Daily non-political popular news in brief.

Spider Silk: Could 'Webicillin' Beat Infections?

Could a dose of webicillin beat that stubborn infection? Could a cobweb bandage help soldiers and accident victims with bleeding wounds? Is a wrapping of spider silk the key to preventing the body from rejecting implants? A review of research on spider silk concludes that scientists have largely overlooked such possible medical applications of this extraordinary natural material, which is stronger than steel.

Read more »

Keywords: spider, silk, webicillin, beat, infections, infection

« Previous | Next »

Similar news on "Spider Silk: Could 'Webicillin' Beat Infections?":

1. New cancer fighter may help ICU patients beat infections
   08-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
   HSP 90 inhibitors, which are finding favor in fighting cancer, may also help battle overwhelming infection in intensive care patients, researchers say.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
2. Herpes infection may be symbiotic, help beat back some bacteria
   05-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Mice with chronic herpes virus infections can better resist the bacterium that causes plague and a bacterium that causes one kind of food poisoning, researchers report in this week's Nature.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
3. Study shows most ear infections host both bacteria and viruses
   11-06-2006 · EurekAlert!
   Ear infections are among the most common diseases seen in pediatric practice. They have generally been considered bacterial diseases and are therefore usually treated with antibiotics. New research, published in the Dec. 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases and currently available online, provides evidence that viruses are found in a great many ear infection cases and may complicate treatment.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
4. Study indicates different treatment may be needed for infection-related breathing problems
   01-31-2007 · UT Southwestern Medical Center
   New research suggests that different treatments may be needed for chronic asthma, depending on whether it results from allergies or lung infections.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
5. Cranberries might help prevent urinary infections in women
   01-22-2008 · EurekAlert!
   Evidence supports drinking cranberry juice -- a familiar home remedy --- to treat urinary tract infection, according to a new review from Scotland.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
6. Blood transfusions raise heart patients' infection and death risk -- especially women
   12-19-2006 · EurekAlert!
   Blood transfusions save the lives of millions of heart surgery patients and others each year. But a new study suggests that patients who receive transfusions during heart bypass surgery have a higher risk of developing potentially dangerous infections, and dying, after their operation.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
7. Diagnostic 'Divining Rod' for diagnosing limb-threatening bone infection -- Reliable or relic?
   02-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
   A transatlantic team of researchers determines that the commonly used "probe to bone" test for assessing bone infections is not always a reliable diagnostic tool.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
8. Severe dengue infections may go unrecognized in international travelers
   03-26-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Severe cases of a common travelers' infection may not be recognized if doctors rely on the World Health Organization's (WHO) guidelines for identifying it, according to a new study published in the April 15 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
9. Recently discovered virus associated with pediatric respiratory tract infection in Germany
   11-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Using a rapid, sensitive, and inexpensive diagnostic tool called MassTag PCR, scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health's Center for Infection and Immunity implicated a new human rhinovirus as the cause of severe pediatric respiratory tract infections in Europe.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
10. Beating hospital yeast infection
    12-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
    Increasing numbers of critically ill patients develop fungal or yeast infections, which are associated with high mortality. Now a review published in the online open access journal, Critical Care, compares treatments involving single-drug antifungal prophylaxis or a multi-drug regimen of selective digestive tract decontamination and suggests that both methods reduce yeast-related morbidity and mortality, but to different extents.
    Similar news · Read more »