Biomimetic nanosponges absorb toxins released by bacterial infections and venom
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have invented a "nanosponge" capable of safely removing a broad class of dangerous toxins from the bloodstream – including toxins produced by MRSA, E. co ...
Apr 14, 2013
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Salmonella infection, but not as we know it
Researchers at Cambridge University have shed new light on a common food poisoning bug. Using real-time video microscopy, coupled with mathematical modelling, they have changed our assumptions about Salmonella and how it ...
Apr 25, 2012
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Genetic changes tracked as bacteria become a fatal infection
(Medical Xpress) -- An unusual case could tell researchers more about the genetic changes that occur when a common bacteria, normally carried without any problems, on rare occasions causes potentially life-threatening ...
Mar 06, 2012
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Saving lives with fast sepsis testing
Blood poisoning can be fatal. If you suffer from sepsis, you used to have to wait as much as 48 hours for laboratory findings. A new diagnostic platform as big as a credit card will now supply the analysis ...
Dec 02, 2010
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Australia's inner cities still contaminated with lead
A research article published this week in the international journal Environmental Pollution contends that large tracts of land in the older inner-city suburbs of Australia’s cities remain contaminated with above-acceptable levels ...
Sep 28, 2010
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Researchers identify what makes MRSA lethal
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists studying the so-called "superbug" MRSA have identified one of the components responsible for making it so deadly.
Jul 01, 2010
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Researchers make blood poisoning breakthrough
(PhysOrg.com) -- The lives of millions of people struck down by blood poisoning - or sepsis - could be saved after a team of researchers, including an expert from the University of Glasgow, made a medical breakthrough in ...
Jun 04, 2010
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Clustering MRSA in Europe indicates diffusion through regional health-care networks
A new study finds that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) -responsible for several difficult-to-treat infections including blood poisoning and pneumonia and a particular problem in hospitals - occurs in dis ...
Jan 12, 2010
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Resistance to antibiotics can be drawback for bacteria
Neisseria meningitidis, the meningococcus, is a bacterium that can cause diseases with high fatality rates, and there has therefore been considerable concern that, like other bacteria, it might become resistant to antibiotics. ...
Jan 07, 2010
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Killer catfish? Venomous species surprisingly common, study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Name all the venomous animals you can think of and you probably come up with snakes, spiders, bees, wasps and perhaps poisonous frogs. But catfish?
Dec 10, 2009
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Reduced skin infections in Northern Australian Aboriginal children
A community-based program aimed at reducing the burden of skin disease across remote communities in Australia's Northern Territory has been successful according to a study published November 24 in the open-access journal ...
Nov 24, 2009
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CDC: Lead dust in cars source of kids' poisoning
(AP) -- Some childhood lead poisonings in Maine last year came from an unusual source - lead dust tracked into the family car.
Aug 20, 2009
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Researchers probe mechanisms of infection
A newly discovered receptor in a strain of Escherichia coli might help explain why people often get sicker when they're stressed.
Mar 09, 2009
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