Sep. 12, 2023 Pneumonia is an infection of the lung alveoli caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi. It is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality ...
Apr. 25, 2023 Typically T cells of the immune system respond to a specific feature (antigen) of a microbe, thereby generating protective immunity. Scientists have discovered an exception to this rule. Namely, a ...
Apr. 17, 2023 Many disease-causing bacteria like Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) are encased in a sugar layer called the capsular polysaccharide (CPS). ...
Mar. 16, 2023 Pneumococcal disease leads to over three million hospitalizations and hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. A new study suggests that the ...
Sep. 22, 2022 Engineers have developed microscopic robots, called microrobots, that can swim around in the lungs, deliver medication and be used to clear up life-threatening cases of bacterial pneumonia. In mice, ...
Aug. 17, 2022 A pioneering genomic surveillance study has provided the clearest picture yet of the arms race between Streptococcus pneumoniae, the bacterium responsible for a range of illnesses such as pneumonia ...
June 13, 2022 Many different types of bacteria and viruses can cause pneumonia, but there is no easy way to determine which microbe is causing a particular patient's illness. This uncertainty makes it harder for ...
Apr. 19, 2022 A new study shows patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia have a higher risk of developing dementia than those with other types of ...
Nov. 15, 2021 Researchers have discovered a therapy that targets host cells rather than bacterial cells in treating bacterial pneumonia in rodents. The method ...
Oct. 30, 2021 A new study demonstrates that children who are exposed to a certain type of environmental air pollution are more likely to contract community ...