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…
For patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, the only route to full recovery without daily injections of insulin is by transplantation of pancreatic…
Yuji SugitaTeam LeaderBiomolecular Dynamics Simulation Research TeamAssociate Chief ScientistTheoretical Biochemistry LaboratoryRIKEN Advanced Science Institute
The researchers are the first to reproduce a specific component of this natural process in a test tube – an essential step to fully understanding how these…
But what if it doesn't have to be that way?In a presentation at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's annual meeting, titled “Driving…
Tonge will present these results at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's annual meeting in a talk titled “Slow Onset Inhibitors of…
The end portions of chromosomes, telomeres, are important in protecting the genes inside. Every time a cell divides, these telomeres become shorter. After…
Discovered in 1976, cryptosporidium lurks worldwide in water, contaminating swimming pools, water parks, and drinking water supplies. Although it has even been…
Scientists may be one step closer to being able to generate any type of cells and tissues from a patient's own cells. In a study that will appear in the…
Neuroscience researchers have zeroed in on a novel mechanism that helps control the firing of electrical signals among neurons. By isolating the molecular and…
Knocking genes out of action allows researchers to learn what genes do by seeing what goes wrong without them. University of Utah biologists pioneered the…
Rationing Funds, Risking Lives: World Backtracks on HIV Treatment, the new report from the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC), documents…
Breast cancer occurs more frequently in certain ethnic and racial groups, but the reasons behind these differences are not fully understood. To investigate the…
“Brains are often compared to computers, but apart from the trivial fact that both process information using a complex pattern of connections in a physical…
This discovery has broad implications in a wide range of fields, including medical gene therapy and bioengineering of crop plants. The discovery could be…
University of Michigan professors are working to understand and improve this procedure in an effort to speed up development of affordable biofuels that could…
Deleting a gene in mouse embryos caused cardiac defects and early death, leading researchers to identify a mechanism that turns developmental genes off and on…
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