Study Reveals Best Test for Clostridium Difficile (C. Diff) Diagnosis
The largest study of its kind, carried out by experts at the University of Leeds, has shown the most effective test for the diagnosis...
How Oral Antibiotics Contribute to Pathogenic Gut Infections
In a new study published in the online Sept. 1 issue of Nature, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine pinpoint ways to counter the...
Cold Sores Linked to Common Gene Mutation
Cold sores affect around one in five people but, until now, no one has been sure why some are more prone to the virus...
Bacteria Responsible for Gum Disease Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis
Chronic periodontal disease (PD) – one of the most prevalent infectious inflammatory diseases affecting humans – has been positively linked to systemic inflammatory disorders,...
Going Viral – Bacteriophages Offer Sustainable, Powerful Method of Controlling Microbes
In the early 1900s, most researchers believed that DNA was a “stupid molecule,” too simple to be of any value in the transmission of...
Overcoming Antibiotic Resistance with Bacteriophages
A team of scientists from Europe has recently isolated a group of naturally-occurring viruses that specifically target the highly infectious hospital superbug Clostridium difficile (C. diff). Dr Martha Clokie of...
A Galaxy Within Us: Programming Gut Microbiota with Food
Who would have thought that the human body contains over 10 times the amount of bacterial cells as human cells? These bacteria — now...
U.S. Patent for Novel Solution to Antibiotic Resistance Problem
A chemist based at the University of Copenhagen has taken out a patent for a drug that can make previously multidrug-resistant bacteria once again...
Vitamin D Provides Relief From Chronic Hives, Study Shows
A study by researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center shows vitamin D as an add-on therapy could provide some relief for chronic...
Parasite in Cat Poop May Play a Role in Curing Cancer
Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a single-celled parasite that is happiest in a cat’s intestines, but it can live in any warm blooded animal. Found...
Potential Epidemic as Painful Mosquito-Borne Chikungunya Virus Arrives in U.S.
The tropical virus, Chikungunya, has turned up the U.S. and is poised to become an epidemic, according to researchers with the Centers for Disease Control...
Spread of Drug-Resistant Superbug Increases Five-Fold in Southeastern U.S.
Cases of the highly contagious, drug-resistant bacteria, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), have increased fivefold in community hospitals in the Southeastern United States, according to a...
