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 study, led by the Barcelona Hospital Clinic, will be shortly published in the New England Journal of Medicine.This was one of the conclusions of a…
The product, sold commercially as FIT Fruit and Vegetable Wash, not only proved much more effective than the commonly used chlorine dioxide but is made from…
Scientists at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research have, for the first time, genetically programmed embryonic stem (ES) cells to become nerve cells when…
The gene products, known as tRNAs, assemble amino acids for the production of proteins within mitochondria. If the mitochondrial tRNA genes are defective or…
However, Weibel's efforts to uncover the molecular choreography within the cell that governs their physical, chemical and physiological attributes – including…
It has long been known that the first backboned land animals or “tetrapods” – the ancestors of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including ourselves -…
AA amyloidosis is a potential complication of chronic inflammation or infection, for example, rheumatoid arthritis and tuberculosis, and is characterised by…
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that epigenetic marks on DNA-chemical marks other than the DNA sequence-do indeed change over a person's lifetime, and…
Reporting online Tuesday, June 24, 2008 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Scott Waldman, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of Pharmacology and…
Rutgers researcher Karl Herrup and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University have discovered that a protein that suppresses cell division in brain cells…
The most common type of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia occurs when blood flow to the brain is impaired. The study examined 173 people…
Instead of simply interpreting brain signals and routing them to a robotic hand or leg, this type of brain-machine interface would adapt to a person's behavior…
Along with certain risk factors, including age or recent fall, radiation-free ultrasound of the heel may be used to better select women who need further bone…
In Alzheimer's disease, nerve cell death and tissue loss cause all areas of the brain, especially the hippocampus region, to shrink. MRI with high spatial…
The new “lab-on-a-chip” can automatically position, image, determine the phenotype of and sort small animals, such as the worm Caenorhabditis elegans that is…
The method, detailed in the current issue of Nature Nanotechnology, uses scanning near-field ultrasonic holography to clearly see nanoparticles residing within…
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