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 laboratory study, which involved pumpkin plants, indicates a possible pathway for nanoparticles to enter the food chain. The research also reveals a new…
The investigators report that invasive species of macroalgae spread at 50 Km per decade, a distance far larger than that covered by invasive terrestrial…
The findings of a study funded by the National Environment Research Council and led by Dr Louise Allcock at Queen’s School of Biological Sciences and…
This completely unexpected discovery will deepen our understanding of these lost marine species as well as providing precious data about the coastal…
There may be less than 20,000 rhinoceros in the world, with one species perhaps already extinct and another with possibly only four animals remaining in the…
During her doctoral degree studies she became President of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease as the first African and the first…
Protection of the knee for disabled people with prostheses may be one of the first applications. The work is part of a macroproject coordinated by the…
The REDUCE (Reduction by DUtasteride of prostate Cancer Events) trial is a 4-year, phase-III placebo-controlled study that evaluates whether the drug…
In other words, although many patients with anxiety disorders have orally reported very intense physiological symptoms in surveys and questionaires, they are…
The study, published online in Europe’s leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction today (Thursday 13 November), looked at real and placebo…
The University of Nottingham has received £15,000 from the charity Breast Cancer Campaign to fill in one of the research gaps identified by the country’s top…
The research report appears in the journals Veterinary Dermatology and Journal of Heredity. The report details the genetic alteration in this breed which…
Proteins play a decisive role in both the tolerability of contact lenses and the adherence of mussels to the hulls of ships. They develop a biofilm during…
Due to the increasing demands of industrial, municipal and agricultural consumption on dwindling water supplies, botanists are increasingly engaged in efforts…
They turned out to be steelworkers, running their steel mill in the nanoworld – the chemists around Prof. Dr. Roland A. Fischer (faculty of chemistry of RUB)….
Researchers at Cornell University recently made a major breakthrough when they invented a method to test and demonstrate a long-held hypothesis that some very,…
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