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…
With people, on the other hand, disturbances to their biological clocks by drastic changes in their daily schedules are known to cause problems — for example…
A research team at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel has detected a genetic mutation resulting in a…
“Infection during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of damage to the developing nervous system. Given that many agents have been implicated, we…
When it comes to gambling, many people rely on game theory, a branch of applied mathematics that attempts to measure the choices of others to inform their own…
A University of Missouri researcher believes his latest work moves scientists closer to a cure for cystic fibrosis, one of the world’s most common fatal…
The report says that claims that these services are leading to a new era of ‘personalised healthcare’ are overstated and should be treated with caution. The…
The study results, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, were based on data from the Black Women's Health Study (BWHS), a large follow-up study of…
The study by Christopher Hopwood and colleagues calls for a more scientific and practical method of categorizing personality disorders – a proposal that…
Based on material’s properties of (cancer) cells the physicist Prof. Dr. Josef A. Käs as well as the medical scientist Prof. Dr. Dr. Michael Höckel came to the…
Using a relatively new methodology called comparative population genomics, these scientists compare the entire genomes of different populations of the same…
Bees are important pollinators of crops as well as the plants in our gardens. The John Innes Centre, an institute of the BBSRC, is committed to research that…
Some bacteria grow electrical hair that lets them link up in big biological circuits, according to a University of Southern California biophysicist and his…
Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University, McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La., and the University of Konstanz in Germany report their…
Drinking water is a vital prerequisite for all life on earth and is therefore probably our most important resource. However, this resource is also becoming…
The function of its packaging proteins, the histones, was believed to be exclusively structural. Additional genetic information can be stored, however, and…
At a press conference held in Brussels today, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), the Belgian Bone Club and the European Parliament Osteoporosis…
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