Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
We've come up with a TB test that's cheaper, quicker and more accurate
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that kills more people due to a bacterial infection than any other disease in the world.
Mar 23, 2018
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News tagged with cell wall
Oncology & Cancer
Stem cell reserves found in the stomach have implications for the genesis of gastric cancer
A team of researchers at A*STAR has found that certain cells in the stomach, called chief cells, become stem cells in response to injury, providing a source of new cells. As well as being significant for understanding how ...
Mar 23, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Glowing molecule can reveal live tuberculosis bacteria
A molecule made in the lab may change the way tuberculosis is diagnosed in the field.
Feb 28, 2018
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Cardiology
Newly discovered gene may protect against heart disease
Scientists have identified a gene that may play a protective role in preventing heart disease. Their research revealed that the gene, called MeXis, acts within key cells inside clogged arteries to help remove excess cholesterol ...
Feb 14, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Re-introducing an 'old' antibiotic may help fight multi-drug resistant bacteria
A new study indicates that the drug fosfomycin may be effective for treating multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. In most European countries, the oral formulation is only approved as a 3 gram single dose for the treatment ...
Feb 7, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New antifungal provides hope in fight against superbugs
Microscopic yeast have been wreaking havoc in hospitals around the world—creeping into catheters, ventilator tubes, and IV lines—and causing deadly invasive infection. One culprit species, Candida auris, is resistant ...
Jan 12, 2018
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Medical research
Bone marrow transplant stem cells can 'swim' upstream
When a cancer patient receives a bone marrow transplant, time is of the essence. Healthy stem cells, which can restart the production of blood cells and immune system components after a patient's own are compromised, need ...
Jan 4, 2018
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Neuroscience
Revealing snapshots: Advanced imaging uncovers how the brain responds to vascular injury
Pericytes, a little-understood type of cell on the brain's blood vessels, grow into the empty space left when neighboring pericytes die, report researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in a January 2nd, ...
Jan 2, 2018
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Critical toxic species behind Parkinson's disease is glimpsed at work for the first time
Researchers have glimpsed how the toxic protein clusters that are associated with Parkinson's Disease disrupt the membranes of healthy brain cells, creating defects in the cell walls and eventually causing a series of events ...
Dec 14, 2017
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Cardiology
Bacterial Fats, not dietary ones, may deserve the blame for heart disease
Heart disease and fatty clogs in the arteries go hand in hand. But new evidence suggests the fatty molecules might come not only from what you eat, but from the bacteria in your mouth, report UConn scientists in the 16 August ...
Nov 1, 2017
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