Infection Following Articles & Analysis
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The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has driven renewed interest in alternative treatments, including phage therapy. A recent study by Yang, F., et al (2024) explores the potential of bacteriophage therapy for treating multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infections using humanized mouse models. This study highlights the efficacy of phage DS6A in reducing Mtb load ...
To combat employee absenteeism and its effects, hospitals need to understand its causes and be proactive about implementing procedures that address them. This includes infection prevention protocols like hand washing that are critical to keeping healthcare staff healthy and able to work. ...
ByBioVigil
The Middle East’s largest medical exhibition has proven its value for Scottish SME Clear Surgical Ltd – who have landed a string of new business opportunities following their first-ever exhibition at the event, and are now in advance discussion to strike a 7-figure deal. The future looks bright for Clear Surgical Ltd following their exhibition at ...
PreHevbri is the only approved 3-antigen hepatitis B vaccine for adults in the United Kingdom Approval follows the European Commission’s marketing authorisation, granted in April 2022 VBI Vaccines Inc. ...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to its lead investigational multi-virus-specific T cell therapy, posoleucel, for the prevention of clinically significant infections and disease from six devastating viruses that commonly impact high-risk adult and pediatric patients following allogeneic ...
ByKalaris
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its lead multi-virus specific T cell (VST) therapy, posoleucel (Viralym-M, ALVR105), Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation for the treatment of adenovirus (AdV) infection following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HCT). ...
ByKalaris
Specific Diagnostics today announced formation of its US commercial sales, service, support and marketing teams in anticipation of the launch of the Reveal Rapid AST System for blood infection samples. Following 11 studies across France and England comprising over 1,400 clinical positive blood culture samples, yielding overall accuracy of 97.8%, and in tandem ...
The contract was awarded through Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) for prototype solutions that prevent combat wound infections following blast injuries and burns. Combat wound infections are a major risk to warfighter survivability and can delay their return to active duty, posing a significant burden to the Army ...
Lumos’ FebriDx test is a rapid POC test based on two markers produced by the body in response to an infection: CRP, which is produced in response to any microbial infection, and MxA, which is only produced in response to viral infections. As a host-response test, FebriDx does not identify the specific infecting pathogen. ...
(“Finch” or “Finch Therapeutics” or “Company”) (Nasdaq: FNCH), a clinical-stage microbiome therapeutics company leveraging its Human-First Discovery® platform to develop a novel class of orally administered biological drugs, today announced that it has paused enrollment in PRISM4, its Phase 3 clinical trial of CP101 in recurrent C. difficile ...
Breath analysis shows a great potential for a rapid, non-invasive detection of COVID-19 infections. Follow our journey around the world, where we shine a light on current research projects where IONICON PTR-TOF instruments are deployed fighting this global pandemic by testing breath for COVID-19 in real-time. ...
The AI based diagnostic to be developed in this project will complement antibody tests and enable individuals who are naturally immune to the virus following infection with SARS-CoV-2 or other seasonal coronaviruses, or who have acquired immunity following vaccination, to be identified. “Antibody tests are an important aspect of ...
Pros of Viral Tests: Able to tell if someone is infected before antibodies form or symptom appears, so ideal for early detection and asymptomatic detection Gives the ability to gather specific data like how dangerous the virus is for different demographics Can follow infected people to see when they are no longer contagious Cons of Viral ...
ByMiraDx
The new capital will be used to fund the next clinical study to identify the efficacious dose for the glaucoma implant-Funds will also support the first clinical study with the company's second asset, an ocular implant to prevent endophthalmitis {ocular infection) following cataract surgery. Recruitment for both studies will commence in October 2019. ...
Survivors of the natural disaster were thankful to have made it through the storm, but more heartbreak was to follow. Within a short time of the devastation caused by the tornado, some area residents became ill and a few even died from a relatively rare fungal infection. ...
The proteins involved in the regulation help protect the body from infection. The study, performed by scientists at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), which is part of the National Institutes of Health, is one of the first studies to come out of the recently established NIEHS Clinical Research Unit (CRU) ...
The proteins involved in the regulation help protect the body from infection. The study, performed by scientists at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), which is part of the National Institutes of Health, is one of the first studies to come out of the recently established NIEHS Clinical Research Unit (CRU) ...