Neil Osheroff, John Coniglio Chair in Biochemistry and professor of biochemistry and medicine, is part of an international research collaboration resulting in what is on track to be the first new antibiotic treatment for ...
Jan 30, 2023
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The World Health Organization (WHO) ranks antibiotic resistance as one of the top ten threats to global health. There is therefore a great need for new solutions to tackle resistant bacteria and reduce the use of antibiotics. ...
Jan 26, 2023
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Researchers may have found an unlikely contributor to the development of Alzheimer's disease: the bacteria in your gut. Their study, published in the journal Science, suggested that certain gut bacteria increase the brain ...
Jan 25, 2023
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Trouble continues for Abbott Laboratories, which shut down an infant formula plant last year amid reported illnesses.
Jan 23, 2023
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What's considered normal body temperature varies from person to person, yet overall, the average basal temperature of the human body has decreased since the 1860s for unknown reasons. A study points to the gut microbiome ...
Jan 19, 2023
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Imagine a horse race, where the winner takes it all and is awarded both food and protection against enemies. In the same way, bacteria compete with one another in the gut of newborn babies.
Jan 19, 2023
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A new study published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine links exposure to Salmonella bacteria to colon cancer risk.
Jan 17, 2023
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A new paper in Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health indicates that antibiotic resistance may result from poor hygiene practices in hospitals or other medical facilities.
Jan 17, 2023
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The leading cause of blindness in American adults is diabetic retinopathy, progressive damage to blood vessels in the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. Yet the source of this damage appears to lie in the belly—mainly ...
Jan 14, 2023
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A new study of domestic and hospital drinking water systems found Legionella in 41% of samples—with Flinders University researchers making a key connection between the pathogen's co-existence with a "host" microorganism ...
Jan 13, 2023
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