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 finding, to be published Feb. 14 in the journal Science, suggests that in these regions, human genetic variation dates back to a common ancestor with…
Since the beginning of time, living organisms have developed ingenious mechanisms to monitor their environment. As part of an international study, a team of…
“We’re trying to figure out what the mechanism is—what it takes to make fat cells,” says Whitehead Founding Member Harvey Lodish, who is also a professor of…
Researchers at Brown have figured out the microscopic chemical switch that allows Streptomyces bacteria to get to work, breaking lignin down into its…
From providing living cells with energy, to nitrogen fixation, to the splitting of water molecules, the catalytic activities of metalloenzymes – proteins that…
The results published by Diane Hanger and her colleagues in EMBO reports show that treatment of neurons with known biological signaling molecules increases the…
The study appeared in the Feb. 13 online issue of Oncogene. The IKBKE gene is part of a family of enzyme complexes involved in increasing cellular…
Researchers at The University of Arizona Cancer Center at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix have discovered that many women with low-grade…
EcoHealth Alliance, the nonprofit organization that focuses on local conservation and global health issues, announced new research focused on the rapid…
Interestingly, the same can’t be said for female mice, the researchers report in the Journal of Cellular Physiology.“We know that inflammation in the gut can…
As the life span of the patients carrying the mutation can be significantly extended by novel drugs, it is very important to identify those reliably. For…
A German-American research team from the Arizona State University (USA), the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig Bonn , the University of Regensburg,…
A new study from engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of California, Berkeley, pairs light and genetics to give researchers a…
The cells within the human body continually communicate with one another in order to fulfil their various tasks. For that purpose, they are equipped with…
In a new study, Boston University researchers and collaborators have found that butterflies show signs of being affected by climate change in a way similar to…
When a research team from Denmark and Sweden compared the therapeutic capabilities of adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) versus bone marrow-derived stem cells…
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