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…
University of Utah scientists designed a “molecular condom” women could use daily to prevent AIDS by vaginally inserting a liquid that would turn into a…
Under the project name “Boost Biosystems”, a ScanBalt BioRegion consortium creates the basis for an intensive integration of researchers and small enterprises…
EMBO Installation Grants are financed entirely by the EMBC Member States hosting the grantees. Each scientist will receive 50,000 euro annually for three to…
How does an organism know when it must produce a protein and in what amount? Clever control mechanisms are responsible for the regulation of protein…
Salmonella food poisoning costs the UK economy around £1 billion every year and severe cases can become life threatening for the young and the elderly. The…
Tasked with exploring the molecular basis of drug-side effects, InnoMed PredTox is an ambitious project involving leading European pharmaceutical companies,…
The results, reported in the latest issue of the journal Science, mark the first time scientists have been able to employ a functional nanotechnology device…
The team’s leader, Erik Knudsen, PhD, says the findings could help physicians more accurately predict which tumors will respond to anti-estrogen therapy and…
UCF Professor Cristina Calestani was part of the Sea Urchin Genome Sequencing Group, which recently completed sequencing of the sea urchin genome and published…
For years, biologists have pigeonholed archaea as extremophiles-creatures that live in extreme conditions. Indeed, many species of archaea thrive in…
A large study of Australian women, published today in the open access journal International Breastfeeding Journal (www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com),…
African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness affects many tens of thousands of people each year in sub-Saharan Africa and is a serious disease for which there…
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt announced last week (8 December) the creation of eleven Biomedical Research Centres (BRC) and awarded BRC status to the two…
According to the official statistics, approximately 1200 persons are domestically infected with Campylobacter each year, but the true number is probably much…
The treatment approach, which involves combining an antibody with radiation, has since been further developed and is expected to enter early-stage human…
It looks, contracts and responds almost like natural heart muscle – even though it was grown in the lab. And it brings scientists another step closer to the…
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