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60 Minutes
When antibiotics were first used in the 1940s they were a revolution in medicine. Before that, diseases like pneumonia and tuberculosis were often a death sentence, and even an infected scratch could be fatal. Since then, antibiotics have saved hundreds of millions of lives. But now many of these drugs are becoming ineffective.
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NBC News
New cases of measles reported in New York, New Jersey and California bring the total number of infections in the U.S. to at least 695 so far in 2019 according to new numbers released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — the most for a year since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. Recently, New York City and suburban Rockland County confirmed an additional 37 measles cases, and California reported seven new cases.
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University of Kent via Lab Manager
Researchers from the University of Kent's School of Biosciences have provided evidence that a newly discovered Ebolavirus may not be as deadly as other species to humans.
The new Bombali virus was discovered in bats in Sierra Leone and has also now been reported in bats in Kenya.
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Infection Control Today
Dr. Peter Marks, Ph.D., director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, has issued the following statement on the agency's continued confidence in the safety and effectiveness of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine: "The FDA is a public health agency that always strives to use the best available scientific evidence to promote and protect the wellbeing of individuals. It deeply concerns us when we see preventable diseases such as measles or mumps reemerging in the U.S. and threatening our communities."
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Medical News Today
New research, which appears in the journal Nature Communications, shows that delivering two small molecules to mice helps their hearts regenerate after a heart attack. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and responsible for almost 1 in 4 deaths in the country.
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Infectious Disease Advisor
Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa skin cultures may help predict the pathogens involved in bloodstream infections in patients with epidermal necrolysis, according to study results published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Epidermal necrolysis involving more than 10% body surface area is a life-threatening condition that is often complicated by bacterial infections.
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The miniiSED™ is the newest addition to the iSED™ family of ESR analyzers from ALCOR Scientific. The miniiSED™ is a single position, fully automated ESR analyzer that works directly from the primary EDTA tube and produces an ESR result in just 15 seconds. The miniiSED™ is the ideal ESR analyzer for small laboratories, POL’s and emergency clinics.
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FlowSight - Flow Cytometry with Vision
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The FlowSight offers high performance in a small package. Its design increases signal and minimizes noise to provide unmatched fluorescence sensitivity. Twelve detection channels simultaneously produce brightfield, darkfield and up to ten channels of fluorescence imagery of every cell.
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Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary via Science Daily
A new study led by a research team from Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School describes how bacteria adapted to the modern hospital environment and repeatedly cause antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections. Despite best efforts, some bacteria are able to persist and circulate among patients, causing repeated infections.
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American Medical Technologists
Enhance your credentials to work in the rapidly expanding field of molecular diagnostics.
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News Medical Life Sciences
A new discovery about dangerous C-diff diarrhea has identified a new way that the bacteria – and possibly others like it – cause severe disease. C.-diff< is the most common hospital-acquired infection and estimated to result in 453,000 cases per year, with 29,300 associated deaths.
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University of Bristol via ScienceDaily
Scientists have invented a new technology that could lead to the development of a new generation of smart surgical glues and dressings for chronic wounds. The new method involves re-engineering the membranes of stem cells to effectively "weld" the cells together.
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SeraSub® is a synthetic serum for use as a component in preparing standards and controls for in-vitro diagnostic tests. Learn more
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Healio
Study findings suggest that filamentous bacteriophages may be associated with chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, antibiotic resistance and other negative outcomes in patients with cystic fibrosis. “Phages haven’t been thought of as pathogens that affect humans,” Dr. Elizabeth B. Burgener, instructor of pediatrics and pulmonary medicine at Stanford University, said.
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