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 non-randomised phase II trial, published in the online journal ecancermedicalscience, investigated the combination of thalidomide and temozolomide. It is…
The gene was localized using cutting edge technologies for examining the whole human genome at the Helmholtz Zentrum München.The newly discovered FCER1A gene…
A new journal, SMARTT (Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy and Technology) has been established to facilitate the rapid transmission of…
Jia-Hai Lu, from the School of Public Health at Sun Yat-Sen University, China, led a team of researchers who studied the rabies trend in China between 1990 and…
The social and cultural background of the Iceman, dubbed Oetzi, has been the subject of much debate since his mummified remains were discovered in an Alpine…
By means of the mirror and mark test that is often used with human children and apes the authors show that Magpies take their mirror image for a reflection of…
The burbot is the only freshwater member of the Gadidae (cod family) and was relatively common in this country until the latter part of the 20th century. The…
By stopping the production of a specific enzyme, ICMT, researchers were able to alleviate disease symptoms in mice with blood cancer.In many forms of cancer,…
In its standard structure in the average red tomato, the lycopene molecule is laid out in a linear configuration. That structure seems to hinder the molecule’s…
Umit Ozkan, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Ohio State University, said that the new catalyst is much less expensive than others being…
The new report, published this week by Developmental Cell and selected as the featured publication of the open-access online edition, describes how three…
According to Dolores Malaspina from NYU School of Medicine and lead author of the study, “The stresses in question are those that would be experienced in a…
For the first time the methodological possibilities are available to map the entire spectrum of lipids in cells, tissues and whole organisms. Europe has so far…
The research, published online in the journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, shows that clinically obese people (those who have a body mass index (BMI) of…
The current revolution in lipid analysis, however, promises change. For the first time the methodological possibilities are available to map the entire…
In the framework of Holst Centre, IMEC – Europe’s leading independent nanoelectronics research institute – has broadened the functionality and scope of its…
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