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U.S. Food and Drug Administration
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to benznidazole for use in children ages 2 to 12 years old with Chagas disease. It is the first treatment approved in the United States for the treatment of Chagas disease.
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Medical News Today
After investigating 14 years of study data on over 1 million people, researchers found that women diagnosed with high cholesterol had a lower odds of developing breast cancer, compared with women without high cholesterol.
Speculating on the finding, they suggest that it shows that taking statins may protect against breast cancer and call for further research to confirm it.
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The Verge
About two-thirds of Americans support the use of gene editing to treat diseases, according to a new survey. But opinions vary a lot based on people’s religious beliefs and how much they know about gene editing in general.
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Medical News Today
Using stem cells, scientists have managed to restore nerve function in monkeys with Parkinson's disease. The findings may change therapeutic practices in humans.
A new study recently published in the journal Nature Communications shows promise for treating Pariknson's disease with induced pluripotent stem cells.
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ZeptoMetrix Corporation (ZMC) is an Industry leader and innovator identified with quality, reliable and trusted Products and Services for Infectious Disease Diagnostic Development. From assay conception to launch, our Scientific and Operational Teams provide our Customers with cohesive, inventive and cost effective solutions.
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A new “anatomic atlas” of how B cells — the immune system’s producer of antibodies — link up to form networks has been charted by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. This map will be an important resource for researchers and clinicians studying infectious diseases, the microbiome, vaccine responses and tissue-specific immunity. Their findings appear in Nature Biotechnology.
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Reuters
Religious young women are less knowledgeable about a vaccine that guards against several different types of cancer, suggests a new study from Utah.
Compared to women who didn’t practice a religion, those who did were nearly 60 percent less likely to know about the human papillomavirus vaccine and about half as likely to have received at least one dose, researchers found.
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CIDRAP
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a new antibiotic combination drug for treatment of patients with complicated urinary tract infection.
The drug, Vabomere, contains the antibiotic meropenem and the novel beta-lactamase inhibitor vaborbactam.
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DARK Daily
Telehealth is gaining momentum at Kaiser Permanente. Public statements by Kaiser administrators indicate that the number of virtual visits with providers now is about equal to face-to-face visits with providers. This trend has many implications for clinical laboratories, both in how patient samples are collected from patients using virtual provider visits and how the medical laboratory test results are reported.
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Infection Control Today
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that three types of infections account for approximately two-thirds of all healthcare-associated infections — central line-associated bloodstream infection, catheter-associated urinary tract infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia. These device-related infections continue to represent a challenge to clinicians, requiring continual education, bundled interventions and evidence-based practice.
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Forbes
Virus evolution dates back to the dawn of life. Ebola incorporates two evolutionary survival traits: lipid envelope and selenium sequestration.
Lipid enveloped viruses have an evolutionary advantage because their lipid (fatty) coating shields underlying structural proteins from immune surveillance by antibodies. It’s an invisibility cloak; the virus looks mostly like a tiny blob of fat.
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Harvard Medical School via ScienceDaily
A guardian gene that protects against Type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases exerts its pancreas-shielding effects by altering the gut microbiota. Experiments in mice born with the protective gene show that exposure to antibiotics during critical windows of development fuels risk for Type 1 diabetes and leads to loss of genetic protection by altering the gut microbiota. Scientists say the findings underscore the importance of avoiding antibiotic use during late pregnancy and early infancy.
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