News tagged with bacterium
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Innate immune system protein provides a new target in war against bacterial infections
Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists has identified a possible new approach to defeating bacterial infections by targeting an innate immune system component in a bid to invigorate the immune response.
Immunology
Jul 02, 2012 |
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More accurate diagnostic test may reduce deaths
A more accurate, faster diagnostic test for Group B Streptococcal infection in babies has been reported in the Journal of Medical Microbiology. The new test could allow better treatment and management of the disease and re ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 26, 2012 |
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Researcher surveys infection control practices for home patients
A healthy boy was infected with antibiotic-resistant bacterium that was traced to his mother's nurse's bag left in the family's car after his mother's home healthcare visit to a patient with the same infection. Although the ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 25, 2012 |
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Discovery helps mice beat urinary tract infections
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found new clues to why some urinary tract infections recur persistently after multiple rounds of treatment.
Medical research
Jun 18, 2012 |
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Scientists find new genetic path to deadly diarrheal disease
Scientists have found new genetic information that shows how harmful bacteria cause the acute diarrheal disease shigellosis, which kills more than a million people worldwide each year.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 11, 2012 |
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University of Minnesota startup to treat challenging bacterial infection
A live biological preparation developed by University of Minnesota researchers could put a stop to an increasingly prevalent, and sometimes deadly, infection caused by the bacterium Clostridium difficile. CIPAC Limited, based ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 16, 2012 |
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Clean animals result in fewer E. coli
Sigrun J. Hauge has studied the effect of the measures implemented on farms and in slaughterhouses. The aim of the project "Uncontaminated Carcasses" was to uncover data that would help to improve the hygienic ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 04, 2012 |
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Garlic compound fights source of food-borne illness better than antibiotics
Researchers at Washington State University have found that a compound in garlic is 100 times more effective than two popular antibiotics at fighting the Campylobacter bacterium, one of the most common causes of intestinal illnes ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 01, 2012 |
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Bartonella infection associated with rheumatoid illnesses in humans
A bacterium historically associated with cat scratch fever and transmitted predominately by fleas may also play a role in human rheumatoid illnesses such as arthritis, according to new research from North Carolina State University.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Research offers new clues to prevent infection in cardiac devices
Bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, the 'superbug' behind MRSA, can be a major problem for patients who have a medical implant, such as a replacement heart valve or pacemaker.
Medical research
Apr 10, 2012 |
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New study explains duality of longevity drug rapamycin
A Penn- and MIT-led team explained how rapamycin, a drug that extends mouse lifespan, also causes insulin resistance. The researchers showed in an animal model that they could, in principle, separate the effects, which depend ...
Medical research
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Low levels of resistant bacteria found in Chicago-area ambulances
Treatment areas of ambulances fared well when tested for dangerous bacteria, according to a new study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of APIC - the Associ ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Research holds promise of therapeutic approach for gum disease
University of Louisville researchers are a step closer to eliminating periodontal disease through their work to develop synthetic molecules that prevent a bacteria responsible for the disease from spreading throughout the ...
Dentistry
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Can eradicating a common stomach bug make taking aspirin safer?
Researchers have launched a major clinical trial to investigate whether eliminating a common stomach bug could help to make taking aspirin safer in some patients.
Medications
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Tuberculosis vaccine being tested in Phase II trial
The only tuberculosis vaccine currently available is already over 90 years old - and is unsatisfactory in terms of its effectiveness. Although it protects young children against developing tuberculosis, it ...
Medications
Mar 26, 2012 |
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