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…
New clues about the bacteria that cause Lyme disease could lead to a novel strategy to reduce infections, according to a study to be published in mBio®, the…
Water plays a huge role in biological processes, from protein folding to membrane formation, and it could be that this transformation is useful in a way not…
This research could help increase the success of raising rare ornamental fish to adulthood. It also has implications for aquaculture, since accelerating the…
Researchers at Rice University have found a way to kill some diseased cells and treat others in the same sample at the same time. The process activated by a…
They expected to find many tough microbes suited to extreme environments, such as those that derive from archaea, a domain of single-celled species sometimes…
“BPD is a lung disease described 45 years ago in which we have made zero progress. And now, with these cord-derived stem cells there is a true potential for a…
Bioinformaticians at IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) and UPF (Pompeu Fabra University) have used molecular simulation techniques to explain…
In the paper, published November 22 as an online-first publication in the journal Genes, Brain and Behavior, the researchers identified the hierarchical tree…
In a study published Dec. 4, researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center report the data can be useful for developing strategies to help…
According to The Arthritis Society, the second most common form of arthritis after osteoarthritis is “diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis” or DISH. It…
The regulation of important signal molecules that are critical for the formation of various cell types can be influenced by a chemically produced variant of…
A tiny, translucent zebrafish that glows green when its liver makes glucose has helped an international team of researchers identify a compound that regulates…
Bulk solvents, widely used in the chemical industry, pose a serious threat to human health and the environment. As a result, there is growing interest in…
Although this finding emerges from the study of a single toxic molecule and the protein that it transports, Whitehead Member David Sabatini says this…
Solvents are omnipresent in the chemical industry, and are a major environmental and safety concern. Therefore the large interest in mechanochemistry: an…
Researchers have identified the moment in history when the genes that enabled us to think and reason evolved.This point 500 million years ago provided our…
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