Murine research indicates that the S1 protein is gatekeeper for how the SARS-CoV-2 virus crosses the blood-brain barrier.
Findings suggest a largely overlooked cellular signaling system may play a more important role in bacteria than previously thought.
WSU research scientist Ying Zhai examines a tobacco plant inoculated with a geminivirus. The pathogen stunts growth and can eventually kill infected plants. Zhai and colleagues study how the geminiviruses evade plant defenses.
Add a little spicy seasoning to a low sodium meal, and adults over the age of 60 may have a harder time noticing a lack of salt
A team of biologists say they are hopeful their research which mapped out more than 300 protein kinases and its targets could help pave the way for new cancer-curing drugs.
Finding by University of Missouri researchers gives insight into how the virus spreads throughout the human body, may help development of antiviral drugs.
Possible Key to Better Eruption Forecasts Overturns Conventional Theory
A recent study by a University of Missouri researcher used genetic engineering tools to better prepare Missouri’s agriculture industry to control crop disease outbreaks.
Findings can help identify coping mechanisms that alleviate teacher stress, which has implications for teacher shortages.
MU research shows that success of regulatory enforcement impacts corporate managers’ communication during private meetings.
MU researcher uses artificial intelligence to show airline customers enjoy cabin staff and in-flight entertainment but find accommodations uncomfortable and the industry unreliable.
Intimate partner violence is a key indicator for poor HIV outcomes.
Researchers at Columbia and Google Quantum AI have developed an algorithm that uses the most quantum bits to date to calculate ground state energy, the lowest-energy state in a quantum mechanical system. The discovery could help make it easier to design new materials.
A University of Missouri researcher and colleagues use geochemical analyses on copper objects to reveal centuries of previously unknown connections within the region.
In a pilot clinical trial, THRIVE offered coping skills training and coaching for recent sexual assault survivors.
A large UW Medicine-Kaiser Permanente study finds modestly increased risk, with a stronger link seen among younger people.
Black men have higher prostate cancer mortality rates if treated by less experienced surgeons, researchers found.
Prompt diagnosis and treatment can reduce risk of long-term psychological and cognitive harms, an injury-prevention specialist says.
“One of the unmet needs for this condition is that we don’t have many tools, to screen for this condition at home,” said UW Medicine's Dr. Philip Vutien.
Researchers modified a commercially available test strip into a prototype that enables people to self-test for prediabetes.