Public Health England, a British Government’s health agency, just reported a case of a heterosexual man infected with ‘Neisseria gonorrhoeae’. The superbug is resistant to both the antibiotics azithromycin and ceftriaxone. This is worldwide the first case of multi-drug-resistant Gonorrhoeae. (more…)
Why is it easy to stay awake until 6 am and so hard to wake up at 6 am pic.twitter.com/nF3dZq7Ou2 — World and Science (@WorldAndScience) 29. März 2018
Forscher der Universität Tübingen kombinieren leistungsstarke Verfahren zur Bildgebung und zur Stoffwechselanalyse, um das Krankheitsgeschehen in hoher räumlicher Auflösung festzuhalten
Forschern der Universität Tübingen ist es gelungen, Tumordaten aus bildgebenden Verfahren und so genannten Hochdurchsatzverfahren mit hoher Präzision zu kombinieren. Ziel der Wissenschaftler ist es, Stoffwechselvorgänge in Tumoren in ihrer Gesamtheit sichtbar zu machen und dadurch besser zu verstehen. (more…)
Computer modeling has helped a team of scientists, including several scholars from the University of Chicago, to decode previously unknown details about the process by which HIV forces cells to spread the virus to other cells. The findings, published Nov. 7 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may offer a new avenue for drugs to combat the virus. (more…)
ANN ARBOR — Researchers at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute found that a previously dismissed genetic mechanism may contribute to nicotine dependence, and to the withdrawal effects that can make quitting smoking so difficult. (more…)
People who swim, bathe or take part in water sports in the sea are substantially more likely to experience stomach bugs, ear aches and other types of illness than those who do not.
The large-scale research analysis was led by the University of Exeter Medical School in collaboration with the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. It is the first systematic review to examine the evidence on whether spending time in the sea is associated with increased risk of reporting a variety of ailments. (more…)
ANN ARBOR — One little understood paradox in the study of obesity is that overweight people who break down fat at a high rate are less healthy than peers who store their fat more effectively. (more…)
Statement from SEC reads: „The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Silicon Valley-based private company Theranos Inc., its founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes, and its former President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani with raising more than $700 million from investors through an elaborate, years-long fraud in which they exaggerated or made false statements about the company’s technology, business, and financial performance.“ (more…)
