It's real, and you don't want it. It's gonorrhea that's developed resistance to the antibiotics that would normally be used to treat it. Our Alison K. Criss, PhD, is working on the problem. She and her collaborators in the United Kingdom have discovered a new way that the bacteria resist…
Our John Lukens, PhD, and his colleagues have revealed that the health of the mother's microbiome during pregnancy determines the risk of autism in her offspring. What's the microbiome? It's the collection of microscopic organisms that naturally live inside us, and it's proving increasingly vital to good health. The good…
For the first time ever, we can actually see a bacterium steal a piece of DNA in real time. In the video you'll find at the link above, the bacterium Vibrio cholerae reaches out and grabs a free-floating piece of DNA so that it can stitch it into its genome.…
Our J. Julius Zhu, PhD, and his colleagues have found a way to create drugs without side effects. Basically, they've developed a lab technique that will add a whole new layer of precision to the concept of "precision medicine." The technique is built on their discovery that the same molecule…
Health News Review, a watchdog site I told you about previously, looks to be calling it quits. The site's funding has dried up, and so it looks like the site will largely go dark at the end of the year unless additional funding emerges. The site has posted an outside…
It's always lovely to see when our research is making life better for our patients, and here's a concrete example of that: Our PositiveLinks app, which was designed to improve care for people living with HIV, has been shown to increase users' consistency in keeping their doctor appointments and, ultimately,…