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Antibiotics take toll on beneficial microbes in gut
It's common knowledge that a protective navy of bacteria normally floats in our intestinal tracts. Antibiotics at least temporarily disturb the normal balance. But it's unclear which antibiotics are ... -
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| Wednesday, 1 July 2009 |
Taking aim at opportunistic fungal pathogens
In what represents one of the largest comparative genomics studies to date, scientists have cracked the genetic code of several fungal species that cause bloodstream infections in patients with ... -
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| Saturday, 27 June 2009 |
Another piece of the puzzle discovered in immune response
A team of Monash University researchers has discovered the importance of a protein, which could improve the way the drug interferon is used to strengthen the human immune system. -
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| Friday, 26 June 2009 | Rating: 3.00/5 (1 votes) |
Dangerous liaisons: Bacterial sex causes antibiotic resistance
Some disease-causing bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics because they have peculiar sex lives, say researchers publishing new results in the journal Science. The new study helps ... -
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| Monday, 22 June 2009 |
GPs to receive comprehensive influenza pandemic training
Australian general practice will get urgent pandemic preparedness training under a joint program to be run by the Australian General Practice Network (AGPN) and The Royal Australian College of ... -
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| Sunday, 21 June 2009 |
Simulating a public health disaster using multiple variables can assist hospitals and cities in preparing for worst-case scenarios
A new and novel computer modelling platform developed through intensive, multidisciplinary collaboration at New York University can help hospitals and cities to be more prepared for catastrophic ... -
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| Saturday, 20 June 2009 | Comments: 1 |
Structure of bacteria related to traveler's diarrhoea could have implications for cancer vaccine development
National Cancer Institute researchers and colleagues have determined the structure of thin hair-like fibres on the surface of a type of E. coli bacteria that is the most common culprit in ... -
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| Friday, 19 June 2009 |
Corneal transplant failure, patients who skip glaucoma treatment, antibiotic-resistant bugs and LASIK
The June issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, includes new insights on why some corneal transplants fail, why some patients skip their glaucoma ... -
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| Wednesday, 17 June 2009 |
New era in hepatitis C treatment
For patients with the most common form of hepatitis C, the addition of a hepatitis C-specific protease inhibitor called telaprevir to the current standard therapy can significantly improve the ... -
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| Tuesday, 16 June 2009 |
Flu pandemic alert raised to phase 6
On the basis of available evidence and expert assessments of the evidence, the scientific criteria for an influenza pandemic have been met. The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) ... -
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| Saturday, 13 June 2009 | Rating: 4.75/5 (4 votes) | Comments: 2 |
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