Tuberculosis is a major public health concern, an ancient bacterial disease that has claimed the lives of kings, presidents, poets and at least one star of Hollywood's silver screen-era. Yet even now in the 21st century, ...
Vaccines that boost immunity against bacteria can protect the immunized from contracting drug-resistant infections, according to a team of scientists in the U.K. who also underscore that the shots can slow the spread of resistant ...
While photoactivated chemotherapy has received significant attention, the capacity to eradicate a deep tumor by using an external source that provides high penetration depth of tissue remains challenging. In a new report ...
An international team led by researchers from MacCallum Cancer Center in Melbourne, Australia, examined 391 tumor tissues from about 270 multisite autopsy samples collected from 15 individuals with end-stage high-grade serous ...
Drug addiction is characterized by compulsive drug use among individuals despite adverse consequences underlying such tendencies. However, the specific neural circuits underlying the mechanisms of addictive behavior remain ...
Researchers at the Vancouver Prostate Center have developed a new blood test that provides unprecedented insight into a patient's cancer make-up, potentially allowing doctors to better select treatment options that will improve ...
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A new antibiotic, synthesized at The Rockefeller University and derived from computer models of bacterial gene products appears to neutralize even drug-resistant bacteria. The compound, named cilagicin, works well in mice ...
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Inadequate development of new antibiotics and rising rates of resistance by bacteria to existing antimicrobials are dual forces pushing the world ever closer to a post-antibiotic era.
About 1.5 million people died of tuberculosis (TB) in 2017, making it the most lethal infectious disease worldwide. A growing rise in drug-resistant TB is a major obstacle to successfully treating the illness.
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(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers from Sweden, France, Belgium and Switzerland has found a way to reverse resistance to an antibiotic drug used to treat tuberculosis. In their paper published in the journal Science, ...
