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…
Now, with the help of a squid that uses a luminescent bacterium to create a predator-fooling light organ and a fish that uses a different strain of the same…
They believe the finding could have implications for conditions such as stroke, heart attack and cancer. Sensitivity to low oxygen helps determine how damaging…
But the same new research that infers this also suggests that the use of commonly prescribed blood pressure medicines might slow the development of those…
The technique, which is based on the density of cells seen on a microscope slide, may eventually lead to better ways for surgeons to determine if they have…
Published online in Human Reproduction, Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal, the study found that women who had higher levels of perfluorooctanoate…
He used it to solve the structure of a newly synthesized form of pure boron that displays some unusual physical properties and brings a surprise: it is…
A computational model developed by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies now suggests that newborn brain cells—generated by the thousands…
Anyone who has ever battled a stuck zipper knows it's a good idea to see what's stuck, where and how badly — and then to pull hard.A Cornell research team's…
During its career, the potentially fatal hepatitis C virus has banked its success on a rather unusual strategy: its limitations.Its inability to infect animals…
More than half of all human proteins, as well as many important pharmaceutical agents, are glycoproteins, which means that they contain sugar components. In…
In the study, published online Jan. 8 in Science Express, researchers reported that Stat3, a protein previously known to control the activity of genes by…
A collaboration between a team of scientists in Cambridge and Oxford, UK and Sydney, Australia has identified an increase in the chemical serotonin in specific…
According to the study, published in the new issue of the British Ecological Society's journal Functional Ecology, climate change and evolutionary change could…
The study published online in Europe’s leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction [1] today (Thursday 29 January) found that women who had higher…
Research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Critical Care links the TT genotype of the IL-18 9545 T/G polymorphism with a larger…
Ordinary cells have the ability to replace lost organs in plants—a function previously thought to be limited to stem cells—researchers at New York University's…
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