Genetics
Superbug discovery renews hope for antibiotic treatment
Bacteria that were thought to be resistant to a powerful antibiotic may be susceptible to treatment after all, research has found.
Sep 4, 2018
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News tagged with listeria
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
S.Africa chain withdraws third meat brand over listeria fears
A South African supermarket chain has withdrawn a third brand of sausages after the world's worst listeria outbreak which has claimed at least 183 lives since January last year.
Mar 17, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US death toll from cantaloupe rises to 23
An outbreak of listeria in farm-grown cantaloupes has killed 23 people and sickened 116 more in the United States since late July, health authorities said Wednesday.
Oct 12, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Listeria outbreaks in produce are rare, deadly
(AP) -- An outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe that has killed as many as four people is a mystery to disease specialists who are used to seeing the pathogen in deli meats and soft cheeses.
Sep 17, 2011
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Immunology
High fat diet increases risk of food poisoning from Listeria monocytogenes
APC Microbiome Ireland scientists based at University College Cork have shown for the first time that a high fat "western" diet reduces the efficiency of the immune system to fight infectious disease particularly in the gut, ...
Jan 21, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cantaloupe outbreak is deadliest in a decade
(AP) -- Health officials say as many as 16 people have died from possible listeria illnesses traced to Colorado cantaloupes, the deadliest food outbreak in more than a decade.
Sep 28, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fear in Colo. town at heart of Listeria outbreak
(AP) -- Eric Jensen surveys his dusty cantaloupe field and seems equally stunned and puzzled at the fate that has befallen his crop: row upon row of melons rotting on the vine.
Sep 30, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dirty packing plant blamed for killer cantaloupes
A dirty packing facility at a Colorado farm was the likely source of an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupes that killed 25 people in the US since August, health authorities said Wednesday.
Oct 19, 2011
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Immunology
Machine learning tool predicts the potential of peptides as immune activators
The immune system keeps T cells under control by regulating precisely when they can respond to a pathogen. For instance, helper T cells only turn "on" if other immune cells, such as antigen-presenting cells (APCs) present ...
Oct 23, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cantaloupe illnesses and deaths expected to rise
(AP) -- Federal health officials said Wednesday more illnesses and possibly more deaths may be linked to an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe in coming weeks.
Sep 29, 2011
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