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In the submitted manuscript entitled “Quantitation of methylation by melt curve analysis”, the authors provided a novel method to quantitate DNA methylation using the raw fluorescence melt data obtainable following PCR amplification of bisulfite modified DNA. The development of a rapid, simple, low-cost, convenient and reliable method to quauntify methylation is certainly important. However, ba...

For the first time, hen egg white coagulum was utilized as a surface modification agent for biomimetic multilevel structured nanomaterials (BMSN). By using a straightforward thermal control process, hen egg white can be coagulated in a precisely tailored manner, which is specifically adapted to the morphology of BMSN. Consequently, the structural stability, hydrophobicity and biocompatibility o...

Observations on shocked quartz in Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) boundary sediments compellingly tied to Chicxulub crater raise three problems. First, in North America shocked quartz occurs above the main K-T ejecta layer. Second, shocked quartz is more abundant west than east of Chicxulub. Third, shocked quartz reached distances requiring initial velocities up to 8 kilometers per second, correspond...