Michigan Technological University (MTU) researcher Jaroslaw Drelich has developed a new copper-based antimicrobial compound which can make the food supply safer. Drelich, a professor of materials science and engineering, has developed a ...
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The clothing worn by doctors and nursing staff plays an important role in breaking infection chains in healthcare systems. This has been shown in a study carried out in a hospital in Jerusalem (Israel) which examined the germ contamination ...
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The European Union has granted CE mark to Abacus Diagnostica's molecular diagnostic assay, designed for detecting toxin-producing Clostridium difficile. The GenomEra C. difficile assay, which is designed for use with the company's ...
Basilea Pharmaceutica has submitted a marketing authorization application (MAA) under the European decentralized procedure for its novel investigational antibiotic, ceftobiprole, to treat pneumonia in hospitals. The submission of the ...
MicuRx Pharmaceuticals has received a US patent from the USPTO covering the composition of its clinical candidate, MRX-I. The antibacterial oxazolidinone targets infections due to multi-drug resistant Gram-positive pathogens. MicuRx ...
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MicroPhage has gained an additional FDA 510 clearance for its KeyPath MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test-BT. Blood test was initially cleared to diagnose and distinguish methicillin resistant and methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration(FDA)has granted orphan drug designation to Savara Pharmaceuticals'first inhaled antibiotic,designed for the treatment of pulmonary methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)infection in cystic ...
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Galapagos has identified new class of antibiotics targeting drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains and commenced clinical development of first antibiotic. The selected candidate, CAM-1, was effective against all tested MRSA ...
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A first of its kind study conducted by the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine found standard control curtains were 8 times more likely to be contaminated with the superbug vancomycin resistant enterrococus (VRE) than experimental ...
Akonni Biosystems has won $280,784 grant from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a fully automated nucleic acid isolation instrument. With the grant, the company will initially use the sample preparation workstation to ...
PREMERA MIX is a modular interface grid system combining the benefits of a traditional grid range, a voice and data range, power sockets, broad switches and intelligent RF switch modules. Offering up to 24 module size plates with endless ...
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