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…
The project research team is composed of scientists from nineteen universities and research centres from Europe, Canada, Japan, Israel and the United States.The project, chosen from amongst more than 400 entered for the annual competition of the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) of the United States Department of Energy’s Science Office, is one of just over 40 which have the go-ahead, one of the seven coordinated by a European body and the only one led by a Spanish person. …
Led by Dr J Oriol Sunyer, of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and formed by researchers from Philadelphia, St Louis and…
Naltrexone and acamprosate are drugs that are supposed to suppress the desire for a drink. The researcher investigated which patient characteristics were…
In general, most people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes TB, will not show any symptoms. It is thought that one third of all…
Juice extracted using current methods is of poor quality, but scientists in India have developed a highly efficient technique to extract large quantities of…
Specialists of the pathologic laboratory of the Research Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology (Russian Academy of Medical Sciences), who have…
This conclusion was made by specialists of the Lomonosov Moscow State University and the N.N. Blokhin Russian Oncological Research Center, Russian Academy of…
Studies show that many children are not meeting current dietary guidelines, for example, children’s average daily intake of fruit and vegetables is less than…
Its researchers are asking all long-term dieters and everyone who is overly weight-fixated to use the time to concentrate on their personal issues and to…
“This discovery represents a significant advance in the fight against this debilitating condition.” says Dr. Koenekoop, Director of the McGill Ocular Genetics…
In addition to its known ability to block an enzyme called cyclooxygenase (COX), aspirin also reduces the formation of blood vessels that fuel developing…
The discovery, now published in the “FASEB Journal” has crucial implications for the study and treatment of those neurodegenerative illnesses – such as…
In a paper published this week in Angewandte Chemie, Professor Steve Homans from Leeds’ Faculty of Biological Sciences explains his method for getting exactly…
Professor Virginia Walker and her colleagues at Queen’s University, Canada, have developed a technique to isolate bacteria which have properties to interact…
A study conducted at Linköping University (LiU) indicates that the presence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is more serious than previously…
Published today in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, this comprehensive systematic review assessed the effects of interventions used to treat,…
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