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…
Gliomas are the most common brain tumors in adults and the prognosis for patients is, in many cases, very bad. Therefore, novel and effective therapies for…
Hibernation is a state of energy conservation during which body temperature and metabolism are drastically reduced. If this state lasts longer than 24 hours,…
When observing the colorful Turquoise killifish swimming in its aquarium, it is difficult to believe that it can serve as a model system for human aging; but…
If the price of a product is reduced, willingness to buy increases – the product appears cheaper even though it is perhaps still too expensive. Our perception…
No organism is an island – a fact that also applies to plants. Healthy plants host complex microbial communities comprising over 100 bacterial species which…
Neurons communicate with each other through specialized structures called synapses.
The information is transmitted in the form of synaptic vesicles that…
With this funding, they will be developing novel techniques by which to identify and research into active compounds against PD. They will furthermore be…
In several cancers (including breast and prostate), cancer cells can spread from the original tumour site into bone. Once there, they settle in 'for the long…
Ants are quite often infected by parasites. For example, tapeworms use ants as intermediate hosts for a part of their development phase before they complete…
Coral bleaching happens when sea temperatures rise, causing the breakdown of the symbiosis between coral and their zooxanthellae (the microscopic plants which…
Traditional computers rely on transistors that occupy one of two states — that's what those archetypal zeroes and ones refer to, and each digit is a “bit.”…
Conjoined twins, or twins whose bodies are connected, account for approximately one of every 200,000 live births. Survival rates are low and separating them…
The National Science Foundation has awarded $1.2 million to three research groups at Indiana University to advance research on self-assembling molecules and…
An international team of scientists, headed by researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, report that decreases in a…
For a long time now, researchers have been racking their brains over the large quantities of reactive nitrogen compounds observed in arid regions after periods…
Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a method to efficiently turn human stem cells into retinal ganglion cells, the type of nerve cells located within the…
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