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Majority of Hispanic patients prefer HIV testing in Spanish, UB research finds

Clinicians are advised to never group Hispanic Americans under one collective identity. But when it comes to HIV testing, the desire to communicate with health care providers in Spanish nearly transcends ethnicity.

14 Mar 2018

'Treatment as prevention' method can limit HIV transmission, perspective suggests

A perspective in PLOS Medicine suggests that people with HIV who achieve viral suppression with antiretroviral therapy can avoid sexual transmission of HIV without using condoms, a significant study that lends hope that the "treatment as prevention" method can stop the spread of the HIV infection.

14 Mar 2018

Scientists develop rapid test that could revolutionize diagnostics of infectious diseases

Scientists of the Leibniz-Institute of Photonic Technologies, Center for Sepsis Control and Care at the University Hospital Jena and Friedrich Schiller University work at a faster and cheaper alternative for hitherto time consuming pathogen diagnostics.

14 Mar 2018

Scientists discover an alternative approach to pre-eclampsia screening

A new study has found that an alternative way of screening for pre-eclampsia in pregnant women may be more accurate than the current recommended method.

14 Mar 2018

The Importance of Fetal Fibronectin Testing for Women with Symptomatic Preterm Labor

Preterm birth is a dangerous condition that often goes undiagnosed. Fetal fibronectin (fFN) is a biomarker for preterm labor, but testing for fFN is widely underused. We explore this issue with Dr. Michael S. Ruma, a maternal-fetal specialist from the Perinatal Associates of New Mexico.

14 Mar 2018

Common genetic variation shown to increase Alzheimer’s risk

A recent study has found that African Americans with a common genetic variation are at an increased risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease.

14 Mar 2018

Surgeons describe smartphone-assisted neuroendoscopy as a success

A new integrated smartphone−endoscope device could provide an alternative, more intuitive and more fluid way of performing neuroendoscopy.

13 Mar 2018

New imaging technology could significantly improve the accuracy of cancer diagnosis

A new cutting-edge imaging technology can grade cancer tumors, thereby eliminating human subjectivity and variability in the grading of cancer severity.

13 Mar 2018

Researchers investigate protective systems that could reverse muscle loss in old age

A new study has helped to shed light on the process underlying muscle loss in old age, a condition that increases people’s risk of frailty and disability.

12 Mar 2018

Findings about childhood trauma could redefine schizophrenia treatment

Researchers have established a link between childhood trauma and common symptoms of schizophrenia that could lead to the development of new treatments.

12 Mar 2018

Leopards may reduce rabies risk for people in Mumbai

It’s a leopard eat dog world – and people are benefiting from it. A study has found the world’s densest population of leopards may be saving human lives by feeding on feral dogs.

12 Mar 2018

Mystery 'disease X' warnings from WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned about a mysterious disease X that is caused by a virus and can cause a worldwide pandemic in the near future. WHO has come up with a list of diseases that can cause an outbreak or epidemic among the general population, mainly because of the lack of resources for fighting them.

12 Mar 2018

Managing eating habits could help control malaria infections, study suggests

Malaria infections might be brought under control by managing the eating habits of infected people or animals, according to a new study.

9 Mar 2018

Gut microbes linked to severity of intestinal parasitic worm infections

A new study indicates that the kinds of microbes living in the gut influence the severity and recurrence of parasitic worm infections in developing countries.

9 Mar 2018

Researchers find specific cellular structures that orchestrate rapid immunologic memory

With every infection or vaccination, memory cells form that the body uses to remember the pathogen. This has been known for decades - but the structure of this cellular immunologic memory has previously proven impossible to pin down.

9 Mar 2018

Groundbreaking discoveries pave way for fast-acting antidote to tackle cholera epidemics

Groundbreaking discoveries regarding the onset of cholera are paving the way for a future, fast-acting antidote for cholera epidemics, according to research published in the journals PLOS Pathogens and ACS Infectious Disease.

9 Mar 2018

Novel screening tool aids search for curative kidney treatment

Researchers have developed a screening tool for identifying compounds that restore functionality of the protein that is dysfunctional in Alport syndrome.

9 Mar 2018

Mice study illustrates potential risks associated with prion transmission

Familial human prion diseases are passed within families and are associated with 34 known prion protein mutations.

9 Mar 2018

Dentists mysteriously succumbing to lung disease finds the CDC

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found nine dentists and dental healthcare workers with a progressive lung disease of which seven died. This was published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report yesterday (8th March 2018).

8 Mar 2018

Study seeks to examine whether gut bacteria cause brain dysfunction in sepsis patients

Surviving a critical illness is no small feat, but it's only half the battle for many patients. Serious complications can still result after an illness appears to have cleared.

8 Mar 2018

Disease/Infection News

Majority of Hispanic patients prefer HIV testing in Spanish, UB research finds

'Treatment as prevention' method can limit HIV transmission, perspective suggests

Scientists develop rapid test that could revolutionize diagnostics of infectious diseases

Scientists discover an alternative approach to pre-eclampsia screening

The Importance of Fetal Fibronectin Testing for Women with Symptomatic Preterm Labor

Common genetic variation shown to increase Alzheimer’s risk

Surgeons describe smartphone-assisted neuroendoscopy as a success

New imaging technology could significantly improve the accuracy of cancer diagnosis

Researchers investigate protective systems that could reverse muscle loss in old age

Findings about childhood trauma could redefine schizophrenia treatment

Leopards may reduce rabies risk for people in Mumbai

Mystery 'disease X' warnings from WHO

Managing eating habits could help control malaria infections, study suggests

Gut microbes linked to severity of intestinal parasitic worm infections

Researchers find specific cellular structures that orchestrate rapid immunologic memory

Groundbreaking discoveries pave way for fast-acting antidote to tackle cholera epidemics

Novel screening tool aids search for curative kidney treatment

Mice study illustrates potential risks associated with prion transmission

Dentists mysteriously succumbing to lung disease finds the CDC

Study seeks to examine whether gut bacteria cause brain dysfunction in sepsis patients

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

Fluidics in Modern Healthcare & Medical Device Innovation

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