The discovery that football players were unknowingly acquiring permanent brain damage as they racked up head hits throughout their professional careers created a rush to design better head protection. One of these inventions ...
Materials Science
Jul 14, 2023
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To infect its host, the respiratory pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa takes an ordinary protein usually involved in making other proteins and adds three small molecules to turn it into a key for gaining access to human cells. ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 7, 2013
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Scientists have used genome sequencing to reveal the extent to which a drug-resistant gastrointestinal bacterium can spread within a hospital, highlighting the challenge hospitals face in controlling infections.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 26, 2020
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Certain drugs used to treat COVID-19 patients—including remdesivir, dexamethasone and antibiotics for associated bacterial infections—persist through wastewater treatment and may occur in waterways at levels high enough ...
Ecology
Sep 9, 2022
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Paul E. Johnson envisions the day when most citizens can have their blood platelets checked quickly for bacteria at a low cost. And he has created the technology that he believes can make a difference in eventually saving ...
Biochemistry
Mar 16, 2012
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Scientists at Imperial College London have identified four new proteins that act as receptors for an essential signalling molecule in bacteria such as MRSA.
Cell & Microbiology
May 13, 2013
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About two years ago, the University of Chicago Medical Center touted a new, ambitious partnership with tech giant Google, one aimed at finding patterns in patients' medical records that might help predict medical issues.
Security
Jun 28, 2019
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There is now a promising vaccine candidate for combating the pathogen which causes one of the most common and dangerous hospital infections. An international team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute ...
Biochemistry
May 31, 2011
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Technology developed with ESA funding and drawing on long-running research aboard the International Space Station is opening up a new way to keep hospital patients safe from infections.
Engineering
May 27, 2011
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(Phys.org)—A new study from Stanford's Department of Chemistry reveals that the cell wall structure of Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium responsible for a broad range of diseases, depends on growth stage and nutrient availability.
Biochemistry
Nov 15, 2012
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