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…
Presently there is no malaria vaccine available, and these new findings support the development of a vaccine against the blood-stage of malaria. Malaria is an…
Ethylene (ethene, CH2=CH2) is a primary feedstock for chemical industry, and particularly for the production of plastics like polyethylene and polystyrene….
A major international study with leadership from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has identified 10 new gene variants associated with blood…
In two major studies published in Nature Genetics today, researchers use biological understanding to dissect the genetics of diabetes. An international team…
In a literature study the ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law summarised the negative effects of obesity, smoking and drinking on the natural reproductive…
Biophysicists at TUM, the Technische Universitaet Muenchen, have published the results of single-molecule experiments that bring a higher-resolution tool to…
A large international research group led by Dr. Tarik Möröy, a researcher at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), has discovered that a…
For more than a century, biologists have marveled at the highly cooperative nature of ants, bees and other social insects that work together to determine the…
These mental lapses, also called cognitive fluctuations, are common in a type of dementia called dementia with Lewy bodies, but researchers previously did not…
And if you do, is it necessarily an emergency that demands immediate surgery?Yes and no, according to a new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center surgeons…
Cognitive fluctuations include excessive daytime sleepiness, staring into space and disorganized or illogical thinking.”If you have these lapses, they don't by…
Researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School have built targeted nanoparticles that can cling to artery walls and slowly release medicine, an advance that…
Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care investigated the effects of including fish oil in the normal nutrient solution for…
A new treatment developed and tested by University of Oklahoma researchers not only killed large cancer tumors, but reduced the need for mastectomies by almost…
“These data show that, for every 3.5 to 4.7 patients treated in this manner, one incident of delirium will be prevented,” says Frederick Sieber, M.D., primary…
Their findings, which may lead to new therapies and improved diagnostics for retinal disease, will appear online in advance of publication in the journal…
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