Rapid new technique for detecting group A streptococcus
Cornell University scientists have developed a rapid, less costly and sensitive new technique for detecting group A streptococcus, the bacteria that cause scarlet fever. Details will be announced today...
View ArticleSilver supplement warnings - "May be some serious and strange side effects" -...
Colloidal silver is peddled as a cold medicine, decongestant, all-around germ fighter, and a kind of cure-all.
View ArticleBacterial toxins and perforins have a common ancestor
Human immune proteins crucial for fighting cancer, viruses and bacterial infections belong to an ancient and lethal toxin family previously only found in bacteria, Australian researchers have found.
View ArticleAustralian discovers gene for deadly Kawasaki disease
An Australian researcher has identified genes which could make some children more susceptible to the deadly Kawasaki disease - an inflammatory condition in young children that can damage blood vessels.
View ArticlePhRMA report: 234 medicines in development for special health care needs of...
America's pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies are developing 234 medicines for the special health care needs of children, according to a new report released today by the Pharmaceutical...
View ArticleDarwin/Wedgwood dynasty exhibits a link between inbreeding and child mortality
Charles Darwin's worries about possible adverse effects of inbreeding in his family seem to have been justified, according to a study described in the May 2010 issue of BioScience. Darwin married his...
View ArticleDarwin may have lost his own children due to ill effects of inbreeding
Charles Darwin whose theories on evolution have been the basis of all that we know about the evolution of mankind and genetics may have lost his own progeny to inbreeding says a new study.
View ArticleHKU releases draft genome sequence of scarlet fever strain
Scarlet fever has revealed unusual high infect rate in Hong Kong this year. So far, 466 children were infected and 2 of them dead. Scarlet fever is caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a gram-positive...
View ArticleDrug-resistant scarlet fever outbreak has infected nearly 550 people in Hong...
An outbreak of drug-resistant and particularly virulent strains of scarlet fever has infected nearly 550 people and killed two children in Hong Kong so far this year, about double the Chinese city's...
View ArticleInsight into how bacterial toxins cause human diseases may help improve...
A better understanding of how bacterial toxins cause common human diseases may lead to their improved treatment and prevention according to a paper just published by Irish and US scientists in Nature...
View ArticleTrimethoprim is more effective against streptococci than expected, says research
The focus of his team was also on samples, in which the bacteria failed to respond to the agent. They discovered two types of resistance. "Spontaneous mutations can occur in the gene for dihydrofolate...
View ArticleRoche announces launch of cobas Liat System for on-demand testing in...
Roche today announced the launch of the cobas Liat System—a fast, compact , easy to use, molecular diagnostic platform, designed for on-demand testing in physician clinics, pharmacies and hospital lab...
View ArticleAlere i Strep A test receives marketing clearance from FDA
Alere Inc., a global leader in rapid diagnostic tests, today announced that its Alere i Strep A test has received marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Alere i Strep A is the...
View ArticleFocus Diagnostics announces FDA clearance for Simplexa Group A Strep Direct Kit
Focus Diagnostics, the clinical-laboratory products business of Quest Diagnostics, today announced the FDA 510(k) clearance and CLIA moderate-complexity categorization for its Simplexa Group A Strep...
View ArticleFDA grants CLIA waiver for Alere i Strep A test
Alere Inc., a global leader in rapid diagnostic tests, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted CLIA waiver for the Alere i Strep A test. The test, which was cleared for...
View ArticleResearchers track re-emergence of scarlet fever-causing bacteria
An international study led by University of Queensland researchers has tracked the re-emergence of a childhood disease which had largely disappeared over the past 100 years.
View ArticleInsight into how bacterial toxins cause human diseases may help improve...
A better understanding of how bacterial toxins cause common human diseases may lead to their improved treatment and prevention according to a paper just published by Irish and US scientists in Nature...
View ArticleTrimethoprim is more effective against streptococci than expected, says research
The focus of his team was also on samples, in which the bacteria failed to respond to the agent. They discovered two types of resistance. "Spontaneous mutations can occur in the gene for dihydrofolate...
View ArticleRoche announces launch of cobas Liat System for on-demand testing in...
Roche today announced the launch of the cobas Liat System—a fast, compact , easy to use, molecular diagnostic platform, designed for on-demand testing in physician clinics, pharmacies and hospital lab...
View ArticleAlere i Strep A test receives marketing clearance from FDA
Alere Inc., a global leader in rapid diagnostic tests, today announced that its Alere i Strep A test has received marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Alere i Strep A is the...
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