Cronobacter, also known as Enterobacter, is an opportunistic pathogenic bacteria responsible for food borne illness. Cronobacter is able to survive in desiccated states for extended periods of time, which means that it can be a problem in ...
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The first clinical study of a low-cost neonatal breathing system created by Rice University bioengineering students demonstrated that the device increased the survival rate of newborns with severe respiratory illness from 44 percent to 71 ...
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New detection methods could shorten the detection of sepsis from days down to only a few hours. Sepsis is a possibly mortal bacterial infection. It affects neonates and young infants more severely since their immune system is not fully ...
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The health claims related to drinking raw milk have not been verified by scientific evidence, and therefore do not outweigh the potential health risks that raw milk poses to pregnant women and children, according to a policy statement ...
A single strain of antibiotic-resistant E. coli bacteria has become the main cause of bacterial infections in women and the elderly worldwide over the past decade and poses a serious health threat, researchers report. Along with becoming ...
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Potentially harmful staph bacteria can lurk deep inside the nose, a small new study finds. Researchers tested 12 healthy people and found that formerly overlooked sites deep within the nose may be reservoirs for Staphylococcus aureus, ...
US-based Pentax Medical initiated a voluntary nationwide recall of 76 PENTAX gas/ water valves, model OF-B194 on 16 September 2013. The valves were offered as a separate purchase for use with PENTAX GI video endoscopes (90i/90k series and ...
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T2 Biosystems has initiated the direcT2 clinical trial of T2Candida, designed for the rapid and sensitive identification of five species of Candida. The direcT2 trial will provide data to support a regulatory submission for T2Candida. ...
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The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has granted approval for Novartis' multi-component Meningococcal B (MenB) vaccine, Bexsero, for use against a dangerous form of bacterial meningitis, MenB disease. The approval will ...
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded $22.83m contract to Battelle, NxStage Medical and Aethlon Medical collaboration team to develop an advanced portable device to treat sepsis for military needs. DARPA created ...
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BioFire Diagnostics has submitted 510(k) pre-market notification application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval for its FilmArray blood culture identification (BCID) test. The application included positive ...
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BioFire Diagnostics has submitted 510(k) Application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its FilmArray Blood Culture Identification (BCID) Panel. The BCID panel provides automatic results for the most common infectious causes ...
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US-based T2 Biosystems has received a patent from US Patent and Trademark Office covering its T2Candida test. The patent describes the format and methodology of T2Candida test, desinged to detect and identify Candida species in a blood ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted patent, number 8,409,807 to T2 Biosystems' patent application covering its T2Candida diagnostic test. The test identifies and detects sepsis-causing Candida species from whole blood ...
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Hospira is voluntarily recalling multiple lots of five different injections, due to reports of faulty packaging and contamination. According to the firm, the recall was took place as the consumers have reported that one lot of ...
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