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Newsweek
The dangers of antibiotic-resistant bacteria have reached the pediatric ward. According to a new study, the number of hospitalized children in the U.S. infected with bacteria resistant to multiple types of antibiotic drugs surged between 2007 and 2015. The study is the first to confirm the extent of infections with multidrug-resistant bacteria — superbugs, many experts call them — among children, and underscores the alarming proliferation of bacterial pathogens our medications no longer treat.
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Medical Xpress
Physicians currently have no targeted treatment options available for women diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer known as triple-negative breast cancer, leaving standard-of-care chemotherapies as a first line of defense against the disease. However, most women with TNBC do not respond to these broadly targeted chemotherapies, and those who do often develop resistance to the drugs.
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Medical News Today
In metastasis, cancer cells break away from the primary site of the tumor and travel through the blood or lymphatic system to more distant parts of the body. However, only a small number of malignant cells have the ability to form secondary tumors. New research may have found a way to identify these cells.
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Science News
Last August, scientists injected a potential vaccine for Zika virus into a human being — just months after they had decided exactly what molecular recipe to use.
In the world of vaccine development, months from design to injection is "warp speed," says vaccine researcher Nelson Michael of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Maryland. Clinical trials can take years, and epidemics can burn out before vaccines make it to doctors' shelves.
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University of Warwick via Lab Manager
A new treatment for tuberculosis is set to be developed using compounds derived from bacteria that live in soil — according an international collaboration of researchers, including the University of Warwick.
The research partnership — involving the University of Warwick, and spanning institutions from Australia, Canada and the U.S. — has discovered a compound which could translate into a new drug lead for tuberculosis.
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Reuters
U.S. researchers have taken a major step toward the use of frozen or cryopreserved tissues and organs for transplantation, an advance that may one day ease the shortage of available organs, experts said.
Although scientists have been able to successfully preserve organs cooled at ultra-low temperatures, they have had less success in thawing them out without causing cracks in the fragile tissues.
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University of Birmingham via ScienceDaily
A new study has identified a previously undescribed role for a type of unconventional T cell with the potential to be used in the development of new therapies for infection and cancer.
The study, published in Nature Communications, shows that gamma delta T cells are able to generate immunological memory against previous infections and cancerous targets.
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University of Leicester via Infection Control Today
Researchers from the University of Leicester have for the first time discovered that bacteria that cause respiratory infections are directly affected by air pollution — increasing the potential for infection and changing the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment.
The interdisciplinary study, which has been published in the journal Environmental Microbiology, has important implications for the treatment of infectious diseases, which are known to be increased in areas with high levels of air pollution.
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Rutgers University via Phys.Org
Scientists at Rutgers and other universities have created a new way to identify the state and fate of stem cells earlier than previously possible. Understanding a stem cell's fate — the type of cell it will eventually become — and how far along it is in the process of development can help scientists better manipulate cells for stem cell therapy.
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