Background: Sika deer, Cervus nippon, were originally introduced to South Korea from Japan and Taiwan for commercial farming purposes. Unfortunately, they were released into the wild during religious events and have s...
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Incorporation of wastewater from industrial sectors into the design of microalgal biorefineries has significant potential for advancing the practical application of this emerging industry. This study tested various fo...
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The Chinese many-toothed snake (Sibynophis chinensis) is an endangered species in South Korea. To determine its reproductive activity, here we captured a gravid S. chinensis from Mulyeongari Oreum Wetland Conservation...
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The cement industry has been the cornerstone of economic development since the Industrial Revolution. However, the calcination process used to produce cement raw materials releases various pollutants, such as carbon d...
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The cement industry has been the cornerstone of economic development since the Industrial Revolution. However, the calcination process used to produce cement raw materials releases various pollutants, such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur oxides, which are key contributors to global warming. Therefore, innovative technologies are urgently needed to minimize the environmental impact of the cement industry. In recent years, microalgae have gained attention because of their advantages in recovering resources and reducing the impacts of industrial pollutants. The use of microalgae to address the environmental challenges associated with cement production remains largely overlooked in current reviews. This review summarizes the recent advances in the utilization of microalgae to address the environmental challenges posed by the cement industry. Microalgae offer two main pathways for environmental mitigation: the (i) production of bio-cement as an eco-friendly alternative for construction and (ii) conversion of cement flue gases into biomass feedstock with high-value downstream applications. We also identify existing challenges and propose an integrative “Microalgae–Bacteria Consortium” system as a sustainable strategy for the significant reduction of the environmental footprint of cement production. This approach has the potential to transform the cement industry into a more sustainable and eco-friendlier sector. Overall, microalgae provide an innovative and sustainable platform to revolutionize the cement industry into a greener sector, supporting the global shift toward a low-carbon, circular economy.
To investigate the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) to high resolution, the GoT2D and T2D-GENES consortia catalogued variation from whole-genome sequencing of 2,657 European individuals and exome sequencing of 1...
To investigate the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) to high resolution, the GoT2D and T2D-GENES consortia catalogued variation from whole-genome sequencing of 2,657 European individuals and exome sequencing of 12,940 individuals of multiple ancestries. Over 27M SNPs, indels, and structural variants were identified, including 99% of low-frequency (minor allele frequency [MAF] 0.1-5%) non-coding variants in the whole-genome sequenced individuals and 99.7% of low-frequency coding variants in the whole-exome sequenced individuals. Each variant was tested for association with T2D in the sequenced individuals, and, to increase power, most were tested in larger numbers of individuals (>80% of low-frequency coding variants in ~82 K Europeans via the exome chip, and ~90% of low-frequency non-coding variants in ~44 K Europeans via genotype imputation). The variants, genotypes, and association statistics from these analyses provide the largest reference to date of human genetic information relevant to T2D, for use in activities such as T2D-focused genotype imputation, functional characterization of variants or genes, and other novel analyses to detect associations between sequence variation and T2D.
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