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Antibodies to common antibiotic possible new risk factor for type 1 diabetes
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Antibodies to common antibiotic possible new risk factor for type 1 diabetes

by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Dr. Sharad Purohit and AU graduate student and coauthor Katherine P. Richardson. Credit: Michael Holahan, Augusta University Antibodies produced against the commonly used antibiotic, gentamicin, appear to increase the risk of type 1 diabetes in children already genetically at risk, scientists say. When Medical College of Georgia scientists...

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Common antibiotic found useful in accelerating recovery in tuberculosis patients

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Globally, an estimated 10 million people develop tuberculosis (TB) each year and the disease remains a leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Standard short-course anti-TB treatment still requires a regimen of at least six months of antimicrobial drugs, and drug-resistant TB is...