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Medical Xpress / Prototype breath tests spot bacterial infections in minutes
Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine. And doing so reliably is more important than ever, given the increasing frequency of antibiotic ...
Medical Xpress / Hope for preventing stomach cancer: Drug candidate proves extremely effective against H. pylori
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have increased the effectiveness of a standard antibiotic by a factor of 60 through targeted chemical modifications. In laboratory and animal studies, the new drug candidate ...
Medical Xpress / Spinal trauma: Blocking mechanoreceptors in first milliseconds after trauma can reduce damage
They are present in the spinal cord from birth, are sensitive to mechanical stimuli, and play an important role in triggering the pathological events that follow trauma. What happens if they are blocked? The extent of the ...
Medical Xpress / Gene mutation tied to schizophrenia slows brain's updating of beliefs
One of the symptoms of schizophrenia is difficulty incorporating new information about the world. This can lead patients to struggle with making decisions and, eventually, to lose touch with reality. MIT neuroscientists have ...
Medical Xpress / 'Leaky' brain barrier revealed as driver of chronic brain damage in retired combat and collision sports athletes
Research, led by teams at Trinity College Dublin and the FutureNeuro Research Ireland Center, has pinpointed the mechanism linking some sports injuries to poor brain health in retired athletes. The research, published in ...
Medical Xpress / HPV vaccination protects girls living with HIV in South Africa, study shows
New research shows first population-level evidence globally that a national HPV vaccination program can be highly effective in a high HIV-prevalence setting. In South Africa, where the burden of HIV remains high, women living ...
Medical Xpress / Single‑cell technique reveals how tuberculosis‑like bacteria alter human cells
Researchers from King's College London and the University of Surrey have developed a new technique to measure the content of individual human cells infected with bacteria that model tuberculosis—and it is already revealing ...
Medical Xpress / Experimental hookworm vaccine shows promising protection in phase 2 human trial
Researchers at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in partnership with Baylor College of Medicine report encouraging results from a phase 2 clinical trial evaluating a candidate vaccine ...
Medical Xpress / Multi-strain probiotic therapy shows promise in preventing bacterial vaginosis recurrence
A global team of experts has identified a promising new approach to prevent recurrence of bacterial vaginosis (BV), a condition that affects millions of women worldwide. In a Phase I randomized clinical trial of women in ...
Medical Xpress / Smartphone tool can monitor tissue health by reading a natural oxygen-sensitive molecule
Dartmouth researchers have developed a cell phone-based tool that monitors tissue health by using a naturally occurring molecule to measure the oxygen level in cells. The tool could provide a simple and affordable at-home ...
Medical Xpress / Trends in youth mental health from 1990 to 2021 reveal a pandemic-era surge
Adolescence, the stage of development between childhood and adulthood, is characterized by many profound physical, mental, and emotional changes. During this critical stage, young people can experience various difficulties ...
Medical Xpress / Changes in pace of epigenetic clocks over time may help predict mortality risk
The age on your driver's license may not be the same age as the cells in your body. Scientists use something called an epigenetic clock, which looks at certain chemical tags in DNA to measure your biological age, or how fast ...
