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Novel Treatment for Gonorrhea Reverses Suppression of Immunity and Circumvents Antibiotic Resistance
A new gonorrhea treatment, based on an anti-cancer therapy developed by a Buffalo start-up company, has successfully eliminated gonococcal infection from female mice and prevented reinfection, according to research published today by University at Buffalo scientists in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
A recent headline in the May 28, 2013 issue of The New York Times read: HOSPITALS STRUGGLE TO GET WORKERS TO WASH THEIR HANDS. This is news? It is an age-old problem that no one wants to take on directly. It seems that personal responsibility has taken the last seat in the steerage compartment of the ship when it comes to patient safety and doing what it right.
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