Tag: Wellcome Sanger Institute
Deadly diarrhoea bacteria evolving to spread in hospitals
New study of Clostridium difficile that causes diarrhoea, shows that it is evolving to spread more easily in hospitals
Scientists have discovered that the gut-infecting bacterium...
Drug resistant pathogens spreading through European hospitals
Antibiotic resistant strains of respiratory infection bug could be spreading from hospitals in Europe
New research has found that antibiotic-resistant strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae, an...
Multi drug resistant malaria bugs spread across Southeast Asia
Two studies in The Lancet Infectious Diseases reveal that 80% malaria parasites in these countries are resistant to both artemisinin & piperaquine
Multidrug-resistant forms of...
Soon, a vaccine against Strep A that causes sore throat, scarlet...
Streptococcus A causes half a million deaths the world over, a vaccine is in the works
The search for a global Strep A vaccine has...
As many as 38 genes contribute to progressive hearing loss
Mouse studies implicate as many as 38 genes in hearing loss; 11 of them play a role in humans too
As many as 38 new...
