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…
Building on his Nobel Prize-winning work creating fluorescent proteins that light up the inner workings of cells, a team of researchers led by Howard Hughes…
Retinal dystrophies result from inherited defects in nearly every step of the so-called “visual cycle,” a series of biochemical reactions known to occur in…
A software program created by an engineer at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM) can not only predict the types of specialized cells a stem cell will…
Scientists mapped five types of light receptors in the chicken's eye. They discovered the receptors were laid out in interwoven mosaics that maximized the…
Small migratory birds, like the garden warbler, must make stopovers on their journeys to their breeding grounds. When they have crossed extensive ecological…
“For amputees, what they experience when they're trying to walk normally is what I would experience if I were carrying an extra 30 pounds,” said Art Kuo,…
A study report supporting their conclusion, and believed to be one of the first analyses of the long-term safety and efficacy of the diet, appears online in…
“Although business enterprises in developed nations have begun to use electronic information systems to collect, manage and communicate information, low-income…
“This is the first concise state-of-the-art review of stereological methods for lung morphometry that formulates practical guidelines for the use of advanced…
However, a new study published this week (Feb. 15) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences comparing the ability of induced cells and embryonic…
Hazen’s laboratory is one of 10 funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2008 to accelerate the development of cellulosic…
“Cells communicate with each other by releasing chemical signals, like hormones,” explained Conn. “These chemical signals are detected and received by…
The findings, reported in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), come from collaborative research led by Cincinnati Children's…
The research is described in two complimentary papers, one published this week in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of…
Zhong-Yin Zhang, Ph.D., Robert A. Harris Professor and chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and his colleagues revealed the…
The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.”There is an urgent need for new drugs to combat malaria and bacterial diseases such…
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