Coinfections with bacteria can make viral infections even deadlier. Researchers have identified a protein in immune cells that may play a role in fighting both types of pathogens.
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Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest health challenges of the modern day. It’s especially prevalent, and must be acted on, in Australia’s remote Indigenous communities.
Toxic shock syndrome is the body’s response to toxins produced when bacteria that lives in and on us grows to dangerous levels.
A team of medievalists and scientists look back to history – including a 1,000-year-old eyesalve recipe – for clues to new antibiotics.
Which of the following conditions would you prefer to have during your next stay in hospital? A. Staphylococcus aureus (Golden Staph) bloodstream infection; or B. a heart attack?
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Professor at ANU Medical School; Senior Staff Specialist Infectious Diseases; General Physician, Australian National University
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Professor of Practice, University of Sydney
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CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow for Data Curation in Medieval Studies, University of Pennsylvania
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Associate Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Program Head of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, and Head of Skin Health, Telethon Kids Institute
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Research Assistant Professor of Immunology, Tufts University
