Application of Nonfungible Tokens to Health Care. Comment on “Blockchain Technology Projects to Provide Telemedical Services: Systematic Review”
Journal of Medical Internet Research
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… Given the important function of PTBP1 in directing lineage choice in diverse stem cell systems and the overall relevance of mRNA splicing in hematopoiesis, we hypothesized that PTBP1 might play a role as a regulator of posttranscriptional …
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… for Atg5, the stem cell loss in vivo was more pronounced than in vitro, suggesting that additional cell populations likely depend upon Atg5 function to support ileum health. We first tested whether ATG5-dependent WNT signaling was required for …