New weapon in fight against antibiotic resistance discovered
Scientists at St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre and the University of Manitoba have developed a drug that combats 2 of the top 10 "priority...
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‘Eating with the eyes’ is hard-wired in the brain
Credit: ©National Institute of Genetics (NIG) Have you ever wondered why just seeing food can make your mouth start to water? By visualizing neuronal activity...
Scientists uncover mechanism allowing bacteria to survive the human immune system
Researchers have uncovered molecular details of how pathogenic bacteria fight back against the human immune response to infection. Scientists at the University of East Anglia...
Is DAA therapy for hepatitis C associated with an increased risk of liver cancer?
According to data from eight studies being presented at The International Liver Congress™ 2017 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, there remains continued debate on whether patients...
Long-term antibiotic prophylaxis reduces mortality in people with advanced liver disease
April 20, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A multicentre, randomised, controlled study presented today found that long-term oral antibiotic therapy with norfloxacin improved the prognosis of...
ILC 2017: New EASL clinical practice guidelines on the management of hepatitis B virus
April 20, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) today published their revised Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) on...
ILC 2017: European countries restrict access to life-saving treatment for hepatitis C
April 20, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Data presented today demonstrate that there are considerable restrictions in the reimbursement of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy across European...
UK: Serious liver disease develops in one-third of young people with childhood acquired HCV
April 20, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Results from a retrospective review of a UK national Hepatitis C virus (HCV) database found that over one-third of...
Investigational DAA treatment combination effective and improves patient-reported outcomes
April 20, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Analysis of patient outcome data from the POLARIS-1, 2, 3 and 4 studies presented today demonstrate that patients with...
Type of treatment for prostate cancer affects quality of life
Quality of life after prostate cancer treatment varies by the type of treatment patients receive, a new study reveals. In the study of 5727 patients,...
Why children struggle to cross busy streets safely
Loading video... Credit: Hank Virtual Environments Lab, University of Iowa For adults, crossing the street by foot seems easy. You take stock of the traffic...
Fungi have enormous potential for new antibiotics
Credit: Jens Christian Nielsen Fungi are a potential goldmine for the production of pharmaceuticals. This is shown by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, who...
Drug created from malaria parasite shows promise as bladder cancer treatment
A drug created from a malaria protein stopped tumour growth of chemotherapy-resistant bladder cancer, offering hope for cancer patients not responding to standard treatments. "This...
Immature spinner dolphin calf SCUBA tanks spell disaster in tuna fisheries
Just because dolphins are born in water doesn't necessarily mean that their in-built SCUBA system is fully prepared for action at birth; it can take...
Sociable crayfish get drunk more easily than loners
The effects of alcohol can be unpredictable; while some consumers become amiable and affectionate, others turn into brutish thugs, and Jens Herberholz, from the University...
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