Lyme disease can spread to people via ticks Heiko Barth/Shutterstock An antibiotic that is commonly used to treat pneumonia rid mice of Lyme disease at a dose 100 times lower than the standard antibiotic therapy. This smaller dose, combined with the drug’s targeted action against the infection, meant the animals’ gut microbiomes were largely unaffected. … Read more
Illustration of Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria releasing DNA (light blue) with antibiotic resistance genes (yellow) NANOCLUSTERING/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Gonorrhoea is resistant to nearly all antibiotics, but one commonly used for urinary tract infections (UTIs) may be able to treat drug-resistant cases. The sexually transmitted infection (STI) is caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeaea bacterium that can infect various … Read more
Getty Images Sophie Hinchliffe from Maldon, Essex has been a “cleanfluencer” since 2018 Influencer Sophie Hinchliffe – known as ‘Mrs Hinch’ – has revealed she has been treated for a blood clot three weeks after giving birth to her son Vinnie. Speaking from her hospital bed and still wearing a gown, the mother-of-three said she … Read more
High blood pressure is a common symptom of pre-eclampsia Nataliya Piatrovich/Alamy Delivering babies early, when possible, is currently the only way to deal with the common pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia. But the condition has now been successfully treated in mice by delivering mRNA molecules to the placenta to boost the growth of new blood vessels. The … Read more
