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…
Lalit Dandona and colleagues from the Administrative Staff College of India collaborated with colleagues from the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences in…
What does Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Mean For People?Cystic Fibrosis is the UK’s most common life-threatening inherited disease. It is caused by a defective gene…
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), St George’s University of London and St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust are pleased to announce the signing of a collaboration…
In her thesis, Women’s health after childbirth, postgraduate student and midwife Erica Schytt takes an all-inclusive approach to the question of how childbirth…
Caries, or tooth decay, both in connection with fillings in adult individuals and in the form of new cavities among the aging population of Sweden, is a…
The responsible genes have so far remained elusive, but one of the research teams that had been on a pancreatic cancer gene hunt for years now reports success:…
Recent CASCADE research has shown that lignans affect the estrogen signalling system. Earlier results by several research groups have shown that lignans delay…
The research may lead to a greater understanding of the development of the nervous system and the processes that control nerve cell regeneration following…
Enzymologist Alan Berry and chemist Adam Nelson used ‘directed evolution’ to adapt a natural enzyme to make analogues of the anti-flu drug, Relenza™. The…
The collaboration between VIB and AlgoNomics has yielded a biological test that supplements the current computer simulations. The additional data enable a more…
The assay is currently in the final stages of validation at Lab 21’s advanced testing laboratory based at its Cambridge facility and will be available to all…
The Ebola virus has killed some 1,300 people in Central Africa over the last 30 years. In most of these cases where it has been possible to trace the source of…
Danforth and George Poinar of Oregon State University found the bee embedded in amber from a mine in northern Myanmar (Burma). A report on this major fossil…
Now, Cornell researchers have made the first identification of a pair of genes in any species that are responsible for problems unique to hybrids….
An international research team announced today the completion of a genome-wide map that charts the genetic variability of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium…
An ongoing study, the European Youth Heart Study is examining the nature, strength, and interactions between personal, environmental, and lifestyle influences…
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