Science + Tech

It’s windy and snowy again today. The temperature has swung wildly downward hitting sub-freezing temperatures after hitting unseasonable highs several times just a few days ago.  But they tell me that soon, it will swing back into more seasonal temperatures. It has also rained a good deal lately.…

The deadly fungus, Candida auris, which has sickened at least 28 people in the United States, and has been reported in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey has been systemically studied for the first time in a study published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, by…

Researchers have known that part of the challenge in treating penicillin-resistant infections lies in understanding the way bacteria inactivate penicillin antibiotics. The enzymes that do this, beta-lactamases, chop up the antibiotics rendering them useless. One particularly problematic group of…

Specific cells in the retina trigger inflammation and vision impairment associated with diabetes, according to new research out of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. The findings unexpectedly implicate Mu¨ller cells—which provide structural support in the retina—as key drivers of…

From club-tailed armadillos as big as Volkswagen Beetles to carnivorous saber-toothed marsupials to sloths that swam in the Peruvian surf, South America boasts a world of prehistoric animals different from the rest of the continents. Readers are offered a walk through the time, called the Cenozoic…

Genetic mutations can increase a person’s cancer risk, but other gene “enhancer” elements may also be responsible for disease progression, according to new research out of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. In a breakthrough study published in Nature Communications, scientists…

Since the discovery of penicillin in 1928, antibiotics have made the world a much safer and healthier place. But Shakespeare was onto something when he asked if it’s possible to have too much of a good thing. In the case of antibiotics, the answer is increasingly “yes.” As a result, Case Western…

An enzyme that helps break down cholesterol may also be a therapeutic target to stave off neurologic diseases, including Alzheimer’s and a rare genetic disorder, according to a new study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of…

New national study suggests communities are growing source of infection The adage that kids are growing up too fast these days has yet another locus of applicability. In a new, first-of-its-kind study, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found a 700-percent…

The adage that kids are growing up too fast these days has yet another locus of applicability. In a new, first-of-its-kind study, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found a 700-percent surge in infections caused by bacteria from the Enterobacteriaceae family…