Health
Antibacterial soap no real threat to germs, study says
Antibacterial hand soaps containing a chemical flagged as potentially dangerous are not much better at killing germs than regular suds, researchers said Wednesday.
Sep 16, 2015
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News tagged with listeria monocytogenes
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers find alternate path for Listeria to sicken people
Purdue University scientists have found another pathway that Listeria uses to enter the bloodstream, suggesting that forms of the foodborne bacteria considered benign may be more dangerous than once thought.
Mar 30, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Novel therapeutic strategy shows promise against pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult to cure or even treat. Now, a new strategy devised by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine has succeeded in making pancreatic tumors visible to the immune systems of ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Health
What is listeria and how does it spread in smoked salmon?
Two people in Victoria and New South Wales have died after eating smoked salmon contaminated with listeria, health authorities report. Both were over 70 and had underlying health conditions.
Jul 25, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
S.Africa chain withdraws third meat brand over listeria fears
A South African supermarket chain has withdrawn a third brand of sausages after the world's worst listeria outbreak which has claimed at least 183 lives since January last year.
Mar 17, 2018
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Immunology
High fat diet increases risk of food poisoning from Listeria monocytogenes
APC Microbiome Ireland scientists based at University College Cork have shown for the first time that a high fat "western" diet reduces the efficiency of the immune system to fight infectious disease particularly in the gut, ...
Jan 21, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dirty packing plant blamed for killer cantaloupes
A dirty packing facility at a Colorado farm was the likely source of an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupes that killed 25 people in the US since August, health authorities said Wednesday.
Oct 19, 2011
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Immunology
Machine learning tool predicts the potential of peptides as immune activators
The immune system keeps T cells under control by regulating precisely when they can respond to a pathogen. For instance, helper T cells only turn "on" if other immune cells, such as antigen-presenting cells (APCs) present ...
Oct 23, 2018
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Health
E. coli in milk won't necessarily make you sick—but it signals risks from other bacteria
Last Thursday, dairy company Lactalis Australia recalled eight varieties of milk over concerns the products could be contaminated with the bacteria Escherichia coli (E. coli).
Jun 24, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
When tapas can cause harm: Large listeriosis outbreak in Spain
Listeria bacteria are ubiquitous in the environment and consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes is one of the main routes for food-borne outbreaks. Healthy adults might not even develop any symptoms after ...
Oct 28, 2022
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