Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New antimicrobial strategy silences NDM-1 resistance gene in pathogens

Researchers have synthesized a molecule that can silence the gene responsible for severe antibiotic resistance in some bacteria. The research, presented at the 54th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ...

Health

Research suggests the five-second rule is real

Food picked up just a few seconds after being dropped is less likely to contain bacteria than if it is left for longer periods of time, according to the findings of research carried out at Aston University's School of Life ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

E. coli outbreak in Canada, women at higher risk

Canada's public health agency warned Friday of an E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce that has mainly affected women, and has been linked to at least one death.

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