Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a therapy that targets host cells rather than bacterial cells in treating bacterial pneumonia in rodents. The method involves white blood cells of the immune ...
Nov 15, 2021
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A bout with flu virus can be hard, but when Streptococcus pneumonia enters the mix, it can turn deadly.
Jun 24, 2021
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The relationship between influenza and pneumonia has long been observed by health workers. Its genetic and cellular mechanisms have now been investigated in depth by scientists in a study involving volunteers and conducted ...
Dec 11, 2018
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In 2004, pneumonia killed more than 2 million children worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. By 2015, the number was less than 1 million.
Oct 20, 2017
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A bacterium that is the most common cause of pneumonia—a leading cause of death worldwide—can damage DNA in lung cells, a new study has shown.
Jun 16, 2015
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Scientists from Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology have used the power of new genomic technology to discover that microbes that commonly infect the eye have special, previously unknown ...
Nov 12, 2014
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Researchers have linked increased resistance to bacterial pneumonia in female mice to an enzyme activated by the female sex hormone estrogen.
Oct 15, 2014
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A breakthrough study from University of Leicester shows low dose injections of artificial properdin provides substantial protection against septic diseases in mice.
Mar 24, 2014
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Researchers have found that a harmless bacterium could be a source for antibiotic resistance in treatments against such diseases as pneumonia, bacteraemia and meningitis. Their results could help in the design of better strategies ...
Feb 21, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—Numerous scientific studies have concluded that two common bacteria that cause colds, ear infections, strep throat and more serious infections cannot live for long outside the human body. So conventional ...
Dec 24, 2013
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