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…
The Medical Plus device, manufactured by Airnergy AG, Hennef in Germany, has been approved as a medical device. The device is used to supplement respiratory…
But Martin Giurfa from the Université de Toulouse, France, suspected that that the bees weren't learning to recognise people. 'Because the insects were…
The findings, by a group led by Andrew M. Lowy, MD, professor of surgery and chief of surgical oncology at the UCSD School of Medicine and the Moores UCSD…
Scientists have identified a molecule that defines which cells are destined to become memory T cells just a few days after a viral infection begins. The…
Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) developed the vaccine because there is no vaccine or treatment for chikungunya…
Ultraviolet (UV) light damages skin by causing chemical bonds to form in the wrong places along the DNA molecules in our cells. Normally, other, even smaller…
They grow neurons on a microchip and check for substances that inhibit the formation of a network between the cells.Scientists from the “Leibniz-Institut für…
On more than one occasion we will have heard that the genome is the library where all the information of each organism is stored. This information is organised…
Malaria causes more than two million deaths each year, but an expert multinational team battling the global spread of drug-resistant parasites has made a…
In the latest study out of Rochester, published recently in the journal Blood, researchers demonstrated that they are very close to understanding every step in…
Ear infections are one of the most common illnesses among children, with annual direct and indirect costs of $3 billion to $5 billion in the United States. “We…
Estimates are that some 10 percent of people over the age of 65 will develop Alzheimer's disease, the scourge that robs people of their memories and,…
“Our study is one of the first to examine the mechanisms underlying behavioral change with AA and to find that AA attendance alleviates depression symptoms,”…
The onset of schizophrenia is not easy to predict. Although it is associated with as many as 14 genes in the human genome, the prior presence of schizophrenia…
“For the first time, we have demonstrated an efficient way to transfer DNA into cells without using a virus, currently the most common means of DNA delivery….
Growing at a rate of around 2 to 3 nanometers per second, or about 50 times faster than animal nerve cells, pollen tube tips are believed to travel near the…
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