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…
Researchers found a higher prevalence of the influence of so-called positive selection on genes or gene regions known to be associated with the disorder than a…
Using an imaging technique, originally developed at the MRC Human Genetics Unit, called optical projection tomography (OPT) they have generated startling 3D…
Dr. Potashkin, Associate Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, is an expert in gene expression. She commented,…
Drs Joe Casey and Yves Sauvé found evidence for blindness associated with a gene involved in retinal pH regulation. Their characterization of a mouse model…
Studying Arabidopsis thaliana, sometimes called thale cress, the researchers identified a phenotype that, when paired together from a male and female, produced…
Most hormones and cytokines have a short life and therefore require frequent injections as therapy. However, the new technology developed by the…
Speaker Michelle Hares, of the University of Exeter, studies insect-killing nematode worms which have symbiotic bacteria living in their guts. When the worm…
Scientists from the UK’s Veterinary Laboratories Agency in Weybridge, Surrey have shown that probiotics – the good bacteria taken by millions of people…
For the first time doctors and veterinarians will be able to test clinical samples from their patients for the presence of the genes for antibiotic resistance…
Economic losses inside the European Union caused by the red poultry mite are now running at roughly €130 million or nearly £90 million every year. The mite…
Verrelli and his ASU team have performed the first sweeping study of color vision in the aye-aye (pronounced “eye-eye”), a bushy-tailed, Madagascar native…
DNA is one of the most popular building blocks of nanotechnology and is commonly used to construct ordered nanoscale structures with controlled architectures….
BioMed Central, the world’s largest publisher of peer-reviewed, open access research journals, is pleased to announce that Microsoft Research has agreed to be…
Bioethanol is produced by a variety of micro-organisms under anaerobic conditions, i.e. in the absence of oxygen. For biotechnical methods of fuel production…
Headed by Dr. Larry Lands, Director of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine at Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre, the multi-centre…
Scientists at Lund University in Sweden have found a gene that appears to lie behind many of the most severe urinary tract infections. The study is published…
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