Publications by authors named "Shao-Zheng Song"
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- - Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) face various treatment-related challenges that affect their quality of life (QoL), and family resilience may help improve individual resilience and overall QoL.
- - A study conducted between September 2022 and June 2023 with 185 HNC patients found significant positive correlations between family resilience, individual resilience, and QoL.
- - Results indicated that family resilience positively influences QoL indirectly by enhancing individual resilience, suggesting that improving family support could be beneficial for HNC patients' well-being.
This study aimed to develop and validate a predictive model of all-cause mortality risk in American adults aged ≥ 18 years with diabetes. 7918 participants with diabetes were enrolled from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2016 and followed for a median of 96 months. The primary study endpoint was the all-cause mortality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMyostatin (MSTN) is a negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth and development. It can inhibit the proliferation of myoblasts and serve as an important candidate gene for animal breed improvement. Mutations of the MSTN gene can cause extensive skeletal muscle hyperplasia and hypertrophy, resulting in "double muscle" symptoms.
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- The study aimed to develop genetically modified goats that can produce recombinant human lactoferrin (hLF) using gene editing techniques called TALENs.
- Researchers inserted the hLF gene into goat cells and confirmed that about 10% of these cells successfully integrated the gene before using them for cloning.
- The results showed a successful pregnancy rate in cloned goats, suggesting this method could lead to creating goats that produce hLF in their milk, potentially serving as a source for large-scale hLF production.