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Breastfeeding promotes growth of beneficial lactic acid bacteria in baby's gut flora

The nutritional factor that has the greatest impact on the development of a child's gut flora is whether the child is breastfed, according to a new study by the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, and the University of Copenhagen.

7 May 2014

New project aims to find better weapons against life-threating multi-resistant bacteria

A Norwegian-Danish project aims to find better weapons against life-threating multi-resistant bacteria.

7 May 2014

Surgical site infection guidelines provide real-world strategies to reduce number of infections

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common and costly healthcare-associated infection (HAI) in the United States.

7 May 2014

Rice University researchers find new possibilities for benign, 'tunable' virus

Rice University scientists have designed a tunable virus that works like a safe deposit box. It takes two keys to open it and release its therapeutic cargo.

7 May 2014

New expert guidance encourages healthcare institutions to implement prevention efforts infectious diarrhea

With rates of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) now rivaling drug-resistant Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as the most common bacteria to cause healthcare-associated infections, new expert guidance encourages healthcare institutions to implement and prioritize prevention efforts for this infectious diarrhea.

7 May 2014

Johns Hopkins researchers awarded NIH contract to launch new center to track influenza viruses

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a contract to researchers at The Johns Hopkins University to launch a new center devoted to developing innovative ways to identify and track influenza viruses worldwide.

6 May 2014

Nanoviricides develops new drug candidates against MERS infection

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6 May 2014

Scientists identify benign bacterium that blocks Salmonella from colonizing raw tomatoes

Scientists from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have identified a benign bacterium that shows promise in blocking Salmonella from colonizing raw tomatoes.

6 May 2014

Rates of infant immunization with pertussis-containing vaccine do not increase with epidemic

Conventional wisdom holds that when the risk of catching a disease is high, people are more likely to get vaccinated to protect themselves.

6 May 2014

Compounds in soy sauce can be 70 times more potent than first-line HIV drug Tenofovir

For HIV patients being treated with anti-AIDS medications, resistance to drug therapy regimens is commonplace. Often, patients develop resistance to first-line drug therapies, such as Tenofovir, and are forced to adopt more potent medications.

6 May 2014

Novogen partners with Genea Biocells to accelerate testing for neurodegenerative diseases

Novogen Limited, an oncology drug development company, today announced a collaboration with Australian company, Genea Biocells, to accelerate testing of their super-benzopyran (SBP) drugs for degenerative diseases of the nervous system and muscles.

5 May 2014

Alcohol consumption linked with increased risk of advanced liver fibrosis in HIV patients

Consumption of alcohol has long been associated with an increased risk of advanced liver fibrosis, but a new study published online in Clinical Infectious Diseases from researchers at Penn Medicine and other institutions shows that association is drastically heightened in people co-infected with both HIV and chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.

5 May 2014

Extremely premature babies should not be given drug to prevent fatal fungal infection

In most circumstances, extremely premature babies should not be given a drug to prevent a potentially fatal fungal infection, according to findings by a Duke Medicine-led research team.

5 May 2014

New webcast for hepatitis receives accreditation by RCN Centre

Roche: The ‘Confronting the silent epidemic: clinical innovation forum’ webcast endorsed by HCV Action, British Liver Trust and the European Liver Patients Association, is now available for healthcare professionals (HCPs) to view on-demand.

5 May 2014

High doses of steroids fail to improve outcomes in pediatric liver disease

A multi-center study concludes that treating infants with high doses of steroids fails to improve medical outcomes in the end-stage pediatric liver disease biliary atresia and leads to earlier onset of serious adverse events.

5 May 2014

New technique to examine how proteins interact at level of single HIV viral particle

An interdisciplinary team of scientists from KU Leuven in Belgium has developed a new technique to examine how proteins interact with each other at the level of a single HIV viral particle.

5 May 2014

Study: New combination therapy to treat chronic hepatitis C

A new combination therapy allows chronic hepatitis C to be treated in a manner that is less aggressive yet equally efficient.

5 May 2014

Study shows reversal of early-stage liver fibrosis after bariatric surgery

Bariatric surgery, which is best known for its ability to help patients lose substantial weight, can also result in significant improvement in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to new research presented today at Digestive Disease Week- (DDW).

5 May 2014

Johns Hopkins biochemists figure out HIV-fighting activity of enzyme

Johns Hopkins biochemists have figured out what is needed to activate and sustain the virus-fighting activity of an enzyme found in CD4+ T cells, the human immune cells infected by HIV. The discovery could launch a more effective strategy for preventing the spread of HIV in the body with drugs targeting this enzyme, they say.

2 May 2014

No increased HPV-linked oral cancer risk for long-term partners, says study

Partners of patients diagnosed with human papilloma virus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) were no more likely to test positive for oral HPV infection than people in the general population, according to a study published in the April 28 online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

2 May 2014

Disease/Infection News

Breastfeeding promotes growth of beneficial lactic acid bacteria in baby's gut flora

New project aims to find better weapons against life-threating multi-resistant bacteria

Surgical site infection guidelines provide real-world strategies to reduce number of infections

Rice University researchers find new possibilities for benign, 'tunable' virus

New expert guidance encourages healthcare institutions to implement prevention efforts infectious diarrhea

Johns Hopkins researchers awarded NIH contract to launch new center to track influenza viruses

Nanoviricides develops new drug candidates against MERS infection

Scientists identify benign bacterium that blocks Salmonella from colonizing raw tomatoes

Rates of infant immunization with pertussis-containing vaccine do not increase with epidemic

Compounds in soy sauce can be 70 times more potent than first-line HIV drug Tenofovir

Novogen partners with Genea Biocells to accelerate testing for neurodegenerative diseases

Alcohol consumption linked with increased risk of advanced liver fibrosis in HIV patients

Extremely premature babies should not be given drug to prevent fatal fungal infection

New webcast for hepatitis receives accreditation by RCN Centre

High doses of steroids fail to improve outcomes in pediatric liver disease

New technique to examine how proteins interact at level of single HIV viral particle

Study: New combination therapy to treat chronic hepatitis C

Study shows reversal of early-stage liver fibrosis after bariatric surgery

Johns Hopkins biochemists figure out HIV-fighting activity of enzyme

No increased HPV-linked oral cancer risk for long-term partners, says study

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