An investigational oral antibiotic called zoliflodacin was well-tolerated and successfully cured most cases of uncomplicated…
HIV Latency Differs Across Tissues in the Body
Mechanisms that govern HIV transcription and latency differ in the gut and blood, according to a study published in PLOS Pathogens by Steven Yukl of San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of…
Anti-Malaria Drugs Have Shown Promise in Treating Cancer, and Now Researchers Know Why
Anti-malaria drugs known as chloroquines have been repurposed to treat cancer for decades, but until now no one knew exactly what the chloroquines were targeting when they attack a tumor. Now, researchers…
A New ‘Buddy System’ of Nurse Education Gets High Marks from Students
A new “buddy system” of nursing education — in which two students work together as one nurse to share ideas, set priorities and make clinical decisions for patient care in the “real…
Study Shows Movement, Evolutionary History of Tb in China
A genetic scan of a massive number of samples taken from tuberculosis patients across China has shown a surprising genetic uniformity: just two “strains” of the tuberculosis bacterium account for 99.4 percent…
Air Pollution Linked to Autism: Study
The study of children in Shanghai, from birth to three years, found that exposure to fine particles (PM2.5) from vehicle exhausts, industrial emissions and other sources of outdoor pollution increased the risk…
