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 researchers compared the sequences of four different strains of C. burnetii, an intracellular bacterium that can cause acute and chronic Q fever in humans,…
The team, led by Brown professor Jeffrey Morgan, successfully used clusters of cells grown in a 3-D Petri dish also invented by the group, in order to build…
The study shows that those patients who complained of nightmares during the week following the suicide attempt were three times more likely to attempt to take…
Roughly one in five adults in northern Europe is believed to suffer from contact allergy to one or more chemicals. The most common is nickel allergy, but many…
Hollow gold nanospheres equipped with a targeting peptide find melanoma cells, penetrate them deeply, and then cook the tumor when bathed with near-infrared…
When a first hip replacement fails, patients may be concerned that their options for a durable hip replacement are limited and that the prognosis is poor….
Where did the problem start? Can it be contained? Is the sickness likely to spread?Iowa State University researchers have developed a technique for testing for…
Human adenovirus type-3 is known as the “uncommon cold” because the infection’s symptoms—runny nose, sore throat, cough and fever—are eerily similar to those…
That's the finding of a University of Delaware study published in the February issue of Arthritis Care & Research. The authors include Lynn Snyder-Mackler,…
“And here is the pollen forecast for tomorrow: Low levels of alder and hazel…” – we are all familiar with such reports from the radio and the television, but…
“Small lung nodules are much more difficult to successfully locate and remove than larger nodules,” said the study's lead author, John Mayo, M.D., professor of…
A research team at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has uncovered a vast new class of previously unrecognized…
University of Massachusetts Amherst biologists have discovered a secret of how cells organize chromosomes to prepare for dividing. Their unexpected finding is…
Parkinson's disease is a disabling and sometimes fatal disease that afflicts 1.5 million Americans, with about 60,000 new cases annually. Its major symptoms,…
A transcription factor known to drive the formation of fibroblasts during development also promotes their ability to invade and remodel surrounding tissues,…
Karin, Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology and Pathology and member of the Moores UCSD Cancer Center, and his team used genetic tools to demonstrate in…
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