Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) will award up to US$1.8 million to biotechnology company, Visby Medical, to develop a portable rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostic to detect the presence of the pathogen that causes gonorrhea, Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), and its susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, a former frontline oral antibiotic that can no longer treat resistant NG.
Near-Perfect Control of Slow-Growing Lymphoma With Low-Dose Radiotherapy
Low-dose radiotherapy for a slow-growing stomach lymphoma achieved near-perfect disease control with no severe toxicity, a small prospective study showed. After a 4 Gy dose