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Metal shows its steel against fungal infections

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

University of Queensland researchers say metal compounds could be the answer to the growing problem of drug-resistant fungal infections. Associate Professor Mark Blaskovich, Dr Alysha Elliott and other researchers from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience, along with Dr Angelo Frei from The University of Bern in Switzerland, led a group of collaborators which found one […]

Metals in urine could detect kidney injury

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

Metals found in people’s urine could detect acute kidney injury in very early stages, says new study. Scientists have discovered that certain metals found in people’s urine, could be potentially useful clinical biomarkers for the early detection of acute kidney injury (AKI). The study, which is published in Kidney International Reports, was led by experts […]