Natural Sciences

Natural sciences comprises the branches of science which aim to describe and understand the fundamental processes and phenomena that define our natural world, including both life sciences and physical sciences.

Faculty Reviews

261-280 of 1,269 FACULTY REVIEWS

Faculty Reviews are review articles written by the prestigious Members of Faculty Opinions. The articles are commissioned and peer reviewed before publication to ensure that the final, published version is comprehensive and accessible. The reviewers who approved the final version are listed with their names and affiliations.

https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.18758.1
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Brexanolone, a neurosteroid antidepressant, vindicates the GABAergic deficit hypothesis of depression and may foster resilience
[version 1; peer review: 4 approved]
Peer Reviewers Jeremy Lambert; Rainer Rupprecht; Istvan Mody; Trevor Smart
  • Funder
  • National Institute of Mental Health
PUBLISHED 29 May 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17161.1
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Emerging ideas and tools to study the emergent properties of the cortical neural circuits for voluntary motor control in non-human primates
[version 1; peer review: 4 approved]
Peer Reviewers Steve Chase; John P Cunningham; Byron Yu; Hansjörg Scherberger
  • Funder
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
PUBLISHED 29 May 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17673.1
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Recent advances in managing HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Carlos Franco-Paredes; Thomas Benfield
  • Funders
  • Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
  • European Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)
  • Wellcome Trust/Medical Research Council (UK)/UKAID Joint Global Health Trials
PUBLISHED 28 May 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.18186.1
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A new look at IgE beyond allergies
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Yui-Hsi Wang; Edda Fiebiger
  • Funder
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
PUBLISHED 24 May 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.18582.1
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APC/C: current understanding and future perspectives
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Michael J Emanuele; Avram Hershko; Michael Brandeis
  • Funders
  • Cancer Research UK
  • Medical Research Council
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
PUBLISHED 23 May 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.18466.1
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Antisense-mediated splice intervention to treat human disease: the odyssey continues
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Cy Stein; Satoshi Obika; Michelle Hastings
PUBLISHED 22 May 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17573.1
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Recent advances in marburgvirus research
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Ilhem Messaoudi; Chad E Mire; M. Javad Aman
  • Funder
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
PUBLISHED 21 May 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.18546.1
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Recent advances in understanding Candida albicans hyphal growth
[version 1; peer review: 4 approved]
Peer Reviewers Aaron P Mitchell; Yue Wang; Malcolm Whiteway; James B Konopka
  • Funders
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
  • H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
PUBLISHED 21 May 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17572.1
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­­Statins in the perioperative period
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Michael Irwin; Daniel Fintel; Mandeep S Sidhu
PUBLISHED 20 May 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.18557.1
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Right place, right time: localisation and assembly of the NLRP3 inflammasome
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Rongbin Zhou; Je-Wook Yu; Masafumi Takahashi
  • Funders
  • Medical Research Council
  • Wellcome Trust
PUBLISHED 17 May 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17076.1
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Recent advances in understanding and managing male infertility
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Gerhard Haidl; Sandro C. Esteves; Cigdem Tanrikut
PUBLISHED 16 May 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.18424.1
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Recent advances in the characterization of plant transcriptomes in response to drought, salinity, heat, and cold stress
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Byeong-ha Lee; Hikmet Budak
  • Funders
  • Japan Science and Technology Agency (CREST)
  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
PUBLISHED 14 May 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.18693.1
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Strategies for developing and optimizing cancer vaccines
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Madhav Dhodapkar; W Martin Kast
  • Funder
  • National Cancer Institute
PUBLISHED 13 May 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.16120.1
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Contemporary diagnosis of lower urinary tract dysfunction.
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Serdar Tekgul; Giuseppe Morgia
PUBLISHED 09 May 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.15795.1
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Recent advances in the antepartum management of diabetes
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Janet Rowan; Katie-Jane Wynne
PUBLISHED 08 May 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.16780.1
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Recent Advances in Preventing and Managing Postoperative Delirium
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Finn Radtke; Daqing Ma
  • Funder
  • National Institute of Health
PUBLISHED 01 May 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17542.1
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Recent advances in understanding breast cancer and emerging therapies with a focus on luminal and triple-negative breast cancer
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Kum Kum Khanna; Ritu Aneja
PUBLISHED 30 Apr 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.16160.1
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Genetic investigation of childhood vascular tumor biology reveals pathways for therapeutic intervention
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Joyce Bischoff; Douglas A. Marchuck
  • Funders
  • Leon Rosenberg, M.D., Medical Student Research Fund in Genetics
  • Jane Danowski Weiss Family Foundation Fellowship
PUBLISHED 30 Apr 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.18093.1
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Combating Cholera
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Jyl Matson; Jeffrey Withey
  • Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Science Foundation
PUBLISHED 30 Apr 2019
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.15318.1
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Recent advances in the understanding and management of polycystic ovary syndrome
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Joop Laven; Mariano Bizzarri; Harpal Randeva
  • Funder
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
PUBLISHED 26 Apr 2019
261-280 of 1,269 FACULTY REVIEWS
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