Leading scientists have identified a possible link between antibiotic use and the speed of breast cancer growth in mice, and identified a type of immune cell that could be targeted to reverse it.
Sep 16, 2021
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The first evaluation of NHS England's Quality Premium intervention on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The Quality Premium scheme was introduced in 2015 and rewarded groups of ...
Aug 4, 2021
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A 15-center study of 175 patients with poorly-controlled type 2 diabetes in JAMA found that continuous glucose monitoring, compared to blood glucose meter monitoring, or finger pricking, significantly decreased their hemoglobin ...
Jul 26, 2021
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A UC San Francisco study has found that the antibiotic azithromycin was no more effective than a placebo in preventing symptoms of COVID-19 among non-hospitalized patients, and may increase their chance of hospitalization, ...
Jul 16, 2021
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Using simple blood tests could help researchers identify children who have been misidentified as having severe malaria, according to a study published today in eLife.
Jul 6, 2021
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Humans have long been plagued by a myriad of deadly cancers. Parallelly, they attempted different permutations and combinations of treatments to cure the disease. Attempts involving biomolecular targets have come to the fore ...
Jun 10, 2021
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A new anti-viral drug could improve COVID-19 outcomes and survival rates—and is highly effective against multiple variants—according to a new study led by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Université ...
May 12, 2021
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A University of Alberta virology lab has uncovered how an oral antiviral drug works to attack the SARS-CoV-2 virus, in findings published May 10 in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
May 11, 2021
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The last time Sieglinde Schopf hugged Hannes, her husband of almost 50 years, was before he boarded a train to go skiing in Austria's popular Alpine province of Tyrol last March.
Apr 30, 2021
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The UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, recently announced the creation of an antivirus taskforce to "supercharge" the development of new antiviral drugs. At a Downing Street press conference, Johnson said: "The majority of ...
Apr 28, 2021
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