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…
However, it is a matter of life and death for caterpillars of large blue butterflies that dupe ant workers into believing them to be one of the ant’s own…
Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UC San DiegoAn unexpected discovery in marine biomedical laboratories at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San…
Backed by a government intent on promoting innovation and fuelled by the “brain gain” of talented scientists and entrepreneurs returning from abroad, China’s…
“Evolution has many ways to accomplish the same end result, which in the case of cave fish is blindness,” said NYU Biology Professor Richard Borowsky, the…
The United States places last among 19 countries when it comes to deaths that could have been prevented by access to timely and effective health care,…
Following validation by a number of independent groups worldwide, in studies involving more than 8,000 patients, the American Society of Clinical Oncology has…
Rather than focusing on how an individual factor is related to health, the study calculates the combined impact of these four simply-defined forms of…
Many people who are guilty of this type of abuse go free due to a lack of evidence; others are wrongly suspected of a crime that they did not commit….
New research tracking the number of cases of childhood eczema across the globe has revealed big changes in the prevalence of the condition over the last five…
The researchers found that a virus's ability to infect humans depends on whether it can bind to one specific shape of receptor on the surface of human…
Oxygen is necessary to life. Humans and animals use oxygen to convert fats and sugars into the energy that keeps all life processes running and maintains the…
By studying the three-dimensional version of the fungus protein bound to an RNA molecule, scientists from Purdue University and the University of Texas at…
Previous studies by Bruce Bochner and his colleagues at the Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center had zeroed in on the protein, Siglec-8, as an important…
An important contributor to the demise of the dinosaurs, experts say, could have been the rise and evolution of insects, especially the slow-but-overwhelming…
Even small mistakes made by cells during protein production can have profound disease effects, but the processes cells use to correct mistakes have been…
Researchers at the Biodesign Institute are using the tiniest organisms on the planet 'bacteria' as a viable option to make electricity. In a new study featured…
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