Archive: 12/01/2015
New method of finding drugs more important than new antibiotic itself
It was big news this week when Nature published the discovery of a new antibiotic, teixobactin. Teixobactin, which kills bacteria by a different pathway than other antibiotics, represented the first new class of antibiotics ...
Jan 12, 2015
Attempted suicide among young people can be reduced by 50 percent
A new study published in journal The Lancet outlines a programme for preventing suicidality among young people. The results provide strong endorsement for a method whereby school students learn to discover signs of mental ...
Jan 12, 2015