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…
That is reason enough to be concerned with optimising the scent of our garments. Whether the assessment is negative or positive, making scientifically-based…
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have devised a way they might deliver the right therapy directly to tumors using special molecules, called…
The investigators created a large panel of novel mouse GAT1 transporters tagged with cyan or yellow fluorescent proteins (CFP and YFP) and optimized their…
The study, conducted by Biology PhD candidate Katie Marshall and supervisor Brent Sinclair, has been published online today by the prestigious journal,…
A new research report published in the December 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal could one day give men similar type of control over their fertility that…
If you ever thought the stress of seeing your extended family over the holidays was slowly killing you—bad news: a new research report in the December 2009…
Two so-called invasion proteins are crucial for infection. Each binds a specific receptor on the surface of human cells, which stimulates the host cell to take…
Dr. Bernard Thébaud lives in two very different worlds. As a specialist in the Stollery Children's Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Royal…
Radon concentration is expressed as the amount of radiation that would be emitted by radon and its decay products in a liter of air; thus the units are…
Differences in elective joint surgeries between white individuals and minorities in both rural and urban areas were observed, but were less pronounced in rural…
The research, which analyzed 90,000 HIV patient hospital visits over the course of one year, found that few of the patients had health care through their…
“It is the responsibility of all physicians who work with ionizing radiation to ensure that the dosage is as low as reasonably achievable without compromising…
What are the bare essentials of life, the indispensable ingredients required to produce a cell that can survive on its own? Can we describe the molecular…
The main risk factors for type 2 diabetes are obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. The biomedical community has known for many years that substances produced by…
One element links the disparate areas of research: amyloids, which are fibrous, sticky protein aggregates. Some infectious bacteria use amyloids to attach to…
These “regulated errors” comprise a novel non-genetic mechanism by which cells can rapidly make important proteins more resistant to attack when stressed, said…
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