Category: Medical Research
This ‘Shape-Shifting’ Antibiotic Could Be the Answer to Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria Crisis
Antibiotic resistance is a real public health problem of global dimensions. Finding new antibiotics with a different mode of action from existing antibiotics is very complicated. However, it seems …Scientists Discover Novel Feature in Bacteria That Could Help with the Manufacture of New Antibiotics
Bacteria have been a great source of active ingredients for the manufacture of many drugs, particularly antibiotics. Every living organism – animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria – is made …Aerobic Glycolysis Is Crucial to the Proper Functioning of NK Cells
Currently, a lot of research is being done to learn more about how natural killer (NK) cells, our allies in the fight against infection and cancer, work. The Sloan …
Scientists Decode How Our Brain Makes Us Procrastinate: New Study Reveals Surprising Findings!
Procrastination is a common experience, and many of us have wondered why we put off tasks that we need to complete. A team of researchers from Inserm, CNRS, Sorbonne …
Researchers Find a Way to Compensate for BCG’s Decreasing Effectiveness over Time
10 million people are infected with tuberculosis each year and 1 million die from it. BCG undoubtedly one of the most widely used vaccines in the world is given …
Weizmann Institute: Climate Change Occurring at a Faster Pace Than Envisaged
Researchers led by scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science have reported in a new study that appeared in the journal Nature Climate Change that changes in climatic conditions …
Mcgill University Scientists Develop Novel Investigation Technique to Monitor Electrical Signals of the Heart
There are at least 158,000 deaths per annum from atrial fibrillation alone. This figure underscores the need to beef up our cardiovascular medicine–investigations, and treatment. Our cardiovascular medicine needs …The Behavior of Neutrophils Can Be Used to Forecast Cardiovascular Injury, Say Scientists
According to the Center for Disease Control , 659,000 people die yearly from heart-related diseases in the US alone. To put it differently, every 1 in 4 deaths is …