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…
Professor Peter Boyle, Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France, who prepared the report with IARC colleagues, warned…
Dr Peter Jones, a senior lecturer at the University’s School of Life Sciences, was involved with two research projects which have thrown new light on the best…
The Institute has launched nine courses aimed at equipping students, businesses, community-based health and social care professionals, carers and consumers…
This annual publication provides the only comprehensive listing of all AIDS vaccine clinical trial activity worldwide.Last year saw the start of the first AIDS…
According to a recent study overactive bladder is much less common among Finns than earlier research suggests.An article published in PLoS ONE on February 7th…
While scientists have long understood that certain chemicals like lead and mercury have adverse effects on the body, the precise molecular mechanism by which…
An often-used tool to diagnose very common and sometimes limb-threatening bone infections in persons with diabetes may not be as reliable as many once…
By tweaking these dual role regions, scientists could develop gene therapy techniques that produce proteins that are even better than those found in nature,…
The team found that when the male insect population drops – killed off by the bacteria – the female butterfly becomes more sexually rampant. Males on the other…
This green fluorescent protein (GFP) has allowed biologists to make many new discoveries regarding how living cells function. But one kingdom of…
The degeneration of brain cells that occurs in Parkinson's disease may be caused by either externally provoked cell death or internally initiated suicide when…
In a recent set of papers published in the journal Plant Physiology researchers describe the two genes – known as Nax1 and Nax2. The genes work by excluding…
But since early 2005, SEISOP (Space Environment Information System for Operations), a space-weather monitoring and forecasting tool under development at ESA's…
The research is based on similarities in the mechanism of DMD and another rare disease — Marfan syndrome — and the discovery that losartan is effective in…
In a multi-country study published in the March 2007 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers found that more prominent text messages…
Published in the print version of the European Heart Journal (EHJ) [1] today (Tuesday 6 February), the guidelines for valvular heart disease (VHD) highlight…
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