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…
Ten years ago, scientists announced the end of the Human Genome Project, the international attempt to learn which combination of four nucleotides—adenine,…
The six “microRNA” molecules were already known to be overproduced in lymphomas and in many other human cancers, but no one had demonstrated that they can be…
Scientists are developing a clearer picture of how visual systems develop in mammals. The findings offer important clues to the origin of retinal disorders…
This extraordinary compound is called table salt.Simple sodium chloride, most frequently found in a salt shaker, has the ability to solve a key problem in the…
Raman spectroscopy provides molecular specificity through spectrally-resolved measurement of the inelastic scattering under monochromatic excitation. In the…
An investigational malaria vaccine has been found to be safe, to generate an immune system response, and to offer protection against malaria infection in…
Intubation is the placement of a plastic tube into the lungs that allows anesthetized or critically ill patients to breathe. The current procedure requires the…
That is the basic premise of a new image-guided surgical system under development at Vanderbilt University. It employs steerable needles about the size of…
“Given that human studies also show female-specific obesity following early growth restriction,” said Dr. Robert Waterland, associate professor of pediatrics –…
Decoding the essence of being – understanding the brain and all its connections, that is Connectomics. Scientists from the Max Planck Institutes for Medical…
Recognising movement and its direction is one of the first and most important processing steps in any visual system. By this way, nearby predators or prey can…
A program that pushes immature cells to grow up and fulfill their destiny as useful, dedicated cells is short-circuited in the most common and deadly form of…
The invasion of brain-tumor cells into surrounding tissue requires the same protein molecule that neurons need to migrate into position as they differentiate…
The study, published today in Nature Communications, could help explain how the cells on your skin become different from those that line your stomach or…
The nanorobots—a collection of DNA molecules, some attached to antibodies —were designed to seek a specific set of human blood cells and attach a fluorescent…
The study, led by a team in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, is the first of its kind to show these results from an exon-skipping…
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