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 research, published recently in BioMed Central’s open access journal Genome Biology, describes how cancers can be divided into three groups distinguished…
One of its lead developers, Rafael V. Davalos, a faculty member of the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (SBES), received a $240,000 grant from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation and $25,000 from the Wake Forest Comprehensive Cancer Center. Davalos' grant from Coulter is an Early Career Translational Research Award in Biomedical Engineering. This early career awards program provides funding for assistant professors in established biomedical engineering departments within North America. The award seeks to support…
In a new study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, scientists have discovered L….
According to a Duke University engineer, both are optimized for flow. In the case of trees, the flow is of water from the ground throughout the trunk, branches…
Their findings were published in the international science journal Zootaxa.The newly found olive-backed forest robin (Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus) was named by…
The findings shed light on the processes that lead to the development of autoimmunity and could also have implications for the development of drugs to increase…
When bumblebees return to the nest from a successful foraging mission, they produce a pheromone which encourages their nest mates to also go out and find food….
U.S. and Swiss scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how a type of white blood cell called the eosinophil may help the body to fight bacterial…
Over the long term, this research offers possibilities to protect bacteria used in industrial processes against viral infections by giving them a 'flu…
Earlier research has shown that these cells become more excitable when a person takes drugs. To find out the functional meaning of this, these researchers used…
But preventing white blood cells' circulation by trapping them in the lymph nodes can help mice get rid of a chronic viral infection, researchers at Yerkes…
One in five European workers are involved in some form of shift work. Health problems associated with shift work include sleep disturbances, fatigue, digestive…
Researchers: Fatimah Md Yusoff, M. Shariff, Suhaila Mohamed, Hazel Matias- Peralta and P. KuppanA novel Algal Booster Kit consisting of nutrient-rich…
Clinical analysis of blood samples from almost 3,000 infants born in north Cumbria, England, showed that at least 1 in 200 individuals in the general public…
A plant creates fruit in order to entice animals to eat and disperse its seeds, so it doesn't make sense for that fruit to be painfully hot, said University of…
A new study published in the online open access journal BMC Neuroscience, shows that, in monkeys, the region involved in hearing can directly improve…
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