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…
Luminescent carbon nanoparticles based on carbon exhibit advantageous optical properties. They are also biocompatible, and therefore better suited for imaging…
A new study of migratory insects has just been published that shows that a considerably higher number of insects survive and migrate back south in the autumn…
David C. Jackson and colleagues explain that the body's so-called innate immune system forms a first-line defense system against respiratory diseases like…
Now researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi have used techniques from information theory to identify DNA introns and exons an order of…
Despite improved sanitation, water supplies, and food safety, diarrhoea remains a common cause of illness worldwide. It is reported to account for…
The study published in the August issue of The Journal of Immunology.Awareness of the condition increased earlier this year when ABC’s “Good Morning America”…
Troponin I, found exclusively in heart muscle, is already used as the gold-standard marker in blood tests to diagnose heart attacks, but the new findings…
In the largest study of its kind, living donors who had a kidney removed through a single port in the navel report higher satisfaction in several key…
Menachem Shoham, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has discovered novel antivirulence drugs that,…
Their study in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology concludes that such illnesses may become more of a problem as much of the nation's drinking…
An important breakthrough could help in the fight against myotonic dystrophy. The discovery, recently published in the prestigious scientific journal Cell,…
Now researchers from the University of Ulm, among them the Epidemiologist Professor Gabriele Nagel and the Neurologist Professor Christine von Arnim, have…
They can do this by prodding the cells into place with a mechanical probe or coaxing them in the desired direction with acoustic waves, electric fields, or…
Being able to predict the different regions in a new and unannotated genome is one of the biggest challenges facing biologists today.Now researchers at the…
However, in cells that do not have this ability to divide, such as neurons in the brain and elsewhere, little was understood of the ageing process. Now a team…
This world-first in integrative efforts to track down genes predisposing to specific immune responses to malaria and ultimately to identify the most suitable…
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