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Brain disease leads to new understanding of bacterial behavior
Posted in Science on 9th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
The finding could explain how infectious bacteria make their way to the brain and spinal cord.
Viral hepatitis 'kills as many as Aids or TB'
Posted in Science on 8th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
Viral hepatitis is one of the leading killers across the globe, with a death toll that matches Aids or tuberculosis, research in the Lancet suggests.
Cheap blood test can discriminate between bacterial, viral infections, study finds
Posted in Medicine on 7th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
The overuse of antibiotics threatens to create a global scourge of antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens.
Breakthrough device can diagnose malaria in 5 seconds flat
Posted in Science on 1st Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 438,000 people died from malaria in 2015 alone, and the disease continues to spread at an alarming pace.
NHS will not fund anti-HIV Prep drug plan
Posted in Medicine on 2nd Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
NHS England has reiterated it will not fund a "game-changer" drug treatment that can prevent HIV.