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 statistics about overweight children are alarming. Over the past 20 years, there has been an increased prevalence of overweight and at-risk-for overweight…
Their findings appear this week in PLoS Pathogens, a journal of the Public Library of Science. About half of the world’s population is infected with H. pylori,…
Snakes have been previously proposed as an ideal model system to study evolution, and results from a current UC Denver School of Medicine study published in…
Insight into this type of repair mechanism is essential as errors in this process can lead to the development of cancerous cells. Researchers from the Kavli…
Gravity plays a major role in our spatial orientation. Changes in gravitational forces, such as the transition to weightlessness during a space voyage,…
”By looking at biological events we have found differences that in future could be used as markers to make a more secure prognosis for women with ovarian…
The reproductive system of this insect will be a model to understand stem cells better and make progress in their future use to treat certain human…
Tracing biological collections, or biobanks, is crucial for genetic studies of all diseases, since using larger and larger collections is becoming the gold…
Speaking at an Institution of Chemical Engineers’ (IChemE) lecture, Professor Grant Campbell said that bubbles in bread are as important for making a good…
Indigineous to the mountainous regions of China and Russia, sea buckthorn has been shown to be rich in vitamin C, vitamin E, flavonoids and essential fatty…
If you try to teach a robot to walk, you will discover just how complex an activity it is. Walking robots have been around since the seventies. The applied…
“It appears that a simple creature like a beetle provides us with one of the technologically most sought-after structures for the next generation of…
The innovative use of an advanced microscopic technique that visualizes and quantifies how enzymes work in laundry detergents to better clean cotton fibers is…
The study appears this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Inflammation can be a blessing or a blight. It is a critical part of the body’s…
The researchers have succeeded in neatly lining up proteins on a surface. The process also allows patterns of various types of proteins to be created. The…
The results, published online on the Nature biotechnology (1) website, show that only a few genes are responsible for the fungus's enzymatic activity. They…
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