Immunology

Increased Resistance To Last-Line Antibiotics

In a 2015 analysis, antibiotic resistance continued to increase for most bacteria and antibiotics under surveillance. It is worrying to see increased resistance to last-line antibiotics, but we still have time to turn the tide and ensure that antibiotics r ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 18 2016 - 5:27am

Nicotine Vapor Has Fewer Genetic Effects Than Cigarette Smoke

As anti-smoking groups like the American Council on Science and Health have long contended, while nicotine may be addictive, so are lots of things, from video games to coffee. It's the toxins in cigarette smoke that will kill you. For that reason, pu ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 3 2017 - 3:45pm

For Immune System Stem Cell Studies, Mice Aren't Enough

If mouse studies were transferable to humans, we'd have cured every disease thousands of times. That is the big reason why you shouldn't accept scaremongering about the chemical of the week in the New York Times, or claims about Miracle Vegetabl ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 23 2017 - 2:16pm

A Biological Reason For Body Paint?

Some indigenous peoples wear body paint, and most most of the indigenous communities who paint their bodies live in areas where there is an abundance of bloodsucking horseflies, mosquitoes or tsetse flies.  Where insects bite people there is a risk of bact ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 17 2019 - 12:32pm

Of Microbes And Milk Allergies

In the past 30 years, food allergies have become increasingly common in the United States. Changes to human genetics can’t explain the sudden rise. That is because it takes many generations for changes to spread that widely within a population. Perhaps th ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 23 2019 - 10:00am

Diseases In Sneezes: Just How Well Do They Transmit?

When a sneeze happens, around 100,000 contagious germs for things like the common cold, influenza and tuberculosis move through the air at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour.  It sounds scary, but there are numerous environmental factors that impact the ac ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 23 2019 - 3:44pm

Gene Editing May Soon Be Able To Remove Gluten Genes, Making Wheat Safe For Celiac Patients

One to two percent of people have celiac disease, and the first thing they will tell you is that it is not a fad diet, no matter how many books or Dr. Oz segments tout gluten-free. To celiac patients, it is like poison and the replacements for gluten often ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 25 2019 - 5:47pm

You Don't Have Stomach Flu

Like " I had insomnia last night" and "I am so OCD", medical terms often become colloquial. So it is with people who say they had a "stomach flu." There are stomach virusus, but what many people commonly call “stomach flu” isn ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 28 2019 - 6:26pm

Raw Milk Linked To Possible Bacterial Infections In 19 States

Raw milk sold by Miller’s Biodiversity Farm in Quarryville, Pennsylvania and laced with Brucella strain RB51 has been linked to exposures in 19 states by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Raw milk, a recent trend by organic food lovers, ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 12 2019 - 8:01pm

The Human Role In Spread Of 90 Percent Of Hospital Infections

People treated in hospitals and other health care settings are increasingly at risk of infection with multidrug-resistant bacteria. Many of these microbes produce enzymes called extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs), which make them resistant to antibioti ...

Article - News Staff - May 31 2019 - 8:12am