In a recent study conducted by a research group led by Prof. ZHENG Zhiming from the Institute of Intelligent Machines, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), scientists found a novel function of vitamin K2 – it can regulate mitochondrial membrane potential and relieve oxidative stress, thereby repairing mitochondrial dysfunction and inhibiting nerve cell damage caused by 6-OHDA.
A research team led by Prof. XIE Pinhua from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), studied the ratio of HCHO and NO2 during a typical pollution episode in Hefei, a city in east central China from Sept. 3rd to 11th, 2020, and found the characteristics of ozone formation control factors.
Recently, the team led by Prof. Huang Qing at the Institute of Intelligent Machines, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) provides a new photodynamic agent and introduces C. elegans as an easy and high throughput model to evaluate the PDT efficiency.
A team led by Prof. WU Zhengyan from Institute of Intelligent Machines, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science recently introduced a high-efficiency Z-scheme photocatalyst to deal with contaminants in water.
Recently, a research team led by Prof. LIU Qingsong and LIU Jing from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), found that nintedanib, a triple angiokinase inhibitor of FGFR/VEGFR/PDGFR, could be used in the treatment of drug-resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs).