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…
Both the genetics and the environment have an effect on the individual behavior of animals – or at least that is the common doctrine. But what happens when…
The research group led by Kiyokazu Nakajima, professor at the Global Center for Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, has succeeded in…
Summer is approaching, and for many allergy sufferers this means it is time to start fearing bee stings. “Allergic reactions to insect venoms are potentially…
Nothing beats nature. The diverse and wonderful varieties of cells and tissues that comprise the human body are evidence of that.
The type III secretion system (T3SS) is a needle-like molecular machine found in gram negative bacteria that transports pathogenic proteins from the bacteria…
In their quest to replicate themselves, viruses have gotten awfully good at tricking human cells into pumping out viral proteins. That's why scientists have…
Organisms inhabiting deep-sea hydrothermal vents face quite some challenges.
The report, in Genome Announcements, comes after almost seven years of research, according to Dr. Tim Devarenne, AgriLife Research biochemist and principal…
Scientists from the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have produced the first clinical results…
Looking closer, the network correctly made the same determination in each individual pixel of the slide 97 percent of the time, rendering near-exact…
All bacteria have developed clever mechanisms for survival and propagation within host cells. Salmonella are a typical example: usually they hide in…
A team of European and Latin American scientists from the TU Braunschweig in Germany has discovered five previously not listed subspecies of the marine…
Certain blood vessels in the brainstem constrict when blood vessels elsewhere in the body would dilate. And that contrary behavior is what keeps us breathing,…
The Arabidopsis thaliana is a tiny, inconspicuous and herbaceous offshoot of the family of cruciferous plant that one might easily overlook in a meadow, yet…
Eukaryotic cells contain thousands of proteins, which are distributed to different cellular compartments with specific functions. A German-Swiss team of…
Rice University bioengineers who specialize in creating tools for synthetic biology have unveiled the latest version of their “biofunction generator and…
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