Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new details about how the human genome produces instructions for creating proteins and cells, the building blocks of life, according to a pioneering ...

A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed into mRNA precursors, is correctly assembled into mature mRNA. Splicing is a ...

It’s stomach flu season in Austin. Norovirus – the leading cause of vomiting and diarrhea in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – surged across numerous ...

Norovirus and a few other viruses use these oligosaccharides to grab onto and infect the intestinal cells. It’s the specific structure of these oligosaccharides that determines whether a given ...

This season's norovirus wave reached its highest ever percentage of positive test results for 2024-25 in the second week of this month. Twenty-six percent of cases sent for testing returned with a ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Cases of norovirus, a highly contagious and frankly miserable stomach bug are on the rise in the United States, according to the CDC. “We’re actually 300 or 400 ...

(KWTX) -Norovirus, also known as the “stomach bug”, typically surges during the wintertime months. In this week’s Degrees of Science we are talking with Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of ...

When you first enter a new world, you can either spawn near a structure or find one while exploring any of the three dimensions. While finding some can be quite easy, others are extremely hard to ...

An alert about a wave of suspected norovirus cases went out to Arlington Public Schools families last week as reported “norovirus-like outbreaks” have surged in Northern Virginia since late 2024.

There has been a recent uptick in cases of norovirus in North Carolina (or “winter vomiting disease”), since it’s more common in the winter, Dr. David Weber, an infectious disease specialist ...

Norovirus is most commonly known as the stomach flu, but it is not caused by the influenza virus. It’s a different, highly contagious virus that generally spreads via hand-to-mouth contact about 12 to ...