A new international study conducted by the Israeli Phage Therapy Center (IPTC) led by Prof. Ran Nir-Paz at Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center and Prof. Ronen Hazan of the Faculty of Dental Medicine at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, using phage PASA16 on compassionate basis to treat tough Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections, has shown promising results […]
Newswise — University of Adelaide researchers have started work on developing a new vaccine that could help ward off painful ear infections in children. The potential vaccine is in the initial stages of development in the lab and will target one of the main types of bacteria that cause middle ear infections, a common illness […]
A U.K. Biobank analysis linked all-cause dementia with hospital-treated infection; cardiovascular health modified the relationship. (Alzheimer’s & Dementia) A reduction in plasma amyloid-beta 42/amyloid-beta 40 raised the risk of subsequent epilepsy. (Neurology) Researchers used a deep learning model to stratify the risk of progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease. (iScience) Age-adjusted serum neurofilament […]
Cats. (P Sreedharan/BCCL Coimbatore) Many of us have indulged in the whimsical fantasy of being bitten by an animal, only to inherit its mystical powers. In an incident that unfolded in the UK, the stage was seemingly set for a similar enchantment, but fate had a cruel twist in store. A 48-year-old man in the […]
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A new global study found that rising air pollution levels correlated with increased antibiotic resistance – one of the biggest threats to human health. Rising antibiotic-resistant infections and bacteria could be linked to air pollution, according to a new global analysis. ADVERTISEMENT Scientists studied data across 116 countries over nearly two decades, publishing their findings […]
New research sheds light on why infants are more susceptible to respiratory infections, pointing to their yet-to-mature memory T cells. However, infants also possess a unique defense mechanism, bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue (BALT), which produces antibodies against new pathogens and fades away by age 3. Two new studies led by researchers at Columbia University explains why […]
The basics on yeast infections Yeast infections are a pretty common fungal infection that anyone can get, but you may not know that they can cause sores. Candida fungus is naturally present in our bodies, but an imbalance of it can cause an overgrowth that leads to infection and irritation, as Meleen Chuang, MD, a […]
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the potential of new diseases to wreck our world has never been more clear—and so is the role that environmental changes play in exacerbating those new diseases. The connections between those factors is still an ongoing investigation, but the more we’re learning, the more we ought to be […]