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Casey Finnerty

Scientists may have worked out how to defeat antibiotic-resistant superbugs - 0 views

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antibiotic resistance

shared by Casey Finnerty on 20 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • It turns out that the reason bugs like Staphylococcus aureus are capable of resisting antibiotics is because they develop a lipid-based outer membrane.
    • Casey Finnerty
      Casey Finnerty on 20 Jun 14
       
      S. aureus is Gram+, it does not possess an outer membrane!
    • Casey Finnerty
      Casey Finnerty on 20 Jun 14
       
      Also, not all antibiotic resistance results from having an outer membrane.
Casey Finnerty

Will polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based diagnostics improve outcome in septic patien... - 0 views

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molecular diagnostics

shared by Casey Finnerty on 13 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • if the primary aim of PCR diagnostics is to decrease inappropriate empirical treatment and improve patient outcome, detection should focus on those pathogens or resistance determinants that are not covered by guideline-recommended treatment regimens and that have been identified as the major cause of inappropriate treatment according to current studies
Casey Finnerty

In a First, Test of DNA Finds Root of Illness - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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genomics molecular diagnostics

shared by Casey Finnerty on 10 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • But in the first procedure of its kind, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, managed to pinpoint the cause of Joshua’s problem — within 48 hours. He had been infected with an obscure species of bacteria. Once identified, it was eradicated within days.
Nate Scheibe

Congress: End the Overuse of Antibiotics on Factory Farms - Food & Water Watch - 0 views

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  • Nate Scheibe on 01 Jun 14
     
    Here is an opportunity to urge your elected officials to do something concerning the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture.
Casey Finnerty

My No-Soap, No-Shampoo, Bacteria-Rich Hygiene Experiment - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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microbiome

shared by Casey Finnerty on 25 May 14 - No Cached
  • The most extreme case is David Whitlock, the M.I.T.-trained chemical engineer who invented AO+. He has not showered for the past 12 years.
  • One week after the end of the experiment, though, a final skin swab found almost no evidence of N. eutropha anywhere on my skin. It had taken me a month to coax a new colony of bacteria onto my body. It took me three showers to extirpate it.
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