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…
A paper describing their findings appears this month in Angewandte Chemie.The TAT protein transduction domain of the HIV virus has some remarkable properties….
Botulinum toxin (“botox”) is a very powerful and often fatal poison produced by a rare type of food poisoning bacteria. The toxin blocks the activity of…
“What we are finding is that about 60% of people, one year after severe infection with West Nile, still report symptoms,” says Kristy Murray of the University…
However, this sophisticated technology can also be used maliciously, raising the threat of engineered pathogens. New research published in the online open…
In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences researchers have found evidence which suggests that evolution drives animals to…
One particular important class of white blood cells are the so-called T lymphocytes. These cells originate in the bone marrow and mature in the thymus, hence…
Measurements of the blood oxygen level therefore present a similar picture to patients suffering from an inherited cardiac defect. After examining two…
In a major advance patients and their families across Europe can now check out on-line the credentials of laboratories offering genetic tests. Over the last…
The study, published March 14th in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, suggests that these subgroups could represent distinct prion strains in what is the…
Tiny wonders of the aquarium world, zebrafish can regenerate organs and tissues, including hearts, eye parts and fins. When a fin is lost, the fish regenerates…
Success in the laboratory suggests that a new compound can point the way to preventing active tuberculosis in people infected with the latent form of the…
The study will appear in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This hypothesis derived from multi-network analysis of…
RA is a major risk factor for these cardiovascular diseases, but a gluten-free vegan diet was shown to lower cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and…
The International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) and the Allen Institute for Brain Science announced today that the INCF will contribute…
The project – the European Drug Initiative for Channels and Transporters (EDICT) – will target about 80 proteins, which play an important role in human…
PTSD is associated with several abnormalities in brain structure and function. However, as researcher Roger Pitman explains, “Although it is tempting to…
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