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WHO finds very high levels of drug-resistant TB in Russia, Moldova

February 4, 2012
"[T]he highest levels ever of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) have been found in Russia and Moldova," the WHO reports in research published in the February edition of the WHO Bulletin, but "the agency didn't have data from most of Africa and India, where tuberculosis rates are much higher," the Associated Press/USA ...

Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis – Update

February 3, 2012
The World Health Organization (WHO) has ongoing programs to improve and monitor tuberculosis (TB). The WHO's 2011 report on global TB control provides the most comprehensive information ever collected on the problems and issues of disease, as well as deaths caused by TB and multidrug-resistant TB (i.e. disease marked by ...

New technology to tackle treatment-resistant cancers

February 3, 2012
Free-flowing cancer cells have been mapped with unprecedented accuracy in the bloodstream of patients with prostate, breast and pancreatic cancer, using a brand new approach, in an attempt to assess and control the disease as it spreads in real time through the body, and solve the problem of predicting response ...

New technology to tackle treatment-resistant cancers

February 3, 2012
Free-flowing cancer cells have been mapped with unprecedented accuracy in the bloodstream of patients with prostate, breast and pancreatic cancer, using a brand new approach, in an attempt to assess and control the disease as it spreads in real time through the body, and solve the problem of predicting response ...

New technology to tackle treatment-resistant cancers

February 3, 2012
(Institute of Physics) Free-flowing cancer cells have been mapped with unprecedented accuracy in the bloodstream of patients with prostate, breast and pancreatic cancer, using a brand new approach, in an attempt to assess and control the disease as it spreads in real time through the body, and solve the problem ...

Shedding New Light On The Way Superbugs Such As MRSA Are Able To Become Resistant To Treatment With Antibiotics

February 2, 2012
Scientists have shed new light on the way superbugs such as MRSA are able to become resistant to treatment with antibiotics. Researchers have mapped the complex molecular structure of an enzyme found in many bacteria. These molecules - known as restriction enzymes - control the speed at which bacteria can ...

In Patients With Drug-Resistant Prostate Cancer, New Drug Extends Survival

February 2, 2012
A new drug, MDV3100, is improving the survival rate in men with advanced prostate cancer, results of a large, phase III clinical trial show. The drug is designed to block a type of cellular receptor that drives progression of prostate cancer. Based on the strength of the data from the ...

New light on how superbugs become resistant to antibiotics

February 1, 2012
Scientists have shed new light on the way superbugs such as MRSA are able to become resistant to treatment with antibiotics

New drug extends survival in patients with drug-resistant prostate cancer

February 1, 2012
A new drug, MDV3100, is improving the survival rate in men with advanced prostate cancer, results of a large, phase III clinical trial show. The drug is designed to block a type of cellular receptor that drives progression of prostate cancer. Based on the strength of the data from the ...

Gal-pagos reptiles living near human settlements harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria

January 24, 2012
Land and marine iguanas and giant tortoises living close to human settlements or tourist sites in the Gal-pagos islands are more likely to harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria than those living in more remote or protected sites on the islands, researchers report in a new study.

Patterns of antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in Galapagos reptiles

January 23, 2012
Land and marine iguanas and giant tortoises living close to human settlements or tourist sites in the Galápagos islands are more likely to harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria than those living in more remote or protected sites on the islands, researchers report in a new study.

Patterns of antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in Galapagos reptiles

January 23, 2012
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Land and marine iguanas and giant tortoises living close to human settlements or tourist sites in the Galpagos islands are more likely to harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria than those living in more remote or protected sites on the islands, researchers report in a new study . ...