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…
In a paper published in this week's early online edition of the journal Nature, the scientists report that one of three proteins needed to form these light…
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have discovered a unique evolutionary link between the most primitive innate form…
Published in the Oct. 9 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, the early laboratory findings may lead to a new approach in treating Alzheimer's disease…
Clemson University chemist Ya-Ping Sun and his research team have developed such a countermeasure strategy to weaponized anthrax, a biological agent used by a…
Yet the graceful, sinuous profile of the DNA double helix is the result of random chemical reactions in a simmering, primordial stew. Just how nature arrived…
The report published on the 5th October contains information on drug-related deaths for the year 2005 reported by Coroners in England & Wales and the Islands…
“The drive to eat is massively stimulated by the start of eating,” said Gareth Leng of the University of Edinburgh, who co-led the new study with Louise…
Many men with prostate cancer have their prostate glands removed, but only a proportion of these men will later develop life-threatening metastatic disease –…
This has been a vexed question for more than 30 years. Most psychologists tended to support the retrieval-deficit explanation, while neuroscientists interested…
“The levels were above the threshold for what's considered unhealthy for sensitive groups — people like children and the elderly — as determined by the…
Monitoring troop movements could be made much easier with the introduction of a luminous chemical which works like a gigantic magic marker. German chemical…
Dr Adele Murrell has been awarded a grant from AICR (the Association for International Cancer Research) to study the strange behaviour of a gene called IGF2.She explains: “We know that if this gene is over-active in the embryo, it results in overgrowth and can cause a rare but distressing syndrome that can lead to certain childhood cancers. Over-activity of the gene has also been reported in many adult cancers, including breast and bowel cancer….
The collaboration, led by Professor Hugh Gurling at UCL and Professor Ole Mors at the University of Aarhus, first looked at bipolar cases in families living in…
The magazine looks at diet and metabolism, with David writing on the paradox of antioxidants, Susan Ozanne on “Are we what our mothers ate?”, Allan Sniderman…
The forests of Kilimanjaro are unusual for two reasons. One is that there is no bamboo zone, unlike the other East African mountains which have extensive…
The discovery is significant, because the protein, called myosin 5, is part of a large family of motor proteins involved in a wide range of important bodily…
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