Author: Hippocratic Post

‘Smart testing’ will help fight superbugs and save lives: Smart disease testing kits being developed at the University of Bradford could help preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics and boost the profits of farmers. The DOSA (Diagnostics for One Health and User Driven Solutions for AMR) project aims to offer more accurate testing and treatment of both people and […]

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Caesarean-born babies are at increased risk during early childhood of being hospitalised due to an infection, according to a new study of over seven million births from four countries. The study, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and Aarhus University and published in PLOS Medicine, found a small but consistent increase in the absolute risk of infection-related hospitalisation […]

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World-first skin cancer treatment aims to help transplant patients: A new medication which can be applied to the skin could help prevent organ transplant recipients from developing harmful skin cancers. The world-first treatment being developed at The University of Queensland is the only drug of its type that could prevent the incidence of skin cancers […]

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Prostate cancer: µ-crystallin CRYM protein inhibits tumour growth: Prostate cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed forms of cancer in men and affects around 5,600 men in Austria each year. Hormone therapy is one of the core treatment strategies, but it is only effective for a certain period of time. It has been known […]

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Major measles outbreaks will likely occur during 2021 as an unexpected consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new academic article. The Lancet article has called for urgent international action to prevent potentially devastating measles epidemics in the coming years. Lead author Professor Kim Mulholland, from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Chair of the World Health Organization’s SAGE […]

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