Scientists have made an important advance in understanding how a subset of bacterial cells escape being killed by many antibiotics. Cells become "persisters" by entering a state in which they stop replicating and are able to tolerate ...
Tags: bacterial cells, antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, persister cells
Findings of a preliminary study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine suggest that a patient's own bone-marrow stromal (stem) cells could be used to treat multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively-drug (XDR) tuberculosis (TB). ...
Tags: bone-marrow stromal cells, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
A patient's own bone marrow stem cells might someday be used to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, a new study suggests. The phase 1 study to assess the safety of the treatment included 30 patients, aged 21 to 65, with ...
A vaccine normally used to thwart the respiratory illness tuberculosis also might help prevent the development of multiple sclerosis, a disease of the central nervous system, a new study suggests. In people who had a first episode of ...
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 ...
In a new position statement, U.S. pediatricians say raw milk and cheeses are simply too risky for infants, children and pregnant women. The statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics, published online Dec. 16 in the journal ...
Tags: raw milk, cheeses, infants, pregnant women, children
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in Northern Ireland has launched a campaign to keep contaminated milk out of the supply. The agency conveyed 'Protect your milk supply' message to dairy farmers, urging them to keep contaminated milk out of ...
Tags: Contaminated Milk, Food
A new project, co-funded with EUR8.5m from the European Commission is underway to accelerate the development of new vaccines, drugs and microbicides to fight against many poverty-related diseases such as tuberculosis (TB), HIV, malaria, ...
Tags: Poverty Related Diseases, Medicine
Eisai Europe has become a signatory to the Tuberculosis Drug Accelerator (TBDA) partnership, an initiative that aims to speed up the discovery of essential new treatments for tuberculosis (TB). Launched in June 2012 through a ...
Mullein, a plant that grows in dry, barren places, has been used for centuries because of its outstanding medicinal qualities. Its healing properties are found in its roots, leaves, and flowers, and it has been effective in treating a ...
Tags: Mullein, medicinal qualities
Transgene has received a sub-award from Emergent BioSolutions (EBS) under its existing grant of $5m from the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), to advance ...
Tags: Transgene, NIH Funding
Nourison, a leading manufacturer of area rugs, broadloom and home accents, has partnered with Care and Fair to sponsor a medical clinic and dispensary in Bhadohi, India. Working through the Oriental Rug Importers Association (ORIA) ...
Tags: Construction
Finger on the trigger, a hunter is shooting a wide-eyed badger frozen in a spotlight's glare; a few acres away, an activist is listening, moving toward the rifle's report; and on a nearby farm, a farmer is cursing, watching another cow ...
Tags: Agriculture
Medical device company Aethlon Medical has launched a new subsidiary Exosome Sciences to pursue exosome-based strategies for diagnosing and monitoring the progression of cancer, infectious disease and other life-threatening conditions. ...
Tags: Medical device, Aethlon Medical
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has categorized Cepheid's Xpert MTB/RIF test as 'moderate complexity' under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). Xpert MTB/RIF test is designed for the rapid molecular detection ...
Tags: moderate Complexity, Medicine