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…
A patient with DVT is typically treated with anticoagulants (blood thinners) however researchers have found that image-guided interventional radiology…
The white blood cells are called regulatory T cells, or Tregs for short, and their best known function is to keep the body's immune system from attacking its…
University of Utah medical researchers have identified a gene with mutations that cause febrile seizures and contribute to a severe form of epilepsy known as…
That discovery is groundbreaking, but so, too, is what principal investigator Hong-Guo Yu calls the "genetics trick" performed by his research team that made the discovery possible. The study shines new light on the protein Pds5, its crucial regulatory role during meiosis, and the impact of its absence on the molecular-level genesis of human chromosomal birth defects that include Down, Edwards, Patau, Turner, Klinefelter's and XYY syndromes. The findings, which are described in a paper featured in the Journal of…
Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI),…
The idea that horns and antlers evolved in male animals for fighting over mates and territories is well established, but until now no study has been able to…
Through the ramification of its fiber-like axon, a single neuron can send branches and thus transmit information into several target areas at the same time. In…
The study, which will be published in the next issue of the scientific journal FASEB Journal, is based on the extensive population study of women in Gothenburg…
The researchers refer to these microRNA collections as signatures, and their study results are reported in the September 15 issue of “Genes & Development.’’…
Although insulin responses were known to follow daily rhythms, the finding that components of the insulin-control system can reset the body's clock surprised…
While scientists have known for several years that our body's internal clock helps regulate many biological processes, researchers have found that the reverse…
A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla have developed…
Researchers are one step closer to creating a micro-aircraft that flies with the manoeuvrability and energy efficiency of an insect after decoding the…
German researchers from the Institutes for General Practice in Frankfurt / Main and Jena have achieved positive results from a sustainable intervention in the…
In a 24-hour period, each participating group connected over the Internet and controlled robots at different locations. The tests demonstrated how a wide…
In subzero sediments off the island of Spitsbergen, scientists from the German Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology have detected high numbers of…
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