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…
Neurotex Ltd is a joint venture company, bringing together the expertise of Professor John Priestley, Head of Neuroscience at Queen Mary’s School of Medicine…
Trials of a new drug combination to treat tuberculosis could cut the length of time patients have to take their medicine by a third.Researchers at St George’s,…
With the help of a new screening method, all newborns can now be screened. Young children can develop complications due to MCAD deficiency if this is not…
While using garlic to treat children for various ailments appears to be generally safe, more research needs to be done on its specific effects, and garlic is…
A new class of computational methods has been developed to construct distributions of where such monitored organisms are most likely to be found in space and…
Biologists have discovered a new super-family of developmental proteins that are critical for cell growth and differentiation and whose further study is…
The first detailed report of the Raman spectroscopic studies of paint specimens from this artwork has been published (February 2007) in a paper by Professor…
The Scripps Research team, led by neuroscientists Manuel Sanchez-Alavez and Tamas Bartfai, discovered that mice genetically altered to lack a molecule known as…
The new findings, which are being published the week of February 12 in an online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offer…
A new study published in the February 2007 issue of the American Journal of Medical Genetics reveals that individuals with genetic conditions are twice as…
What caused the extinction of the mammoth while other ice age mammals like the musk ox just barely survived to present day. A new scientific methodological…
The technique, known as irreversible electroporation (IRE), was developed by a research team headed by Boris Rubinsky, currently on leave as professor of…
The number of infections caused by multiresistant bacteria and mycobacteria in Swedish hospitals has risen dramatically in recent years, giving rise to…
The simplified procedure is termed Cox-maze IV, and the surgeons believe it can replace the older “cut and sew” Cox-maze III in which ten precisely placed…
The study on pigs, the first large animal trial for the irreversible electroporation (IRE) technique, is described in the February issue of the journal…
Dr. Michael Gotthardt and his co-workers at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany, together with Professor Hendrikus…
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