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…
“We have sequenced and assembled the complete genome of Pichia stipitis, a native xylose-fermenting yeast,” says Thomas Jeffries, research microbiologist at…
Rather than close encounters of the intimate kind, humans most likely got the gorilla's lice from sleeping in their nests or eating the giant apes, said David…
The announcement comes after the appointment of Professor Giuseppe Giaccone, President of the TAT series’ Organizing Committee, as the new Chief of the Medical…
The highly pathogenic H5NI strains of avian flu which are transmitted from wild birds to domestic poultry are currently transmissible to humans only with great…
Drawing on data from 31,546 high-risk patients participating in two international trials, researchers found that even small increases in fasting glucose raised…
Their findings could someday lead to early detection and prevention of debilitating conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis.The new study from…
In humans, one cause of this malfunction is when a mutation in a gene called FOXP3 disables the immune cells’ ability to function. In a new study published…
The unexpected result, reported online in Nature Neuroscience, turned several lights on in researchers' heads. “This is daydreaming at this point, but we might…
“This is the first time holography has been used to study the effects of a drug on living tissue,” said David D. Nolte, the Purdue professor of physics who…
Humans and other mammals have two sorts of fatty tissue ¬- white and brown. The white fat tissue is what is usually regarded as 'fat,' the kind many people…
Some species of Rickettsia are known to cause harmful diseases in humans, such as epidemic typhus (R. prowazekii) and Rocky Mountain spotted fever (R….
The study was completed by researchers from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), the Department of Cell Biology of the University of…
The formation of misshaped proteins – a process suggested to be behind neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s – can affect an important…
In a new study published in PLoS Biology, Mindy Nelson, Kate Ihle, Gro Amdam, and colleagues reveal one possible path to community by showing that a single…
University of Iowa researchers and collaborators have identified new genetic mutations that likely cause the common form of cleft lip and palateThe results…
Pharmaceutical Sciences Prof. Kishor M. Wasan has created a liquid preparation that incorporates drug molecules in fat (lipid-based formulation) so that…
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