Monthly Archives: August 2023

Infection

Higher levels of Pseudomonas aeruginosa LasB elastase expression are associated with early-stage infection in cystic fibrosis patients

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30
Aug

Abstract Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common pathogen in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and a major contributor to progressive lung damage. P. aeruginosa elastase (LasB), a key virulence factor, has been identified as a potential target for anti-virulence therapy. Here, we sought to differentiate the P. aeruginosa isolates from early versus established stages of infection in […]

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Infection

Concerns Ripe Over New COVID Variant BA.2.86 ‘Pirola’; Here’s What Experts Say About It

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30
Aug

Representational image (IANS) Concerns revolving around the new COVID BA.2.86 began rounds in medical bodies worldwide last week after the variant displayed a staggering number of mutations in its spike protein. The massive difference between this sub-lineage and current circulating ones had a few experts on edge, even in the absence of a significant impact […]

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Cardiovascular

Countering sex and gender bias in cardiovascular research requires more than equal recruitment and sex disaggregated analyses

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30
Aug

Carolina Rau Steuernagel, researcher1, Carolyn S P Lam, professor2, Trisha Greenhalgh, professor3 1University of Oslo, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education, Oslo, Norway 2National Heart Centre Singapore and Duke-National University of Singapore, Singapore 3University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Oxford, UK Correspondence to: C B Rau Steuernagel c.b.r.steuernagel{at}medisin.uio.no Carolina Rau Steuernagel, Carolyn […]

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Infection

Genpax Estimates Significant Cost Savings, Health Benefits From WGS Infection Surveillance

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NEW YORK – Bioinformatics company Genpax estimates that healthcare systems can save considerable money while preventing infection outbreaks through microbial whole-genome sequencing. In a study published earlier this month in Microbial Genetics, the London-based company calculated that implementing a WGS surveillance strategy could prevent some 74,000 infections annually in England, saving the National Health Service approximately […]

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Blood

Browns wide receiver Marquise Goodwin ‘grateful’ after returning from blood clot scare during camp

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29
Aug

BEREA, Ohio —  Marquise Goodwin never allowed himself to consider the alternative, that his football career might be over. Not for a single second. Diagnosed with blood clots in his legs and lungs at the start of his first training camp with Cleveland, the speedy wide receiver had faith he would play again. “No doubt in […]

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Blood

ARUP to accept blood donations from gay and bisexual men

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29
Aug

It’s where compassion meets progress. ARUP Blood Services has been at the forefront of blood donations for decades. Now, it’s making history. ARUP is the first blood donation service not only in Utah, but nationwide to adapt to the new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)​ guidelines that allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood. “This is […]

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Infection

Canada detects first case of highly mutated coronavirus variant BA.2.86

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29
Aug

OTTAWA, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Canada has detected its first case of coronavirus infection from the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant of Omicron in a person in British Columbia who had not traveled outside the Pacific province, health officials said on Tuesday. The individual is not hospitalized, and the detection of BA.2.86 virus has not changed […]

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Congenital disorders

A state panel wants to eliminate 100-plus Iowa boards and commissions. Which could go?

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29
Aug

A state panel is recommending eliminating or consolidating more than 100 Iowa boards and commissions, the latest step in Gov. Kim Reynolds’ push to shrink state government. The preliminary recommendations come from a Tuesday meeting of the state’s Boards and Commissions Review Committee, created as part of a sweeping government reorganization law Reynolds signed in […]

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Blood

Stains, DNA evidence under scrutiny in Foley trial as defense questions testing reliability

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29
Aug

When Worcester Police searched the Northborough home where Steven Foley lived, chemical tests revealed the presumptive presence of blood on the floorboards, according to testimony in Foley’s murder trial in Worcester County Superior Court Tuesday. Worcester Police Sgt. Eric Boss testified he executed multiple search warrants in the wake of Cynthia Webb’s death in 2017. […]

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