A new study by Waldemar Gorski, professor and chair of the UTSA Department of Chemistry, and Stanton McHardy, associate professor
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How to slow down Ebola: Virologists use ‘genetic trees’ to evaluate intervention strategies
Between 2013 and 2016, West Africa suffered the most severe outbreak of Ebola ever recorded. In Guinea, Sierra Leone and
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Colistin-resistant multidrug-resistant bacteria pervasive in rural Vietnam town
A new study has found that the majority of residents in a rural village of Vietnam harbored multi-drug-resistant (MDR), colistin-resistant
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Advance genetics study identifies virulent strain of TB
LSTM’s Dr Maxine Caws is co-lead investigator on an advanced genetics study published in Nature Genetics(link is external), which has
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Target for chikungunya treatment
Scientists have identified a molecule found on human cells and some animal cells that could be a useful target for
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Trump Asked About 'Difference Between HIV and HPV,' Bill Gates Says
Bill Gates recently divulged to his staff an interesting detail from his meetings with President Donald Trump: Gates says Trump
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Multi-drug resistant infections rising in children: An increase in hospital-acquired infections are on the rise among US children
Antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections, one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in children across the United States, are on the
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Randomized trial finds ibuprofen not a safe alternative to antibiotics for UTIs
Ibuprofen, given instead of antibiotics to women with uncomplicated urinary tract infection, (cystitis), leads to longer duration of symptoms and
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New agility tests can discriminate between soccer players at different performance levels: The tests could be a more accurate way to assess agility in young players, compared with conventional measurements such as sprinting and jumping ability
Agility — the ability to rapidly and tactically change speed or direction — is an important factor in soccer performance.
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Machine learning flags emerging pathogens: A new machine learning tool could flag dangerous bacteria before they cause an outbreak, from hospital wards to a global scale
A new machine learning tool that can detect whether emerging strains of the bacterium, Salmonella are more likely to cause
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