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04/07/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Local lake virus saves man suffering from life-threatening, antibiotic resistant heart infection

An 80-year old Connecticut man owed his life to a virus taken from a nearby lake. Experimental bacteriophage therapy with the OMKO1 virus eliminated an antibiotic-resistant infection that was threatening the man’s heart, according to a LiveScience article. Researchers from the Yale School of Medicine (YSM) in New Haven, Connecticut reported that the naturally-occurring virus succeeded in treating Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which […]

02/28/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Innovative new antimicrobial adhesive uses essential oils to reduce bacterial infection risk in Europe’s hospitals

A group of European researchers will be harnessing the natural antibacterial properties of essential oils. Their goal is to create an adhesive antimicrobial film that could prevent deadly infections in hospitals, reported an Alpha Galileo article. Their efforts are part of the “Antimicrobial FLEXibal POLymers for its use in hospital environments” (FLEXPOL project), which is funded by the European Commission and […]

01/06/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Trust your instincts: Scientists have confirmed that some of us can tell, within minutes, when someone else is getting sick

It looks like our mothers really do know best. We might’ve scoffed at them when they tell us that we look a bit “under the weather,” but according to a study, there are individuals who can tell if a person is sick based on “subtle signs” only a few minutes after they have gotten an […]

05/30/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Toxic blood infections can be eliminated using MAGNETS, says British inventor of machine that’s about to begin human clinical trials

Known as “the silent killer,” sepsis has a hand in nearly half of our nation’s hospital deaths, according to a retrospective analysis involving 6.5 million hospital discharge records in the U.S. Patients might have been weakened by cancer, heart disease, or another illness, but it is sepsis that often proves their ultimate undoing. This makes […]

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