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, these same compounds may indeed benefit human health, but for reasons that are quite different – the body sees them as foreign compounds, researchers…
Over the past several years, Joslin Investigator Mary R. Loeken, Ph.D., and her colleagues at Joslin Diabetes Center have unlocked several mysteries behind…
A research team from Michigan State University and Saginaw Valley State University measured the BMI of more than 400 college students – some of whom were…
Every medical and biological textbook says that nerves function by sending electrical impulses along their length. “But for us as physicists, this cannot be…
Speaking at the British Endocrine Societies meeting in Birmingham, Dr Chantal Mathieu (University of Leuven, Belgium) said that research had shown that low…
Researchers in Denmark studied 47,835 Danish couples between 1996 and 2002 and found that if both partners were obese the chances of the couple having to wait…
The centre is a result of a partnership between a group of academic and medical institutions committed to translating research into patient care. These are…
The report, published in the January/March volume, cites several studies, case reports and historical examples related to photosensitive epilepsy, suggesting…
Stem cells have the extraordinary capacity to divide producing two very distinct cells: one retains stem cell identity and continues to undergo asymmetric…
Kisspeptin is a hormone coded by the KiSS-1 gene. This gene was discovered in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and researchers decided to name it after the town’s most…
Estimates of numbers vary, but most experts agree that around 1 woman in 13 in the UK will have thyroid disease, with the figure increasing for older women….
In concrete, the Biotechnology Laboratory team at the University Hospital (University of Navarra), in close collaboration with the Pharmacogenomics laboratory…
This work, published March 6, 2007 in the journal Developmental Cell, sheds new light on the mechanism by which insulin-producing beta cells are generated in…
At sea level, the strong C-F bond makes fluorocarbons thermally and chemically stable. As a result, fluorocarbons have been used in many commercial…
On the road to making biofuels more economically competitive with fossil fuels, there are significant potholes to negotiate. For cellulosic ethanol production,…
Researchers at The University of Arizona College of Medicine’s Department of Immunobiology have discovered that the agent that causes tuberculosis (TB),…
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