowledge of the potential COVID-19 burden these variations may cause.And ...
supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of China(CPNL2022A-03-03,CPNL-1233,EKPG21-09),CAS(YSBR-010),the Strategic Priority Research Program(XDB29010000,XDB37030000);the National Key R&D Program(2020YFA0707500,2018YFA0900801,2021YFA1301400);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872730,32070947);Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Project(Z201100005420017);supported by Ten Thousand Talent Program and the NSFS Innovative Research Group(81921005).
Dear Editor,The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2),belonging to the lineage B of the genus Betacoronavirus in the Coronaviridae family,is the causative agent of the C0VID19 pandemic,1 which ha...
We thank the National Center for Protein Sciences at Peking University in Beijing,China,for assistance with SPR assay.We thank the staff of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility(beamline BL17U)and the National Facility for Protein Science Shanghai(beamline BL19U)for assistance with X-ray data collection.We thank the KEK Photon Factory(beamline BL1A)and staff members for their assistance in X-ray data collection.We thank the Core Facilities at the School of Life Sciences,Peking University,for help with negative-staining EM.This project was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2020YFC0848700)and the Qidong-SLS Innovation Fund to X.-D.S.This project was also supported by the Beijing Science and Technology Project(Z211100002521018);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82073621,32070678);the National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFC0863300)to Y.-C.W.Special thanks to Drs.Sunney Xie,Junyu Xiao,Yunlong Cao for providing plasmids and IgG samples of the antibodies.
Dear Editor,SARS-CoV-2 variants are developing rapidly among COVID-19 patients,likely resulting in higher transmissibility at the population level.^(1,2,3,4,5) Mutations in the spike proteins(S proteins)of these varia...
supported by the Basic Science Center Project of NSFC(Grant No.51788104);the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grants No.2016YFA0301001,2018YFA0307100,and 2018YFA0305603);the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(Grant No.12025405);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11874035);the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Chip(ICFC).
CONSPECTUS:The magnetic field usually suppresses superconductivity.Especially,at the critical magnetic field,superconductivity is destroyed.Ising superconductivity is a mechanism where the spin−orbit coupling signif...
supported by Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics at Peking University and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2020YFC0848700).
SARS-CoV-2 variants could induce immune escape by mutations on the receptor-binding domain(RBD)and N-terminal domain(NTD).Here we report the humoral immune response to circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants,such as 501Y.V2(B...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31530092);the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grant No.2015AA020108)awarded to LW
Mosaic variants resulting from postzygotic mutations are prevalent in the human genome and play important roles in human diseases.However,except for cancer-related variants,there is no collection of postzygotic mosaic...
We thank the families for their participation in this study. Data analysis and computing resource were supported by Center for Big Data Research in Health, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. This proiect was supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (2016YFC1000502), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81430005, 31521003, 31771669, 81741048), and the Commission for Science and Technology of Shanghai Municipality (17JC1400902) to H.W. and Y.Z.; and NIH (HD081216, HD083809, and HD067244) to R.H.F. and M.E.R.
Dear Editor, Neural tube defects (NTDs) are a class of major structural malformations affecting the brain and spinal cord. They are among the most common congenital anomalies with a worldwide prevalence of 0.1%.1,2...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(91439203);National Key Basic Research Program of China(2012CB518004,2012CB517801)
Aortic dissection (AD) is a devastating, heterogeneous condition of aorta. The homeostasis between collagens and matrix metalloproteases (MMPs)/tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs) system in the extracellular matri...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2016YFC1200100);Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars(LR15H-190001);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31570027);the start-up package from Zhejiang University(Youjun Feng);Dr.Feng is a recipient of the"Young 1000 Talents"Award
Dear Editor,Emergence of bacteria with multiple drug resistance is a major problem in global public health.Polymyxin comprising polymyxin E(colistin)and polymyxin B is generally recognized as the last-resort antibio...
supported by the 985 Program of Ministry of Education,China;the National Basic Research Development Program(973 Program)of China(2009CB522007 and 2010CB529601);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30870899 and 81070908)
22q 11.2 deletion syndrome(DS) is a complex developmental disorder with a high incidence of psychiatric illnesses,including schizophrenia and mood disorders.Recent studies have identified Guanine Nucleotide Binding ...