Washed microbiota transplantation in a malnourished child with resistant Klebsiella and Candida infections
Child’s stubborn lung infection cleared after gut bacteria transplant
This case report describes an 8-year-old boy with chronic malnutrition and multidrug-resistant pulmonary infections who received washed micr…
A gut bacteria transplant helped a severely malnourished child fight off a lung infection that antibiotics couldn’t touch.
Narrative review outlines VLP engineering strategies for broadly protective vaccines against multiple viral pathogens
New Vaccine Map Helps Pick Best Tools
This narrative review examines virus-like particle (VLP) engineering strategies, including genetic fusion, modular conjugation, and nucleic …
Imagine trying to fix a leaky roof with every tool in the shed.
Review of pyridylpiperazine-based inhibitors for multi-drug resistance via efflux pump inhibition
A New Trick to Make Old Antibiotics Work Again
This review evaluates pyridylpiperazine-based inhibitors and BDM-series compounds as allosteric efflux pump inhibitors (EPIs) for multi-drug…
Scientists found a way to disable bacteria's escape route, making existing drugs effective again.
Systematic review of heterotrophic bacterial bioleaching and uranium sequestration
Bacteria Could Clean Up Radioactive Waste—Here’s How
This systematic review examines heterotrophic bacterial bioleaching and sequestration of uranium.
Scientists are learning how common bacteria might one day help clean up radioactive waste safely and naturally.
Narrative review offers theoretical guidance for early prevention, treatment, and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma
New Framework Reveals How Inflammation Fuels Liver Cancer
This narrative review provides systematic theoretical guidance for early prevention, precise treatment, and prognosis improvement of hepatoc…
Understanding inflammation helps doctors stop liver cancer before it spreads.
Magrolimab plus docetaxel shows limited efficacy in metastatic lung and urothelial cancers
New Drug Combo Fails to Shrink Tough Lung and Bladder Cancers
This cohort study evaluated magrolimab plus docetaxel in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer, and ur…
This study shows that adding a new drug to standard chemotherapy did not help patients with advanced lung or bladder cancer live longer or s…
Ultrasound-guided microwave ablation shows volume reduction in small RAS-mutated thyroid nodules in a pilot cohort
Microwave Energy Shrinks Hard-to-Treat Thyroid Nodules
This retrospective pilot study evaluated ultrasound-guided microwave ablation (MWA) in 23 patients with small RAS-mutated thyroid nodules.
You wake up, brush your teeth, and feel it again—the small lump in your neck that won’t go away.
Machine Learning Algorithms Predict Plastic Bronchitis in Pediatric Mycoplasma Pneumonia Patients
Can a computer spot a deadly lung condition before it starts?
This retrospective cohort study of 307 pediatric patients with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia evaluated machine learning algorithms for pre…
A new computer program can spot a rare, life-threatening lung condition in children much earlier than current methods allow.
Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis Linked to Sepsis in Infants and Young Children With Severe Pneumonia
Gut Bacteria May Predict Sepsis in Sick Babies
This prospective, 1:1 matched case-control study included 100 infants and young children (28 days–36 months) in the PICU.
A 6-month-old baby fights to breathe in a hospital bed.
mNGS on BALF samples shows higher pathogen detection in pulmonary infections vs. conventional testing
mNGS detects more lung infection pathogens than standard tests
This observational cohort study compared metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) on bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) to conventiona…
In 136 patients, mNGS found lung pathogens more often than conventional tests and better spotted mixed infections, especially in immunocompr…
Whole-genome sequencing clarifies brucellosis outbreak transmission in Shandong, China
Genome tracing maps brucellosis outbreak spread in China
This observational cohort study investigated a 2023 brucellosis outbreak in Shandong, China, involving 26 related cases.
In a 2023 Shandong outbreak, genome tracing linked 26 human brucellosis cases to infected lambs and local livestock trading networks.
Longitudinal biomarker trajectories differ in burn sepsis survivors and non-survivors
Tracking Burn Sepsis Survival: How Your Body’s Signals Change Over Time
This observational cohort study of 712 adult patients with burn sepsis in a regional burn ICU found that survivor and non-survivor biomarker…
Watching how a patient’s nutrition, immune, and inflammation markers change over time is more powerful than a single measurement for predict…