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New Robot Does Superior Job Sampling Blood

February 6, 2020 sarah Jonas AI, Arteries, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Biomedical, Biomedical Engineering, Blood, blood sampling, Clinical Trials, Clinics, Dialysis, Health, Healthcare, Hospitals, Icahn School of Medicine, Imaging, Infections, Injury, Machine Learning, Medicine, Needles, New Jersey, NJ, pain, Patients, Robot, Robotics, Rutgers, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers School of Engineering, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Tech, Technology, Thrombosis, Ultrasound, Veins

In the future, robots could take blood samples, benefiting patients and healthcare workers alike. A Rutgers-led team has created a blood-sampling robot that performed as well or better than people, according to the first human clinical trial of an automated blood drawing and testing device.

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New Tool Monitors Real Time Mutations In Flu

February 6, 2020 sarah Jonas Cells, Coronavirus, Drugs, Engineering, flu, GOLD, Health, Imaging, Infections, Infectious Disease, Influenza, Influenza A, Materials Science, Medicine, Mutations, New Jersey, NJ, RNA, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Vaccines, VIROLOGY, Virus, WHO, World Health Organization

A Rutgers-led team has developed a tool to monitor influenza A virus mutations in real time, which could help virologists learn how to stop viruses from replicating. The gold nanoparticle-based probe measures viral RNA in live influenza A cells, according to a study in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. It is the first time in virology that experts have used imaging tools with gold nanoparticles to monitor mutations in influenza, with unparalleled sensitivity.

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Why It Matters: Prescription for Disaster

December 31, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments antibiotic resisistance, Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Antibiotics, Bacteria, Chicken, Council On Foreign Relations, Drug Resistance, Health & Medicine, Infections, Pew Charitable Trusts, Superbugs

Bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. A major cause is their overuse in both humans and animals. At the same time, a lack of financial incentives is setting back efforts to discover new classes of antibiotics. The problem is both global and local, and without new initiatives, many common medical conditions could become deadly once again.

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HOW MEASLES WIPES OUT THE BODY’S IMMUNE MEMORY

October 31, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Death, Disease, Immunity, Infections, Measles, Vaccine

Study shows measles wipes out 20 to 50 percent of antibodies against an array of viruses and bacteria, depleting a child’s previous immunity
Measles-ravaged immune system must “relearn” how to protect the body against infections
Study details mechanism and scope of this measles-induced “immune amnesia”
Findings underscore importance of measles vaccination, suggesting those infected with measles may benefit from booster shots of all previous childhood vaccines

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Lung Lining Fluid Key to Elderly Susceptibility to Tuberculosis Disease

August 7, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Infections, Infectious Diseases, TB, Tuberculosis

– Old lungs are not as capable as young lungs of fighting off an infection of the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB), placing seniors at a greater risk of developing TB. The microbe that causes this infectious disease, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), currently kills more people in the world than any other pathogen. Texas Biomed researchers published an article in the Journal of Infectious Diseases in July 2019. The study details an experiment that took place in vitro (in the lab) and in vivo (in animals) that showed fluid in the lining of the lungs plays a big role in the elderly’s susceptibility to infection with the bacterium Mtb.