Community MRSA is re-emergence of 1950s pandemic, study suggests
An early type of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that caused a global epidemic of infections in the 1950s has re-emerged as one of the community-acquired MRSA 'superbugs', according to a study published in The Lancet tomorrow (Saturday 2 April 2005). This "re-equipping and re-emergence" of a clone that caused a pandemic 40-50 years ago could mean that community acquired MRSA will spread fast...Treating populations infected with HIV and latent TB could speed the emergence of drug-resistant TB
In 2005, 46 regional Ministers of Health in Africa declared that a dramatic rise in tuberculosis (TB) cases was cause for emergency. In some African countries, annual TB case notifications have increased as much as four-fold over the past 15 years. The main culprit? The emergence of HIV. When individuals are infected with both HIV and TB, they are more likely to progress from latent TB infection...Emergence of Internet video is changing the regulatory landscape
This homegrown series may not be Stars...Emergence Of New Gene Scanning Technology In Disease Research
In a major breakthrough in the advancement of scientific technology, a new tool// called meltMADGE can scan rare genetic mutation at a fraction of cost. It combines thermal ramp electrophoresis with microplate array diagonal gel electrophoresis. The technology devised by Professor Ian Day from university of Southampton in collaboration with Bristol, University college London, British H...Key Mechanism to Emergence of Strep Bacteria
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and the University of Wollongong in Australia have discovered that, 30 years ago, a virus infected the strep bacteria creating a deadly strain of flesh-eating bacteria that has evolved to produce serious human infections worldwide. The incidence of serious strep infections has risen dramatically in the l...