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New CRISPR tool spreads through bacteria to disable antibiotic resistance genes - Phys.org
health 2026/02/06 20:20:01

New CRISPR tool spreads through bacteria to disable antibiotic resistance genes - Phys.org

Antibiotic resistance (AR) has steadily accelerated in recent years to become a global health crisis. As deadly bacteria evolve new ways to elude drug treatments for a variety of illnesses, a growing number of “superbugs” have emerged, ramping up estimates of…

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Bacterial meningitis case turned into a New Year’s nightmare for Bellingham family - Bellingham Herald
health 2026/02/06 19:58:00

Bacterial meningitis case turned into a New Year’s nightmare for Bellingham family - Bellingham Herald

A Bellingham family mourns a teen lost to meningitis and iGAS and launched a nonprofit to raise awareness, prevention and support for sudden severe infections.

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As US cash dries up South Africa's fight to stop Aids gets harder - BBC
health 2026/02/06 17:57:45

As US cash dries up South Africa's fight to stop Aids gets harder - BBC

Health experts fear that as testing and monitoring drops the risk of the further spread of HIV rises.

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How well a cancer treatment works may depend on the time of day you get it - cnn.com
health 2026/02/06 17:38:34

How well a cancer treatment works may depend on the time of day you get it - cnn.com

Researchers recently tried an experiment: Gather people who had the same kind of lung cancer and put them on the same type of treatments to fire up their immune systems. The only difference was that half the group got their medications earlier in the day, bef…

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Learning neuroimaging models from health system-scale data - Nature
health 2026/02/06 17:26:16

Learning neuroimaging models from health system-scale data - Nature

Prima is an AI foundation model for neuroimaging based on clinical magnetic resonance imaging that offers accurate and explainable diagnostics, worklist priority for radiologists and clinical referral recommendations with equitable performance on diverse grou…

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Stimulating the central thalamus during anesthesia sheds light on neural basis of consciousness - Medical Xpress
health 2026/02/06 16:20:01

Stimulating the central thalamus during anesthesia sheds light on neural basis of consciousness - Medical Xpress

The brains of mammals continuously combine signals originating from different regions to produce various sensations, emotions, thoughts and behaviors. This process, known as information integration, is what allows brain regions with different functions to col…

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