This article was taken from: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324507.php By Catharine Paddock PhD from Medical News Today Many antibiotics in use today came from bacteria that live in soil. Now, recent research reveals that bacteria that live on insects could be more effective at fighting common drug-resistant superbugs than bacteria from soil. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47292157 By BBC Health News Young people in the UK are more likely to die from asthma than those in other wealthy countries, a report has found. Death rates for asthma in 10 to 24-year-olds was highest in the UK among all 14 European nations included in an analysis of…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/18/gene-therapy-could-treat-rare-brain-disorder-in-unborn-babies By Ian Sample Science editor at The Guardian News Doctors could use Crispr tool to inject benign virus into foetus’s brain to ‘switch on’ key genes Scientists are developing a radical form of gene therapy that could cure a devastating medical disorder by mending mutations in the brains of foetuses in the…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47279072 By BBC Health news A new rapid test for earlier diagnosis of sepsis has been developed by University of Strathclyde researchers, which they say could save thousands of lives. A microelectrode device analyses the patient’s blood, with results coming through in two-and-a-half minutes. Current diagnosis tests for sepsis can…
This article was taken from: https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/scientists-discover-chemical-that-stops-replication-of-viruses By Agence France-Presse HONG KONG • Hong Kong scientists claim they have made a potential breakthrough discovery in the fight against infectious diseases – a chemical that could slow the spread of deadly viral illnesses. A team from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) described the newly discovered chemical…