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…
Kidney transplants are the best available therapy for end stage renal disease. Because of the shortage of deceased organ donors, living donor transplantation…
This so-called biochemical recurrence affects 30% to 40% of patients after surgery. One risk factor for recurrence, the presence of cancer potentially outside…
In particular, the study found * that female patients were less frequently treated with guideline-recommended medications (such as angiotensin-converting…
They have analysed the associations between fruit and vegetable intake and weight gain over a 10-year period in an adult Mediterranean populationDespite the…
Students in the Staffordshire-based university’s School of Pharmacy interact with the computer-generated characters to gain experience in effective…
The findings of this review – published today on the international research website The Cochrane Library – could help decrease the incidence of this disabling…
The new diagnostic device is effectively a miniature conventional laboratory inside a chip (Lab on a Chip). Moreover, it is highly specific, rapid, portable…
Today, the endangered New Zealand tuatara (Sphenodon) is a lizard-like reptile that is the only survivor of a group that was globally widespread at the time of…
“Our study shows that it takes a long time – upwards of 20 years – for a family who has lost its kin to rebuild,” said lead researcher Kathleen Gobush, Ph.D.,…
This result was published in Nature Genetics on January 18th 2009 by a research group led by CNRS senior researcher Philippe Froguel and Inserm researcher…
Published on January 16, 2009 in the journal Plos One, their work confirms that olfactory preferences are not solely determined by experience or culture, but…
Researchers discovered how some species that successfully invade large extensions of land have an unusual way of doing so: they cooperate with other colonies…
In the current issue of Journal of General Virology a team of scientists from Africa, USA and France report that within this common ancestry there are distinct…
European and Canadian researchers have, for the first time, drawn a map of genetic risk factors that can lead to two forms of severe obesity: early-onset…
The study, by Brunel University, the Universities of Exeter and Reading and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, shows for the first time how a group of…
Increased competition leads to both faster and larger sperms, and the research findings now being published in the scientific journal PNAS, Proceedings of the…
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