Medical research
Scientists stumble across new method of making antibiotics
Cancer researchers in the UK may have stumbled across a solution to reverse antibiotic drug resistance and stop infections like MRSA.
Jul 13, 2017
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Now we know why old scizophrenia medicine works on antibiotics-resistant bacteria
In 2008 researchers from the University of Southern Denmark showed that the drug thioridazine, which has previously been used to treat schizophrenia, is also a powerful weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as ...
May 17, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Closed ICU model may reduce hospital-acquired infections
(HealthDay)—A closed intensive care unit (ICU) model, whereby a patient is evaluated and admitted under an intensivist and orders involving patient care are written by the ICU team, is associated with a reduction in certain ...
May 23, 2019
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Excess dietary manganese promotes staph heart infection
Too much dietary manganese—an essential trace mineral found in leafy green vegetables, fruits and nuts—promotes infection of the heart by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus ("staph").
Sep 21, 2017
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Microbial contamination found in orange juice squeezed in bars and restaurants
Scientists from the University of Valencia in Spain have analysed fresh orange juice squeezed by machines in catering establishments. They have confirmed that 43% of samples exceeded the acceptable enterobacteriaceae levels ...
Dec 14, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New antibiotic proven effective to treat acute bacterial skin infections
A study published in today's New England Journal of Medicine reports that the antibiotic dalbavancin is as effective as vancomycin, the current standard-of-care antibiotic used to treat serious bacterial skin and skin-structure ...
Jun 4, 2014
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Cancer drugs speed airway repair in lungs damaged by bacterial infections
Cancer drugs are able to halt life-threatening bacterial lung infections in mouse models by promoting lung repair, researchers at Duke Health have found.
Jan 15, 2019
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Newfound cell defense system features toxin-isolating 'sponges'
A "decoy" mechanism has been found in human and animal cells to protect them from potentially dangerous toxins released by foreign invaders, such as bacteria.
Mar 4, 2020
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New clues into the head-scratching mystery of itch
Scientists at Harvard Medical School have shown for the first time that a common skin bacterium—Staphylococcus aureus—can cause itch by acting directly on nerve cells.
Nov 22, 2023
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Researchers develop an intradermal model to study Staphylococcus aureus infections
Infections caused by the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria through skin wounds cause thousands of deaths every year due to their fast transmission among large groups of people, such as hospitalised patients. Furthermore, these ...
Apr 10, 2019
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