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 SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infects lung cells and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The viral spike protein mediates entry of the virus into…
The first step in many light-driven chemical reactions, like the ones that power photosynthesis and human vision, is a shift in the arrangement of a molecule's…
In a new study published in the journal ACS Nano, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign demonstrated that “nanostimulators” -…
The new development, recently reported in the scientific journal Nature Communications, was led by Christopher Li, PhD, a professor in Drexel's College of…
People with complete color blindness are born unable to distinguish colors. They see less sharply and are highly sensitivity to glare
Anyone who has ever recorded a video knows that the camera must be held still so that the images do not blur. On the other hand, we always perceive a stable…
Carbohydrates are the most dominant biopolymers on earth. Polysaccharides such as cellulose are the building materials for plants and shells of chitin protect…
The technique captures mechanical properties in living subjects that probe fundamental relationships between physics and in vivo (in a living organism)…
Playfully browsing this extensive database, a German team of scientists from the University of Rostock was quite astonished to discover an entirely unexpected…
The small intestine (SI) is one of the most important interfaces between the environment and our body. It has two major functions: it is responsible for…
The pooling of samples before testing is a well-established and safe procedure in blood banking. The team from the Institute of Virology has adapted and tested…
To understand the origin of conflicting reports on TaGeIr, scientists from MPI CPfS and Northwestern University investigated the deviation of the crystal…
“Berlin combines important large-scale infrastructure with an excellent network of academic and industrial structural biologists and biochemists. The distances…
The World Health Organization estimates that more than 4 million people in Germany suffer from depression. Standard therapy is working insufficiently in one…
Our immune system not only protects us against infection, but also against cancer. This powerful protection is based in particular on the activation of special…
Evolution is usually viewed as a slow process, with changes in traits emerging over thousands of generations only. Over the recent years, however, research has…
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