New study reveals how human astroviruses bind to humans cells and paves the way for new therapies and vaccines Human astroviruses are a leading viral cause of the stomach bug—think vomiting, diarrhea, and fever. It often impacts young children and older adults, leading to vicious cycles of sickness and malnutrition, particularly for those in low and middle income countries. It’s very commonly found in wastewater studies, meaning it’s frequently circulating in communities. As of now, there are no vaccines for…
University of Utah mathematicians developed a set of calculus equations to make it easier for doctors to save Tylenol overdose patients by quickly estimating…
In a study published in Nature Medicine, Loyola researchers report on a promising new technique that potentially could turn immune system killer T cells into…
“Serious behavioral problems interfere with everyday living for children and their families,” said senior author on the study Lawrence Scahill, professor at…
The study was published electronically in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (February 21, 2012).Whooley and her research team evaluated 965 heart disease…
Until now it has been much harder to operate the monitors because surgical team members are not allowed to touch any objects other than surgical instruments,…
Would you be able to find an automated external defibrillator if someone’s life depended on it? Despite an estimated one million AEDs scattered around the…
Now Georgia Health Sciences University researchers report that an enzyme known to help keep a woman's immune system from attacking a fetus also helps block…
Yet this knowledge could be “a matter of life and death,” says University of Vermont biologist Bryan Ballif.While blood transfusion problems due to Langereis…
University of Illinois at Chicago biologist Thomas Park and colleagues at UIC and the University of Texas Heath Science Center at San Antonio think the…
Only 10 years ago, deciphering the genetic information from one individual in a matter of weeks to find a certain disease-causing genetic mutation would have…
H5N1 influenza has been at the center of heated discussions in science and policy circles since the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity…
The findings, which appear in the current issue of the journal Science, provide new insights into nerve cell communication in the brain that could also play a…
“From an early age, I was fascinated by what I could smell and how I reacted to it and by how flavor works and things like that,” said John G.Hildebrand, a…
The data comes from an international Phase II study of Zelboraf that included 132 patients followed for at least one year. Patients with this advanced form of…
The street drug commonly referred to as “bath salts” is one of a growing list of synthetic and unevenly regulated narcotics that are found across the United…
How much calcium could a hibernating woodchuck's heart cells sequester, if a hibernating woodchuck's heart cells could sequester calcium? More than enough, it…
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