Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID may be tied to rise in brain infections in children
COVID-19 may be linked to a rise in bacterial brain infections in children, a new study suggests.
Aug 5, 2022
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News tagged with bacterial infection
Inflammatory disorders
Researchers make significant discovery around how inflammation works
A research team from Queen's University Belfast, in collaboration with an international team of experts, have made ground-breaking insights into how inflammatory diseases work.
Apr 23, 2018
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Medical research
How the body uses fat to fight infection
New research from the University of East Anglia and Quadram Institute reveals how our immune cells use the body's fat stores to fight infection.
Dec 8, 2021
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Immunology
The medicine of the future against infection and inflammation?
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, have in collaboration with colleagues in Copenhagen and Singapore, mapped how the body's own peptides act to reduce infection and inflammation by deactivating the toxic substances ...
Aug 13, 2018
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Immunology
Bacteria partners with virus to cause chronic wounds, study finds
A common bacterial pathogen called Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces a virus that substantially increases the pathogen's ability to infect us, according to a study by investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Mar 28, 2019
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Medical research
Cheap blood test can discriminate between bacterial, viral infections, study finds
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have made an important breakthrough in their ongoing efforts to develop a diagnostic test that can tell health-care providers whether a patient has a bacterial infection ...
Jul 6, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cigarette smoke makes MRSA superbug bacterium more drug-resistant
Cigarette smoke can make MRSA bacterial strains more resistant to antibiotics, new research from the University of Bath has shown.
Jul 30, 2019
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Neuroscience
Researchers find cause of Guillain-Barre syndrome outbreak in Peru
In the spring of 2019, Peruvian neurologists saw a significant increase in the number of patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). This rare disorder occurs when a person's immune system damages the nerves, causing muscle ...
Apr 1, 2021
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Medical research
Are stem cells the link between bacteria and cancer?
Gastric carcinoma is one of the most common causes of cancer-related deaths, primarily because most patients present at an advanced stage of the disease. The main cause of this cancer is the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, ...
Aug 17, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Microbiome therapy protects against recurrent bacterial vaginosis
A product containing healthy vaginal bacteria has proved effective against recurrent bacterial vaginosis (BV), an extremely common vaginal infection that is associated with preterm birth, HIV infection and problems with in ...
May 13, 2020
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