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Narrow-Spectrum UV Light May Reduce Surgical Infections
October 17th 2013Despite major efforts to keep operating rooms sterile, surgical wound infections remain a serious and stubborn problem, killing up to 8,200 patients a year in the U.S. A study by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers suggests that narrow-spectrum ultraviolet (UV) light could dramatically reduce such infections without damaging human tissue. The study, conducted in tissue culture, was published today in the journal PLOS ONE.
Researcher Finds Promising New Approach to Drug-Resistant Infections
October 15th 2013A new type of antibiotic called a PPMO, which works by blocking genes essential for bacterial reproduction, successfully killed a multidrug-resistant germ common to healthcare settings, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.
UK Collaboration to Test Biological Control of Mosquitoes
October 14th 2013Entomologists in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment have developed a new control method for mosquitoes. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently granted a permit to begin field trials. The biological control method targets the Asian tiger mosquito; it is the first of its kind in the nation.
