3rd Annual International Raising C. diff. Awareness Conference and Health...
BOSTON, Sept. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- C. difficile caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United States in a single year, according to a 2015 study by the Centers for...
View ArticleDNA sequencing to improve treatment of urinary infections (University of East...
(Source: University of East Anglia) Urinary tract infections (UTIs) could be treated more quickly and efficiently using a DNA sequencing device the size of a USB stick - according to research from the...
View ArticleContraFect Appoints Clinical Development Leader, Cara Cassino, M.D., as Chief...
(Source: ContraFect Corporation) YONKERS, NY -- (Marketwired) -- 09/16/15 -- ContraFect Corporation (NASDAQ: CFRX) (NASDAQ: CFRXW) (NASDAQ: CFRXZ), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the...
View ArticleA*STAR scientists sequence streptococcus bacteria strain causing severe...
(Source: A*STAR - Agency For Science, Technology And Research) Sequencing of GBS strain by Genome Institute of Singapore aims to determine the reason for the recent increase in infection and to help...
View ArticleEurope needs urgent response to antimicrobial resistance (EFD - Europe of...
(Source: EFD - Europe of Freedom & Democracy Group) The report calls for lifelong training and education programmes for health professionals, awareness-raising campaigns and a multidisciplinary...
View ArticleDrug disarms deadly C. difficile bacteria without destroying healthy gut...
(Source: Stanford School of Medicine) Matthew Bogyo and his colleagues discovered that a drug can halt an intestinal pathogen without killing the "good" microbes found in the gut. Steve Fisch Stanford...
View ArticleCellceutix Announces Filing of Its Annual Report on Form 10-K
BEVERLY, MA--(Marketwired - September 14, 2015) - Cellceutix Corporation (OTC: CTIX) (the "Company"), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies with oncology,...
View ArticleChanges in Dairy Industry Benefit Dairy Cattle Health and Welfare and...
(Source: Elsevier BV) Profound changes in the dairy industry in recent decades have benefited the health and welfare of dairy cows, as well as consumers. A team of dairy science experts provides...
View ArticleNew drug approach could overcome antibiotic resistance
WASHINGTON: Researchers have discovered a new group of antibiotics that may provide relief to those affected by antibiotic resistance. The new antibiotics target the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, or...
View ArticleSUNY Board Announces Leadership at Upstate Medical University, College of...
(Source: SUNY - The State University of New York) September 10, 2015 Albany, NY - The State University of New York Board of Trustees today appointed Dr. Danielle Laraque-Arena as president of Upstate...
View ArticleT2 Biosystems to Present New Data on T2Candida Panel at the ICAAC 2015 Annual...
LEXINGTON, Mass., Sept. 15, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- T2 Biosystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:TTOO), a company developing innovative diagnostic products to improve patient health, today announced that new data on...
View ArticlePresentation of New Preclinical Data on SMT19969 at ICAAC 2015 (Summit...
(Source: Summit Therapeutics plc) Summit Corporation plc Summit T herapeutics plc ('Summit' or 'the Company') SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS PRESENTS NEW POSITIVE PRECLINICAL DATA ON NOVEL C. DIFFICILE ANTIBIOTIC...
View Article‘Antibiotic addict’ India losing fight against lethal bacteria
LONDON: India is the world's antibiotic popping capital, recording the highest number of such pills consumed annually — 13 billion pills as against 10 billion in China and 7 billion in the US. As a...
View ArticlePresidential Advisory Council on Antibiotic Resistance To Hold First Public...
(Source: Consumer Reports) Consumers Union Testimony Calls for Quicker Implementation of Publicly Accountable Antibiotic Stewardship Programs & Notice to Patients of Superbug Outbreaks at Hospitals...
View ArticleNews and press releases: New guidance to speed up development of antibiotics...
(Source: EMA - European Medicines Agency) 28/09/2015 EMA invites comments on its draft guidelineon the use of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics analyses in the development of antibiotics The...
View ArticleReduce Exposure to Tuberculosis With RxAir UV Light Air Purification
CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwired - Sep 28, 2015) - Healthcare professionals are concerned about recent increases in tuberculosis (TB) cases across the US because individuals with weakened immune systems, such...
View ArticlePresidential Advisory Council on Antibiotic Resistance To Hold First Public...
(Source: Consumers Union of US Inc) Tuesday, September 29, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Lisa McGiffert, Director of the Safe Patient Project for Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy arm of Consumer...
View ArticleMassey Professor appointed to Health Research Council board (Massey University)
(Source: Massey University) Professor Jeroen Douwes. Professor of Public Health and director at Massey University's Centre for Public Health Research Jeroen Douwes has been appointed to the Health...
View ArticleAcetic acid, found in vinegar, shown to be effective against bacteria found...
(Source: University of Birmingham) Posted on Tuesday 15th September 2015 Highly diluted acetic acid, an active ingredient of household vinegar, has been shown to be an effective alternative agent to...
View ArticleCombo of 3 antibiotics can kill deadly staph infections (Washington...
(Source: Washington University in Saint Louis) Robert Boston Using three antibiotic drugs thought to be useless against MRSA infection - piperacillin and tazobactam (bottle on left) and meropenem -...
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