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…
It is always a challenge for researchers to find the right approach for tackling a scientific issue. Yet sometimes people without any particular medical…
Epileptic seizures can take very different courses: Some of those affected smack their lips; others engage in unmotivated fumbling with their clothing; others…
The paper resulted from collaborative research led by the U.S. Forest Service with partners including the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Ocean and…
The intestinal surface is a rapidly renewing tissue, whose regeneration is driven by stem cells. Damage of these intestinal stem cells, as observed upon…
An ageing cell goes through major negative changes: defective proteins are not eliminated as they should, mitochondria – the power plants of a cell – do not function properly, the ability to sense nutrients is lost. All of these defects lead to shortened lifespan. One might think at first glance, they appear to have nothing to do with each other on a molecular level. “In fact, they are highly interconnected”, says Adam Antebi,Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biology…
Several bacterial species have pledged promise in fighting tumors. However, most of them are pathogens. In order to use them as a weapon against cancer and…
Plants use certain colour pigments in order to convert light into energy by way of photosynthesis. They allow plants to gather light energy. This also works in…
Most people harbor HSV-1, frequently as a strain acquired from their mothers shortly after birth and carried for the rest of their lives. The new discovery was…
Four letters – A, C, G and T – stand in for the four chemical bases that store information in DNA. A sequence of these same four letters, repeating in a…
What happens when we get hungry? How does the brain control energy expenditure? To find answers to these questions a research team led by Jens Brüning,…
To an outside observer major construction sites often look quite chaotic, as hundreds of workers come together in constantly changing combinations, moving back…
When looking for arsenic compounds in the membranes of marine organisms, the scientists in Graz focussed on fish eggs because they have a particularly high…
A group of scientists, including one from the University of California, Riverside, have discovered a long-hypothesized male determining gene in the mosquito…
Researchers in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside have identified an immune protein in mice that is quickly triggered in the…
So-called hospital germs are a big worry for physicians and hygiene specialists as these bacteria can spell danger for people with a weakened immune system….
A low platelet count (thrombocytopenia) prevents wound healing. People with a coagulation disorder can lose too much blood during otherwise harmless gum…
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