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Hospital staff spend a significant amount of time working to protect patients from acquiring infections while they are being cared for in the hospital. They employ various methods from hand hygiene to isolation rooms to rigorous environmental sanitation. Despite these efforts, hospital-onset infections still occur—the most common of which is caused by the bacterium Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, the culprit of almost half a million infections in the U.S. each year.

Individuals with opioid use disorder who were prescribed a lower buprenorphine dose were 20% more likely to discontinue treatment than those on a higher dose, according to a study of patients prescribed buprenorphine in Rhode Island from 2016 to 2020, as fentanyl became widely available.

A research team has finally discovered how neurons die in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The team is led by Professor Bart De Strooper at VIB-KU Leuven and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) at UCL and Dr. Sriram Balusu at VIB-KU Leuven. A subject of scientific discussion in recent decades, a breakthrough research paper illustrates how neurons initiate a programmed form of cell death, known as necroptosis, when they are exposed to amyloid plaques and tau tangles. This is a hallmark misfolded proteins implicated in Alzheimer’s.

While immunotherapies have shown great promise in treating blood cancers, most clinical trials aimed at treating solid tumors such as pancreatic or lung cancer have failed. Researchers have long thought that solid tumors’ resistance to treatment is due to the tumor microenvironment—the cells and matrix that surround solid tumors—but the exact mechanisms behind this blockade were unclear, until now.

A social media campaign launched in 2022 helped encourage some Nigerians to roll up their sleeves for a COVID vaccine, according to a new study published Sept. 15. The paper, “Outcomes of a social media campaign to promote COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria,” was published Sept. 15 in the journal PLOS ONE.

A cancer drug could play an important role in limiting the damaging effects of lung disease in COVID-19 patients, thanks to new research at Hudson Institute of Medical Research.

GOVERNMENT must clearly state its position over the status of former President Edgar Lungu in relation to his movements.

Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the Gregorio Marañón Health Research Institute and the Hospital del Mar Research Institute have published the first paper that reviews the scientific literature on the neurobiological adaptation occurring during pregnancy and postpartum in humans and other animals.

MINISTER of Infrastructure, Housing, and Urban Development Charles Milupi says the Government’s desire is to deliver all commercially viable infrastructure and Energy projects, and public services through Public Private Partnerships (PPP). Speaking during the 4th Ordinary Session of the Specialised Technical Committee on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure and Energy in  Zanzibar, Tanzania, Mr Milupi […]

Dying from viral infection due to organ failure and blood loss is still little understood. Among other things, Huaqi Tang developed an organ-on-a-chip to figure it out. “These technologies can offer unprecedented opportunities to fight the viruses that threaten our society,” said Tang.