How animal research is helping fight antibiotic resistance
People do not expect to die from a simple infection. But that might change: the world is running out of effective antibiotics.
Sep 17, 2019
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People do not expect to die from a simple infection. But that might change: the world is running out of effective antibiotics.
Sep 17, 2019
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A team of scientists led by Imperial College London have discovered a new strain of group A streptococcus bacteria.
Sep 10, 2019
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Immediately following severe burns, bacteria reach the wound from different sources, including the patient's skin, gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tracts and health care-related human contact. Within the wound, bacteria ...
Sep 4, 2019
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The decreased efficacy of antibiotics is a global problem and hinders the therapeutic outcome of previously treatable bacterial infections. In Europe, an estimated 33,000 people die due to antibiotic resistant bacterial infections ...
Sep 2, 2019
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Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found that inflammation in the lungs of rats, triggered by something as simple as the flu, may wake up a silent genetic defect that causes sudden onset cases ...
Aug 29, 2019
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The pathogen Clostridium difficile, which causes one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in the United States, may have accomplices that until now have gone largely unnoticed.
Aug 28, 2019
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Researchers have uncovered a crucial link between dietary zinc intake and protection against Streptococcus pneumoniae, the primary bacterial cause of pneumonia.
Aug 22, 2019
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Sufferers of recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs) could expect more effective treatments thanks to University of Queensland-led research.
Aug 13, 2019
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Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection worldwide, but national screening programmes and antibiotic treatment have failed to decrease infection incidences.
Aug 13, 2019
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A new study published in the journal mBio shines light on the breakdown of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that occurs during many infections of the central nervous system. The findings implicate interferon gamma, a major cytokine ...
Aug 6, 2019
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