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…
Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology tested the cognitive effects of the growth factor, finding that it improved the sequential learning…
Efficient energy transport plays an important role in the development of optoelectonic materials. The true masters of energy transfer via a hierarchical…
Now an international group of scientists, led by the Centre for Plant Integrative Biology at The University of Nottingham, has shed light on how a plant…
John O'Bryan, assistant professor of pharmacology in the UIC College of Medicine, has been studying a protein called intersectin that he and his coworkers have…
Although different medical treatments have greatly improved the situation for patients with rheumatic diseases, much is still unknown regarding factors that…
These glycans play a critical role in cell adhesion in normal cells, and their decrease or loss leads to increased cell migration by invasive cancer cells and…
Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) may relieve symptoms in the treatment of endometriosis. A systematic review by Cochrane Researchers found some evidence that…
Medical mycologists in The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID) and the Department of Biology at The University of Texas at San Antonio…
This finding could alleviate one of the primary concerns about ECT – that it causes memory loss, said W. Vaughn McCall, M.D., M.S, professor and chairman of…
“Pelvic MRI at 3 Tesla is a noninvasive technique that allows a complete examination of the pelvis,” said the study's lead author, Nathalie Hottat, M.D., from…
The optical trap is the latest innovation from researchers at the Jack Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who are…
A similarity in brain disturbance between insects and people suffering from migraines, stroke and epilepsy points the way toward new drug therapies to address…
In a discovery that rebuffs conventional scientific thinking, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have discovered a novel way to block…
Common genetic variations spread across five genes raise a person's risk of developing the most frequent type of brain tumor, an international research team…
The zebrafish model has powerful advantages for studying embryonic development, said senior author Michael Tsang, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of…
The study, conducted with different patient populations at each institution, looked for genome-wide associations using individual patient data and information…
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