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

21-40 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.25607.1
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The third model of Bax/Bak activation: a Bcl-2 family feud finally resolved?
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Andreas Strasser; Andrew Gilmore; Vishva Dixit
  • Funders
  • Nebraska Center for Cellular Signalling
  • National Institutes of Health
PUBLISHED 06 Aug 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.22438.1
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A review of advances in the understanding of lupus nephritis pathogenesis as a basis for emerging therapies
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Richard A Furie; Scott E. Wenderfer
  • Funders
  • UGC Matching Grant Scheme (Phases V and VI)
  • Hui Hoy & Chow Sin Lan Charity Fund
  • Yu Chiu Kwong Professorship in Medicine
  • RGC General Research Fund
  • Wai Hung Charitable Foundation Limited
  • Department of Medicine Academic Activities Fund
PUBLISHED 04 Aug 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.25634.1
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Recent developments in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Tipu Z. Aziz; Fredric Manfredsson
  • Funders
  • NIHR Biomedical Research Centre
  • National Institute for Health Research
  • Medical Research Council
  • Wellcome Trust
PUBLISHED 31 Jul 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21801.1
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Insulin is necessary but not sufficient: changing the therapeutic paradigm in type 1 diabetes
[version 1; peer review: 5 approved]
Peer Reviewers Chantal Mathieu; Ezio Bonifacio; Colin M. Dayan; Stephan Kissler; Todd Brusko
  • Funder
  • National Institutes of Health
PUBLISHED 30 Jul 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.25588.1
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Recent advances in understanding and managing acne
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Dae Hun Suh; Mauro Picardo
PUBLISHED 29 Jul 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.22683.1
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Updates in rare and not-so-rare complications of acromegaly: focus on respiratory function and quality of life in acromegaly
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Salvatore Cannavo; Sebastian J Neggers; Lucio Vilar
  • Funder
  • none
PUBLISHED 29 Jul 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.25424.1
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Advances in understanding the evolution of fungal genome architecture
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Sarah Zanders; Nicolas Corradi
  • Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
PUBLISHED 27 Jul 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.22717.1
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Recent advances in understanding and managing hypoparathyroidism
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Bart Clarke; Maria Luisa Brandi; Aliya A. Khan
PUBLISHED 23 Jul 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.25468.1
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Diagnosis and management of chronic cough: similarities and differences between children and adults
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Woo-Jung Song; Rafał Krenke
PUBLISHED 22 Jul 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.22440.1
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Recent advances in understanding and managing chordomas: an update
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Paul Gardner; Yasmin Temel; Daniel M. Sciubba and Jeffrey Ehresman
PUBLISHED 16 Jul 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.25338.1
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Recent advances in understanding and management of bronchopulmonary dysplasia
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Cynthia T. McEvoy; Juan Sanchez-Esteban
PUBLISHED 14 Jul 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.25234.1
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Tissue-resident lymphocytes: weaponized sentinels at barrier surfaces
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Richard M. Locksley; Kingston HG Mills; Jeffrey C. Nolz
  • Funders
  • Cancer Australia
  • Cure Cancer Australia
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
PUBLISHED 09 Jul 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.22451.1
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Recent advances in understanding and managing pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Daniel Orbach; Leo Mascarenhas; Sarah Donaldson
PUBLISHED 08 Jul 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.25097.1
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Advances in methods for atomic resolution macromolecular structure determination
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers John C. H. Spence; Janet Smith
  • Funders
  • Pew Scholar
  • Department of Energy
  • Searle Scholars Program
  • Beckman Young Investigator
  • Packard Fellowship
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences
  • National Science Foundation
PUBLISHED 02 Jul 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.25060.1
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Recent advances in understanding circular RNAs
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Ling-Ling Chen; Jeremy E. Wilusz; Amaresh Chandra Panda
PUBLISHED 29 Jun 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.22092.1
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An overview of mammalian p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases, central regulators of cell stress and receptor signaling
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Jonathan D. Ashwell; Guadalupe Sabio
  • Funders
  • The 111 Project
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
PUBLISHED 29 Jun 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.24963.1
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The COVID-19 pandemic: catching up with the cataclysm
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Branka Horvat; Arup Banerjee
PUBLISHED 23 Jun 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.24803.1
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Cell plasticity in cancer cell populations
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Ping Ao; Gábor Balázsi
  • Funder
  • The Association for Cancer Research
PUBLISHED 22 Jun 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.24543.1
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Hepatocellular carcinoma: recent advances and emerging medical therapies
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Guohong Han; Tim F. Greten
PUBLISHED 17 Jun 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.22649.1
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Vibration detection: its function and recent advances in medical applications
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Redha Taiar; Mario Bernardo-Filho
PUBLISHED 17 Jun 2020
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