Bacterial pathogen must balance between colonizing airways and developing antibiotic tolerance, study reveals
Imagine trying to settle into a new home while constantly being attacked. That's what the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa ...
Nanomedicine advances deliver precise antibiotic doses to fight infections and drug resistance
Researchers from the University of Waterloo have developed a new technology that can hold an entire course of antibiotics in ...
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Innovative Bioelectronic Device Offers New Hope in the Fight Against Bacterial Infections
The Bozhi Tian (UChicago) and Gürol Süel (UC San Diego) labs have developed a cutting-edge bioelectronic device that taps ...
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Prevent Dryness and UTIs by Eating These Top Foods for Vaginal Health
If you're frequently bothered by vaginal dryness, urinary tract infections (UTIs) or other "down there" complaints, you may ...
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Compounds from healthy vaginal bacteria show promise as inflammation treatment
Just as Smita Gopinath, Ph.D., was setting up her microbiology and immunology lab at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public ...
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Quest Diagnostics Introduces Specimen Self-Collection for Common Genital Tract Infection Testing at Nationwide Network of Patient Service Centers
The new collection method may be used for laboratory testing of six common infections and causes of vaginitis, which affects one in three women in their lifetime 1, including bacterial vaginosis (BV), ...
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What Causes the Vagina to Smell Fishy and What to Do About It
A mild, fishy vaginal odor may occasionally develop without any underlying issue. Other times, it may be caused by a condition such as bacterial vaginosis and trichomoniasis—two types of bacterial ...
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Efficacy and safety of different drugs for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Objective: Bacterial vaginosis is a disease caused by vaginal microecology disorder, which seriously affects female health. At present, there are many drugs to treat BV, and this study aims to compare ...
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Bacterial infection, not foul play, likely killed Russian ‘spy whale’
A mystery surrounding the beluga whale that captured global attention with rumors of espionage has finally been resolved. Known as “Hvaldimir,” the 14-foot-long 2,000 pound whale was found dead in ...