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engineering.princeton.edu/news/2025/04...
Princeton Engineering - For the first time, scientists map the half-billion connections that allow mice to see
After nine years of painstaking work, an international team of researchers on Wednesday published a precise map of the vision centers of a mouse brain,
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April 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...
New HIV test delivers accurate results in minutes
The low-cost technology builds on existing platform that assesses COVID-19 and water quality
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April 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Bacteria use antimicrobial agent to kill competition
Scientists found that a drug-resistant bacterial strain recently evolved to make an antimicrobial compound that kills off competitors.
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April 2, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...
Digging in the dirt: Scientists discover a new antibiotic compound from an old source
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April 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria discovered in technician’s garden
The molecule targets bacteria in a way that other drugs don’t.
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March 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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FDA approves new antibiotic for uncomplicated urinary tract infections
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March 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Promising Phase 3 Trial Of Tuberculosis Vaccine Is Running Ahead Of Schedule - Health Policy Watch
A Phase 3 trial for the tuberculosis vaccine known as M72/AS01E is running a year ahead of schedule and has already recruited 90% of the 20,000 people it
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March 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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www.sciencenews.org/article/tube...
Tuberculosis could be eradicated. So why isn’t it?
John Green’s new book, Everything Is Tuberculosis, reveals how social injustice sustains the disease, despite available cures and vaccines.
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March 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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(1/5) As bacteria become more resistant to our existing antibiotics, finding new ways to fight infections is more urgent than ever.
Frog-derived synthetic peptides display anti-infective activity against Gram-negative pathogens
Synthetic peptides, inspired by the natural defenses of amphibians, demonstrate selective activity against Gram-negative pathogens while sparing the gut microbiota and Gram-positive strains. Rationall...
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March 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Roche unveils a new class of next-generation sequencing with its novel sequencing by expansion technology
Roche's innovative sequencing by expansion (SBX) technology represents a leap forward in next-generation sequencing (NGS), which is playing a vital role in decoding complex diseases like cancer,...
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March 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Still 1.25 million people died of tuberculosis per year !
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World TB Day 2025
The theme of World TB Day 2025: Yes! We can end TB! Commit, Invest, Deliver
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March 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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www.reuters.com/business/hea...
WHO calls for immediate action as report shows 10% rise in child TB infections in European region
Tuberculosis infections among children in the European region rose 10% in 2023, indicating ongoing transmission and the need for immediate public health measures to control the spread, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
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March 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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IAVI and Biofabri/Zendal announce first vaccinations in the IMAGINE clinical trial, a large-scale safety and efficacy trial of the tuberculosis vaccine candidate MTBVAC
MTBVAC is a tuberculosis vaccine candidate for prevention of TB disease in people with latent TB infection.
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March 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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New CRISPR-based diagnostic test detects pathogens in blood without amplification
Bioengineering professor and The Grainger College of Engineering's Dean, Rashid Bashir, led a team of researchers in a project that's resulted in new technology that offers rapid, highly sensitive det...
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March 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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theconversation.com/bug-drugs-ba...
Bug drugs: bacteria-based cancer therapies are finally overcoming barriers
A century-old cancer therapy gains new life with modern science.
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March 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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www.imperial.ac.uk/news/261995/...
Gene drive modified mosquitoes offer new tool for malaria elimination efforts | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Genetic technology co-developed at Imperial could help to eliminate malaria by making mosquitos resistant to the parasite that spreads the disease.
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March 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scientists discover new part of the immune system
New part of the immune system - hidden inside our bodies - could be used to make new antibiotics.
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March 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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New advances in the fight against sepsis  - BioVox
Sepsis is a serious condition where the body responds improperly to an infection. Every 2.8 seconds, someone dies of sepsis globally, yet no direct therapies exist beyond supportive care.
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March 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK scientists develop DNA sequencing system to fight superbugs
Exclusive: Sequencing will help doctors identify bacteria that cause infections and offer effective treatments faster and more accurately
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March 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Diabetes boosts antibiotic resistance in mice
Researchers found that infectious bacteria in diabetic mice rapidly evolved resistance to antibiotics.
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March 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Scientists aiming to bring back woolly mammoth create woolly mice
Genetically modified mice have traits geared towards cold tolerance, in step towards modifying elephants
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March 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/s...
‘Spoonful of plastics in your brain’ paper has duplicated images
The duplications likely do not alter the conclusions, but the paper contains other methodological issues, two independent microplastics researchers say.
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March 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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www.larazon.es/salud/vacuna...
La vacuna española contra la tuberculosis pisa el acelerador
Confían en que estará disponible en el mercado en 2029 para adolescentes y adultos y para 2026 en recién nacidos
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March 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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www.cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis...
Shorter, all-oral drug-resistant TB regimens perform well in real-world setting, study finds
In a study in Belarus and Uzbekistan, 96% of patients with drug-resistant TB who received the regimens had successful treatment outcomes.
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February 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
The Surprising Source of Next-Gen Antibiotics: Oyster Blood
Fascinating new research shows mollusk blood proteins have strong antimicrobial properties, especially when combined with existing antibiotics.
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February 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM