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…
“With increasing longevity among the population, the incidence of AD is expected to rise rapidly, creating a great burden not only for patients and their…
In a new study published online today in the open access journal PLoS Biology, Mathieu Joron, Chris Jiggins, and colleagues investigate the underlying genetic…
Any hope of recovering such critically endangered species depends on understanding what drives changes in population size following habitat contraction. In a…
They are natural or synthetic additives authorised by food security regulations and used to colour food and drinks in an artificial way. A research team of the…
Bio-Nector is an exclusively Internet and e-mail-based service relying on a simple principle: as a matchmaking service, it brokers contacts between companies…
“As honeybees become more scarce, it becomes more important to have better pollinators,” said Sarah Greenleaf, a postdoctoral researcher at UC Davis and first…
“We can monitor the process directly, and that gives us a different perspective,” said Roberto Galletto, a postdoctoral scholar at UC Davis and first author on…
Aquaporins are a class of proteins that form membrane channels in cell walls and allow for water movement between a cell and its surroundings. A number of…
In only a few generations, the male cricket on Kauai, one of the Hawaiian Islands, underwent a mutation – a sudden heritable change in its genetic material –…
Using multiphoton fluorescence microscopy, a technique pioneered at Cornell by physicist Watt W. Webb, researchers have for the first time been able to watch…
The study appears in the Sept. 25 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology. Both strains of the herpes virus — HSV-1, the strain that causes cold sores on the…
The researchers' findings suggest that copper and its transporter, a protein called Atp7a, are vital to human thinking. They speculate that variations in the…
With the aid of a new eye instrument, they have launched a study to see if the vegetable that endows Popeye with his super-human strength could also explain…
Lifestyle diseases have become more common in China with the westernisation of diet and increased prevalence of sit-down work. “The idea behind the Healthy…
In the October issue of the Annals of Surgery, the researchers report that the duodenal switch (DS) produced greater weight loss than the Roux-en-Y gastric…
More than 12-million Americans have tried methamphetamine (also known as meth, crank, crystal and speed), which can be swallowed, injected, snorted or smoked,…
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