Researchers, institutional review boards (IRBs), participants in human subjects research,
and their families face an important but largely neglected problem—how should incidental …

Background Structural retinal imaging biomarkers are important for early recognition and
monitoring of inflammation and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis. With the …

Context. The Kepler spacecraft is providing time series of photometric data with
micromagnitude precision for hundreds of AF type stars. Aims. We present a first general …

van der Waals heterostructures constitute a new class of artificial materials formed by
stacking atomically thin planar crystals. We demonstrated band structure engineering in a …

Background Phase 1 studies have shown potential benefit of gene replacement in RPE65-
mediated inherited retinal dystrophy. This phase 3 study assessed the efficacy and safety of …

Graphene has demonstrated great promise for future electronics technology as well as
fundamental physics applications because of its linear energy–momentum dispersion …

Biological invasions are responsible for substantial biodiversity declines as well as high
economic losses to society and monetary expenditures associated with the management of …

The Schrödinger equation dictates that the propagation of nearly free electrons through a
weak periodic potential results in the opening of bandgaps near points of the reciprocal …

Background Gene therapy has the potential to reverse disease or prevent further
deterioration of vision in patients with incurable inherited retinal degeneration. We therefore …

Biobanks and archived data sets collecting samples and data have become crucial engines
of genetic and genomic research. Unresolved, however, is what responsibilities biobanks …