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…
Surprisingly as it may seem, this crane is the only one in the world that lives in the mountains! Its habitat is valleys of mountain rivers and lakes. Besides…
The human vector of Borrelia crocidurae in West Africa is the tick Ornithodoros sonrai, which lives in burrows of small wild rodents and is therefore in close…
The life sciences encompass research fields that have a direct impact on our quality of our health, food and environment including pharmaceuticals, genetics,…
Researchers argue that the rate of development of drugs (and of some vaccines and diagnostics) would increase if more incentives were created using patent…
Russian researchers expect to get answers to these and other questions connected with laser application in medical practice via ascertaining how laser…
Professor Marc Brown, Chair in Pharmaceutics at the University of Hertfordshire who led the research will present his findings at the British Pharmaceutical…
A former astronaut and researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center will be traveling to the Cosmodrome space-launch site at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, this…
University of Alberta researchers, collaborating with colleagues at the Eindhoven University of Technology and Phillips Research Laboratories in the…
Freedom of expression is great, but silence is golden – at least when it comes to amoebae, which are intestine-dwelling parasites that cause life-threatening…
A team of scientists from the Weizmann Institute's Plant Sciences Department, led by Prof. Avigdor Scherz, has found that a switch in just two amino acids (the…
Mice missing BAG3 seem fine at birth, but when they start using their muscles to breathe and stand, muscle cells rapidly degenerate and cannot regenerate, says…
That's why one of the most common lab tests performed in industry is one that looks for traces of water in other substances, even though the test itself is…
Their crystal structure of the large T antigen/p53 complex interaction will be featured on the September 1st cover of G&D (see accompanying image).The Simian…
A team of researchers has genetically engineered normal immune cells to become specialized tumor fighters, demonstrating for the first time that these…
If anything in cancer biology can be likened to a cage match, this is it: the battle inside the cell walls between LTag, “The Most Amazing Molecule in the…
Extra pressure is reported to be piling up on the millions of people already suffering confusion and panic regarding what they should do next about their…
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