Obstetrics & gynaecology
Understanding the role of gut microbiome in gestational diabetes
Researchers at University of Illinois Chicago have identified changes in the gut microbiome that can lead to gestational diabetes.
Jan 28, 2022
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News tagged with resistant bacteria
Health
Gut bacteria differences between Black and white women linked to insulin sensitivity
A study led by UC Davis has found significant differences in gut bacteria between Black and white women, even after accounting for their insulin sensitivity status. The study, published today in PLOS ONE, is the first to ...
Jan 19, 2022
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Medical research
Using a bacteriophage to successfully treat a patient infected with a drug-resistant bacteria
A team of doctors and researchers working at Erasmus Hospital in Belgium has successfully treated an adult woman infected with a drug-resistant bacteria using a combination of bacteriophage therapy and antibiotics. In their ...
Medications
With antibiotic resistance, 'we are running out of options'
Experts predict that without intervention, the problem of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections could be catastrophic by 2050, killing nearly 10 million people each year.
Nov 24, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Ancient natural medicine could improve cancer treatment
For centuries, people all over the world have been using medical plants to fight infections, boost wound healing, and for religious ceremonies. And for centuries, scientists have been trying to identify the active substances ...
Nov 22, 2021
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Health
Too much of a good thing: How antibiotics made superbugs
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called antibiotic resistance "one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development".
Nov 17, 2021
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Medications
Combating antibiotic resistance
As long as antibiotics have existed, so too has antibiotic resistance—the inevitable result as infectious bacteria continually evolve to evade the very drugs designed to kill them.
Nov 3, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Test determines antibiotic resistance in less than 90 minutes
A technique that measures the metabolic activity of bacteria with an electric probe can identify antibiotic resistance in less than 90 minutes, a dramatic improvement from the one to two days required by current techniques.
Nov 3, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Antibiotic resistance outwitted by supercomputers
Scientists may have made a giant leap in fighting the biggest threat to human health by using supercomputing to keep pace with the impressive ability of diseases to evolve.
Nov 2, 2021
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Medical research
Government support for academia and Big Pharma to find new antibiotics could help defeat superbugs
Antibiotic resistance poses one of the most important health challenges of the 21st century. And time has already run out to stop its dire consequences.
Nov 1, 2021
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