JUNE 3, 2024 by Jim Shelton, Yale University Credit: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06483In a new study, Yale researchers describe how a novel chemical compound attacks drug-resistant brain tumors without harming healthy surrounding tissue. The research, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, is a crucial step in the...
BY ALIX MARTICHOUX – 03/29/23 9:22 AM ET (NEXSTAR) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified Candida auris as an “urgent” threat as it spreads rapidly through U.S. hospitals, tripling in just three years. The fungus is spreading “at an alarming rate,” the CDC says, but how exactly is it spreading? This fungus likely...
By Lena H. Sun February 25, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning clinicians and public health departments about a sharp rise in serious gastrointestinal infections caused by bacteria that are resistant to common antibiotics. In a health advisory issued Friday, the CDC said the agency has been monitoring an increase...
by Delthia Ricks, Medical Xpress Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Tuberculosis is a major public health concern, an ancient bacterial disease that has claimed the lives of kings, presidents, poets and at least one star of Hollywood’s silver screen-era. Yet even now in the 21st century, it’s still impossible to shake the scourge. TB kills someone...
by Amy Norton, Healthday Reporter (HealthDay)—Common heartburn meds may foster the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the gut, a new research review suggests. In an analysis of 12 past studies, researchers found that, overall, the evidence supports a link: People who use acid-suppressing medications—particularly proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)—are more likely than nonusers to harbor antibiotic-resistant...
A recent genetic study finds that a type of yeast commonly used in the food industry is genetically identical to one that causes severe drug-resistant fungal infections. Scientists call for changes to be made. Candida albicans (depicted here) may be the most well-known species of pathogenic yeast. In the same way that bacteria are now...
