A clinical trial shows multi-strain probiotics restore protective vaginal bacteria, reducing BV recurrence. The approach may ...

A global team of experts has identified a promising new approach to prevent recurrence of bacterial vaginosis (BV), a condition that affects millions of women worldwide. In a Phase I randomized ...

A collaborative study co-led by Dr Caroline Mitchell (Mass General Hospital, USA) and Dr Disebo Potloane (Centre for the Aids Programme of Research in South Africa - Caprisa) has successfully isolated ...

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When it comes to sexual health, many of the issues women experience are far more common, and far more treatable, than they realise. But as Dr Aisling Loy explains to Ellie Balfe, a lack of awareness, ...

A new study from the Kwon Lab at the Ragon Institute, published in Cell Host & Microbe, provides the most detailed picture ...

Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine. And doing so reliably is more important than ever, given the increasing ...

Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco used a naturally occurring carbon isotope and exhaled CO 2 to catch bacterial infections. Published ...

Researchers have developed new methods to test food for bacterial contamination that are faster and do not require expert training. The work is being done at the University of Connecticut College of ...