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…
For orthopaedic implants to be successful, bone must meld to the metal that these artificial hips, knees and shoulders are made of. A team of Brown University…
Since this new sensor allows water and air samples to be analyzed in the field, it is an improvement over classical techniques that require samples be carried…
The Paramecium bursaria chlorella virus infects a green alga called chlorella, transferring its DNA into host cells. Once inside the chlorella, the virus DNA…
Is the vortex in a stirred liquid swirling clockwise or counterclockwise? A zinc porphyrin dendrimer—a branched molecule with a central zinc atom—can answer…
Adding moxifloxacin to a standard combination of other antibiotics increased by 17 percent the number of patients who cleared active infections from their…
In a study scheduled for the Oct. 1, 2007 issue of ACS’ journal, Analytical Chemistry, Stanford University bioengineering professor and Howard Hughes Medical…
In work that could transform radically the ways in which many of these compounds are produced commercially, the UB researchers are genetically engineering…
These young mothers face many life challenges and they have an increased risk for becoming depressed. How might the behavior of these young mothers be related…
The Fourth Annual Meeting of the European Vascular Genomics Network (EVGN, www.evgn.org), Network of excellence on cardiovascular disease, opened yesterday,…
Two 12-week alternative therapy sessions were provided over the course of a year. 86 nurses participated in the study, with 39 taking part in both the summer…
Published in Lancet Neurology, the development of new guidelines was co-led by Dr. Howard Feldman, head of the Div. of Neurology in the University of British…
In a study that appears in the October issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine, they evaluate the usefulness of a scale that asks patients in primary…
An Emory-led team of scientists has discovered one important way in which chronic viral infections are able to evade the immune response. The research is…
Researchers from the University’s School of Health Professions & Rehabilitation Sciences and the School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS). have developed…
A paper published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine provides strong evidence that one specific part of the genome is associated with…
A few years later it was found that the mechanism is based on the degradation of messenger RNA in the cells. Finally, in the late nineties the Nobel…
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