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  • It’s An Airtight Case


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    Biology concepts – respiration, aerobe, anaerobe, CAM plants, plastron respiration, cutaneous respiration Question of the Day – what living thing can hold its breath the longest? It may seem like an exaggeration, but people whose tissues are low on oxygen (hypoxic) can have a bluish ...
    2 weeks ago

  • fighting tuberculosis with rats


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    Image from NPR. Abdullah Mchumvu trains African giant pouched rats in Morogoro, Tanzania Tuberculosis still kills 1.4 million people a year, mostly in the developing world. So it is still beneficial to create new diagnostic techniques, especially when they can be used in rural communities. NPR recently reported on ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Improved TB Diagnosis & Treatment: Research and Innovation Urgently Needed to Address Global Epidemic


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    In 1882, Dr. Robert Koch discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes TB.
    2 weeks ago

  • Mass General repurposes cancer Dx tool for multiple use


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    Massachusetts General Hospital researchers repurposed a portable, fast-acting diagnostic device they developed to spot cancer as a successful test for tuberculosis and other infectious diseases such as pneumonia. Additionally, they used it to pinpoint antibiotic resistant bacteria such as the deadly MRSA.
    2 weeks ago

  • Portable device provides rapid, accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis, other bacterial infections


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    The post Portable device provides rapid, accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis, other bacterial infections appeared first on Innovation Toronto. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
    2 weeks ago

  • Health and Economic Returns on Science and Innovation Investments for Global Health


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    Much work is to be done. Global diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis take eight lives per minute. Read more >>
    2 weeks ago

  • Portable device provides rapid, accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis, other bacterial infections


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    A handheld diagnostic device first developed to diagnose cancer has been adapted to rapidly diagnose tuberculosis and other important infectious bacteria. Two versions of the portable device combine microfluidic technology with nuclear magnetic resonance to not only diagnose these important infections but also ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Some Rats Actually Help Detect Disease, Not Spread It


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    Giant African pouch rats are helping to diagnose tuberculosis in Tanzania.
    3 weeks ago

  • Injuries


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    Injuries, whether intentional or unintentional, account for a substantial burden on the health care system. The latest article in our new Global Health series describes the magnitude of the problem worldwide, enumerates ongoing efforts to prevent injuries, and summarizes systems that need to be in place to care for ...
    3 weeks ago

  • MAISE & METFORD: The Programme (A Novella, Part 2)


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    The Programme On the second day of my absence from school, a programme called “Defeat Tuberculosis” came on telly. I normally didn’t pay attention to the BBC’s public information films. They were dull, had no children in them, and tended to air on weekday evenings while I was helping Mum scrub the supper ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Food insecurity opens door to TB


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    Photo: Guy Oliver/IRIN Waning donor support for food assistance is seeing increasing food insecurity. Malnutrition and the susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) are directly linked TOLIARA,  - Health experts fear the interruption of food assistance in Madagascar is increasing incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Toliara, ...
    3 weeks ago

  • A White Wind Blew by James Markert – Book Review


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    A White Wind Blew by James Markert Book Review" /> A White Wind Blew by James Markert Book Review" />A White Wind Blew by James Markert Published by Sourcebooks Landmark, an imprint of Sourceboks Wolfgang Pike is a man who is not entirely sure of his place in life. He has long thought that he might ...
    3 weeks ago

  • The cost of cutting PEPFAR, What VOICE did tell us, and answers to other pressing questions . . .


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    If we want an AIDS-free generation, why are we cutting PEPFAR? The Obama administration’s budget request for fiscal year 2014, which includes a fourth consecutive cut to funding for the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief that would bring the program to its lowest funding level since 2007, raises questions, ...
    4 weeks ago

  • U2 lead singer Bono defends Steve Jobs


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    Irish rock band U2”s lead singer, Bono, has defended Apple’s co-founder, Steve Jobs, after a columnist wrote that the billionaire businessman does not give enough to charity. The singer wrote in a letter in response to the New York Times article that Jobs said there was ‘nothing better than the chance to save ...
    4 weeks ago

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