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…
New research out of the University of Delaware (UD) indicates that patients who have undergone total knee arthroplasty (TKA) need to relearn the proper…
“[Children] living very close to a major road are likely to be exposed not only to a higher amount of traffic-derived particles and gases but also to a more…
In research published June 4 in the online journal PloS One, researchers say they've identified a molecular trick that may explain part of the bacteria's…
The use of the growth hormone in oral implantology has managed to regenerate the bone and hasten the integration between the bone base and the dental implant….
Here, researchers developed an automated technique of estimating quality based on fruit colour captured in JPEG format. This research has won the following…
This finding might someday allow a person’s own nerve stem cells to be grown outside the body, stimulated into maturity, and then re-implanted as working nerve…
Traditionally, glass micro- and nanofluidic devices are fabricated by etching tiny channels into a glass wafer with the same lithographic procedures used to…
Centromeric recombination has been hard to study because the DNA at centromeres is so repetitive—it's hard to see when a segment has switched chromatids. Jaco…
While levels of the so-called “hunger hormone” ghrelin are known to increase when a person doesn’t eat, findings by UT Southwestern scientists suggest that the…
This radiotherapy procedure involves the administration of higher daily doses of radiation but with a total dose equivalent to conventional ones. In this way…
After a close examination of crude oil made from pig manure, chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are certain about a number…
While the results may not rival the artistry of glassblowers in Europe and Latin America, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology…
The group from the Department of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio, led by Tariq Haqqi, showed that blood samples collected from…
This is reported by Dr. Daniel Peeper and his colleagues from the Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital (NKI-AVL) in the June 13 issue…
Published today The Pattern Recognition Theory of Humour by Alastair Clarke answers the centuries old question of what is humour. Clarke explains how and why…
The way this structure changes and responds to external signalling molecules within the cell determines how and when genes are expressed and also the…
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