http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A new study by NYU School of Medicine researchers suggests that an existing HIV drug called maraviroc could be a potential therapy for Staphylococcus aureus, a notorious and deadly pathogen linked to hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations each year. Their study is published online this week in Nature. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-drug-hiv-defuse-deadly-staph.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:20:01 EST news274723495 The Caenorhabditis elegans, a small worm called a nematode, scurrying across a Petri dish has helped lead to discoveries about community-associated MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-combating-mrsa-community-associated-strain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:52:19 EST news273865867 (Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have discovered the structure and operating procedures of a powerful anti-bacterial killing machine that could become an alternative to antibiotics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-disease.html Medical research Mon, 23 Jul 2012 07:57:20 EST news262249034 (Medical Xpress) -- While many bacteria exist as aggressive pathogens, causing diseases ranging from tuberculosis and cholera, to plague, diphtheria and toxic shock syndrome, others play a less malevolent role and some are critical for human health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-beneficial-bacteria-ward-infection.html Medical research Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:31:48 EST news261988298