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Icewine is a signature sweet dessert wine that is widely distributed in cold regions; it is produced through the fermentation of juice from pressed frozen grapes.

Editor's Update (June 20, 2020): The information represented in this article is a representation of when the original article was written on February 26th, 2020

The phrase “natural born leader” is often used to describe those among us with a tendency to dominate, boss, and—put simply—win in life. Newly published research from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China) and Boston University (USA) may have demonstrated

Disease is defined as a state of disorder that lays the groundwork for conditions of ill health. Even the most complex disease begins with cellular imbalance, and scientists are looking to discover biomarkers that can detect the earliest signs of pathogenesis.

With the advent of microbiome studies, stool sample collection and preservation have been highlighted as key steps in ensuring microbiome authenticity. Freezing at -80°C has been widely accepted as the gold standard for stool sample storage in a variety of research and clini

Since its discovery in the 1980s, HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) has had a significant impact on countless lives across the world. As of today, more than 37 million people worldwide are infected according to statistics generated by the World Health Organization.

Plant viruses cause the second highest losses to crop yields every year, surpassed only by fungi. A research team in Norway recently compared several in vitro virus elimination therapies on a variety of potato cultivars.

RNA isolation and quantification of miRNAs are gaining significance as promising methods in cancer biomarker discovery.