Genetics
Researchers untangle genetics of drug resistant tuberculosis
For years, physicians around the world have watched as strain after strain of the deadly bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis evolves resistance to drugs.
Sep 1, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Simian foamy viruses readily occur between humans and macaques in urban Bangladesh
Throughout Asia, humans and monkeys live side-by side in many urban areas. An international research team from the University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Jahangirnagar University has been examining ...
Sep 4, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers find potential novel treatment for influenza
An experimental drug has shown promise in treating influenza, preventing lung injury and death from the virus in preclinical studies, according to University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers publishing in the journal ...
May 1, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus variants: Why being more transmissible rather than more deadly isn't good news
Every time the coronavirus replicates, it has a chance to mutate. And given that it is currently rampaging around the world, it has plenty of opportunities to do just that.
Jan 21, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
This tropical disease is second only to malaria as a parasitic killer. So why haven't you heard of it?
One form of the disease begins with large open sores that won't heal, then migrates to the nose and lips, rotting them away like a form of leprosy and leaving the victim badly disfigured.
Jun 7, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Deadly disease outbreak linked to commercial breeding of piglets
In a case of sophisticated scientific sleuthing, a UNSW researcher has helped pin down the source of an unprecedented outbreak of streptococcal disease in China.
Feb 9, 2017
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Medications
Pfizer sells key vaccine cheaply to poor countries
Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has agreed to provide hundreds of millions of doses of its lucrative vaccine against pneumonia and meningitis at a fraction of the usual price for young children in poor countries.
Jul 29, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Taiwan watching travelers after H7N9 bird flu case
Taiwan heightened surveillance of travelers from China on Thursday after authorities confirmed the island's first case of a new deadly strain of bird flu.
Apr 25, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO plays down China bird flu fears
The World Health Organisation on Tuesday played down fears over a strain of bird flu which has killed two people in China, but said it was crucial to find out how the virus infected humans.
Apr 2, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers show a better way for curbing TB where the disease is rampant
(Medical Xpress)—Those who live and die behind prison walls don't usually get much public attention. Incarceration is, after all, meant to remove criminals from society. But contagious and potentially deadly diseases can't ...
Nov 28, 2012
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