All One Health Content – Page 178
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OpinionInfections in the White House: A bug’s eye view of the American presidents
Infectious diseases have dictated the length, timbre or trajectory of the terms of many past Presidents of the United States of America.
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OpinionA year without antibiotics
What would it be like for a year in a world without antibiotics? Grim? Certainly. Apocalyptic? Probably not.
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FeaturesA role for genetically engineered phages in personalised medicine?
In May 2019, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) made headline news with a report of pioneering bacteriophage therapy in the treatment of a 15-year-old cystic fibrosis (CF) patient with a life-threatening Mycobacterium abscessus infection.
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CareersA settled career plan?
Many scientists dropped everything to support the response to COVID-19, putting their own careers on hold and not only changing the type of work that they did, but also the lives that they led.
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FeaturesThe usually sterile womb
Culture-independent next-generation sequencing technologies have given us a far deeper understanding of the microbiome composition of various important health-related niches.
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OpinionShould bacteriophages be included in the environmental surveillance of risks associated with antimicrobial resistance?
The contribution of phage to environmental antibiotic resistance should not be underestimated.
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FeaturesMastitis and microbiomes – a quandary
The microbiome concept has altered the way we perceive the relationship between microbes and their hosts.
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FeaturesLatin anyone?
A knowledge of Latin enables us to both understand the origins of some words in our own English language but also to recognise the origins of many words in other Latin-influenced languages.
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FeaturesImportance of microbial taxonomy to public health
In microbial taxonomy, one must first classify one’s unknown strains and determine whether they represent a new taxon.
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Long ReadsFood, medicine and bioremediation: fungus is the future
The answers to most of our current and future problems could lie beneath our feet in undiscovered soil fungi, in pristine forests and woodlands or in our global banks of discovered fungi.
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FeaturesA hitchhiker’s guide to invasive alien species and disease transmission
Invasive alien species are becoming a worry not only in the sense of endangering native wildlife, but also with disease transmission to humans and other animals.
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FeaturesMitigate or suppress—coming to grips with the COVID-19 pandemic
In the absence of an efficient vaccine, the control of the COVID-19 pandemic currently relies on non-pharmaceutical interventions.
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Features Antimicrobial resistance from a vet’s point of view
The responsible use of medicines and the reduction of antimicrobial usage remain key agenda for farm animal practice but need to be viewed as part of a holistic approach to animal health and welfare.
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FeaturesThe (not so) wonderful world of catheter-associated urinary tract infections
Research supported by the Dunhill Medical Trust is investigating how catheter coatings could be used to reduce biofilm formation and blockage.
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FeaturesTackling sources of contamination in water: the age of phage
Phage can be used as a force for good when it comes to protecting both environmental and public health.
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FeaturesHiding in plain sight: the elusive candidate phyla radiation
The candidate phyla radiation is a diverse group of uncultured bacterial lineages with poorly understood metabolic functions.
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FeaturesPreparation of infant milk formula
Study shows pasteurisation is most effective at reducing microorganisms in infant formula milk feeds.
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FeaturesApplications of bacteriophage: Advances and possibilities
Recent advances in the field of phage research have pushed forward current phage technologies.
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FeaturesTrace gases, microbes and life beyond Earth
Trace gases in Earth’s atmosphere serve as fuels for microbial metabolism in extreme environments, and might also sustain extra-terrestrial metabolism on Mars.
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FeaturesExploring space from prison
The Life Beyond project demonstrates that from behind the confines of a prison you can direct humanity to the stars.