Case & Study Reviews
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June 28, 2021Posted: June 28, 2021Read MoreSome patients have become infected with TB from contaminated graft material. How are they screened for infectious disease?
In June of this year, it was discovered over 100 patients may have been exposed to tuberculosis originating from cadaver-derived material used in their bone graft procedures.
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April 12, 2021Posted: April 12, 2021Read MoreCould this explain why some are more susceptible to COVID-19?
The SARS-CoV-2 virus gains entry to the epithelial cells lining the respiratory tract by way of the ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2) receptor. This is the protein to which the viral spike proteins attach in order to gain entry into the cell.
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March 30, 2021Posted: March 30, 2021Read MoreInformation on messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines is frequently in the news due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, since mRNA technology is used in the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines against SARS-CoV-2. Long before the start of the pandemic, however, researchers have been trying to use this technology to treat cancer.
Colorectal cancer is...
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February 17, 2021Posted: February 17, 2021Read MoreCan they assist with COVID-19 immunity?
The idea of probiotics is for centuries something well known in other cultures. Many old cultures count with them in yogurts, kefirs and even something thought to be new but made recently popular by savvy Hollywood stars, called: Kombucha. A group of researchers looked at Malaysian...
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February 05, 2021Posted: February 05, 2021Read MoreThe Gut Microbiome Composition and COVID-19 Related Disease Severity
The gut microbiome refers to a group of commensal or symbiotic bacteria that make up the composition of microorganisms in the human intestines. At any given period in time, most healthy adults may have up to 1,000 different species of bacteria that inhabit...
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January 21, 2021Posted: January 21, 2021Read MoreNew Study shows that assays for T Cells against COVID-19 can be good predictor of disease susceptibility.
Ensuring that essential workers are healthy and can receive a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 during the pandemic is extremely important. However, a major question must be considered: How can we identify which individuals...
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January 07, 2021Posted: January 07, 2021Read MoreA novel test for T cells show great promise in detecting immune status
Antibodies often steal the spotlight when talking about immunity, but they are not the only protagonist in the immune system.
T cells are specialized defenders activated in the adaptive...
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December 08, 2020Posted: December 08, 2020Read MoreThe World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), a pandemic on March 11, 2020. 1 Since then—at the time of writing—63,098,003 cases and 1,465,111 deaths have been reported from 191 afflicted countries/regions across the globe. 2 Along with its high transmissibility and...
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November 20, 2020Posted: November 20, 2020Read More...Control of drug-resistant organisms is a global problem. Pathogens are acquiring resistances and developing novel ways of surmounting antimicrobials at unprecedented rates. While infectious agents are becoming more and more resistant to the medicines that are currently in use, not enough drugs are being developed to combat them.1
In some instances, orders of bacteria,
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November 19, 2020Posted: November 19, 2020Read MoreSaving Patient Lives with Rapid Pneumonia Testing
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November 05, 2020Posted: November 05, 2020Read MoreIs this why President Trump Recovered so Quickly?
In 1900, Nobel Laureate Emil von Behring demonstrated antibodies in blood plasma, or serum, could be transferred from one person or animal to another person, conferring immunity against an infectious agent-as illustrated in his work with horses to cure and prevent diphtheria...
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October 23, 2020Posted: October 23, 2020Read More
Figure 1: ruthenium is a rare metal related to platinum A team of researches at the University of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England, have reported a new compound that displays the ability to kill both gram-positive and gram-negative antibiotic-resistant bacteria (1).
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October 08, 2020Posted: October 08, 2020Read MoreBacteria are commonly considered a culprit leading to cancer. However, recent research suggests that some bacteria, being a potential enemy can also be a friend, and thus be utilized to create novel cancer therapeutics and treatments.(1, Figure 1)
A great deal of research ahs centered on using bacteria to reduce the size of tumors...
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September 25, 2020Posted: September 25, 2020Read More
As the number of global coronavirus cases continues to increase beyond 20 million, there is an urgent need for treatment for those infected with SARS CoV2. Internationally, biotech companies are working feverishly towards developing a vaccine to reduce infection rates. However, it is still unclear when a final product will be released and to what degree of immunity will be achieved. Until a permanent...
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September 11, 2020Posted: September 11, 2020Read MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic is unlike any public health emergency we have seen in many decades. Nations have shut down borders, businesses, and life as people knew it. Aside from the obvious economic side effects of shutting down businesses, offices, schools, and other buildings, another potentially deadly disease may be on the rise as a consequence of the COVID-19 lockdowns and a sudden reopening of previously...
