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Madrid, Spain: Researchers discovered an easily measured gene linked to a high fatality rate, which could be used as a novel prognostic biomarker in patients...

6-day antibiotic cellulitis therapy results in faster, greater relapse than 12-day course

Madrid, Spain: Cellulitis treated with a six-day course of intravenous antibiotic flucloxacillin resulted in greater rates of relapse at 90 days post treatment despite having...

Seven-day antibiotic course delivers similar outcomes to 14-days for Gram-negative bacteraemia

Madrid, Spain: A seven-day course of antibiotic treatment for Gram-negative bacteraemia (GNB), a serious infection that occurs when bacteria get into the bloodstream, was shown...

Correcting tiny differences in patient’s position for radiotherapy could increase survival chances

Barcelona, Spain: Very small differences in the way a patient lies during radiotherapy treatment for lung or oesophageal cancer can have an impact on how...

Avoid piperacillin-tazobactam when treating BSI cause by ceftriaxone-resistant pathogens

Madrid, Spain: The antibiotic combination treatment piperacillin-tazobactam was significantly less effective than meropenem when treating potentially fatal bloodstream infections (BSI) caused by ceftr..

E. coli’s internal bomb may provide novel target for treatment strategy

Madrid, Spain: Bacteria's internal bomb, the so-called toxin-antitoxin (TA) system that is part of the normal bacterial makeup, may be triggered to make bacteria turn...

Measles serious threat for babies, toddlers, unvaccinated youths, ECDC says

Madrid, Spain: The vast majority of measles cases in Europe were reported in unvaccinated patients, and children younger than two years old were at a...

Spit and polish: The beauty of saliva for epigenetic studies

Biomarkers in saliva identify changes that impact the body, according to research published in Current Genomics. This important paper details the drawbacks and benefits of...

Blood biomarkers may allow easier detection, confirmation of concussions

Irvine, Calif., April 20, 2018 -- Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, Georgetown University and the University of Rochester have found that specific small...

$2 million grant to push forward cancer research in West Texas

Credit: Tommie Morelos / Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso EL PASO, Texas - A $2 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and...

Late, but not too late — screening for olfactory dysfunction

(IOS Press) In a large population-based study of randomly selected participants in Germany, researchers found that participants aged 65-74 years with olfactory dysfunction showed impaired...

Fight, flight, or freeze

Credit: Andrew Moberly, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - "Take a deep breath" is the mantra of every anxiety-reducing advice list ever...

Rochester scientists discover gene controlling genetic recombination rates

Credit: University of Rochester illustration / Michael Osadciw Genetics is a crapshoot. During sexual reproduction, genes from both the mother and the father mix and...

Russian scientists learned to perform a diagnosis by analyzing saliva

Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Nature endowed the human with an unique protective system, the immunity. It is capable to protect the body...

Selection of a pyrethroid metabolic enzyme CYP9K1 by malaria control activities