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Antibiotic found in dirt can destroy mutant mycobacteria responsible for TB, study suggests

For decades, doctors have been using antibiotics to fight tuberculosis. And consistently, the microbe responsible for the disease, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has been fighting back. When confronted with current drugs, such as the antibiotic rifamycin, the bacterium often mutates in ways that make it resistant to the treatment.

1 Nov 2018

Measles can be deadly for people with weakened immune systems

Last year, a 26-year-old man receiving treatment for leukemia went to a Swiss hospital's emergency room with a fever, a sore throat, and a cough, and was admitted. His condition worsened, and 17 days later, he died from severe complications of measles.

1 Nov 2018

Tick-borne disease is multiple microbial in nature

A study recently published in Scientific Reports discovered that 65% of Lyme disease patients irrespective of their disease stage respond to several microbes.

1 Nov 2018

New study to evaluate human immune system's response to influenza

The key to lasting protection against influenza may be in your bones. The cells that naturally protect you against illness originate and live in your bone marrow - and that is one spot where scientists will be looking to understand the human immune system's response to influenza in a groundbreaking new study led by the Human Vaccines Project.

1 Nov 2018

Researchers cross-reference historical divergence of Aedes aegypti populations

The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Mosquito-borne diseases have plagued humanity for centuries, and a prolific offender has been Aedes aegypti, commonly known as the "yellow fever mosquito."

1 Nov 2018

UC Scientist receives NIH grant for developing new malaria therapeutic strategies

A scientist at the University of California, Riverside, who researches the malaria-causing parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is the principal investigator, or PI, on two grants from the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, totaling nearly $6.6 million. Funding from each grant is for five years.

1 Nov 2018

Rising temperatures may boost number of cases of Lyme disease, finds study

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in North America and its incidence has risen sharply in the last decade.

1 Nov 2018

Doctors find no association between autism and drugs taken during pregnancy

A new study has found that babies exposed to medications in the womb are at no more risk of developing autism than babies who are not exposed to any drugs.

31 Oct 2018

University of Missouri receives NIH grant for continued operation of NSRRC

The University of Missouri has received $7.229 million for continued operation of the National Swine Resource and Research Center.

31 Oct 2018

Dogs trained to sniff out malaria

It is already known that dogs with their sharp noses can sniff out a host of human diseases including cancers.

31 Oct 2018

Relapses are common in patients with drug-resistant urinary tract infections

Patients with a certain drug-resistant urinary tract infection were more likely to have a relapse of their infection within a week than those with non-resistant infections and were more likely to be prescribed an incorrect antibiotic according to a study published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

30 Oct 2018

Igenex launches advanced testing methods for rapid diagnosis of Bartonella infections

IGeneX is excited to announce the availability of their newly-developed, advanced testing methods to aid in the diagnosis of patients infected with Bartonella, an emerging epidemic with potentially disabling and life-threatening consequences.

30 Oct 2018

Individual heart cells respond differently to high blood pressure

A team of cardiologists have found that single cells within the heart are affected by high blood pressure in different ways. Some adapt, whilst others fail.

30 Oct 2018

Monkeys infected with Zika virus points to a sylvatic transmission cycle

Zika virus has been detected in dead monkeys found in Brazil near São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo State, and Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.

30 Oct 2018

Researchers show link between pathogenic mycobacteria in showerheads and lung infections

Researchers from the University of Colorado, Boulder have now shown that the regions in the United States where pathogenic mycobacteria are most prevalent in showerheads are the same regions where nontuberculous mycobacterial lung infections are most common.

30 Oct 2018

PrEP shown to be safe and effective for widespread use

New research presented at the HIV Drug Therapy Conference in Glasgow today shows that pre-exposure prophylaxis could be given to millions of people worldwide with no increased risk of safety issues during treatment.

30 Oct 2018

STIs being diagnosed in young adults every four minutes in the UK

According to latest statistics, one young person is diagnosed with a sexually-transmitted infection (STI) every four minutes in England.

26 Oct 2018

Newer vaccine far more successful in preventing shingles, systematic review reveals

A systematic review of clinical studies involving more than two million patients aged 50 years and older suggests a recently released shingles vaccine was far more successful in preventing the painful condition compared to the older vaccine - but also carried greater risk of side-effects.

26 Oct 2018

The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal publishes clinical trial results for Shionogi’s cefiderocol

Shionogi & Co., Ltd. announced today that The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal has published clinical results from the pivotal randomized controlled trial evaluating cefiderocol for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infection in patients at risk of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections.

26 Oct 2018

Gene that makes some people susceptible to middle ear infections identified

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found multiple genetic variants within the FUT2 gene that makes some people especially susceptible to middle ear infections.

25 Oct 2018