Tag: resistant
AI, new hope for patients whose seizures are resistant to drugs
Epilepsy, a binding neurological disorder, is not a rare disease. It concerns about 1% of the world’s population and more than 500,000 patients in France, half of whom are under…
What to do with increasingly resistant lice?
They are the pet peeve of parents. On each return, mother and father must follow the same ritual: armed with a comb, they inspect, strand by strand, their child’s scalp…
Should we be afraid of Candida auris, this deadly and resistant fungus that is rampant in the United States?
“Cordyceps”. The fans of The last of us know its name, and the ravages of this parasitic fungus that has decimated humanity. While this is obviously fiction, Cordyceps does exist…
Researchers succeed in modifying the DNA of a cherry tomato to make it resistant to potyviruses
Thanks to a revolutionary new technology, scientists from the National Institute for Agricultural Research (Inrae) have succeeded in modifying the DNA of a cherry tomato. The goal ? Making it…
For lack of a key, the son of a resistant cannot celebrate the memory of his father, shot in 1942
A refusal that goes wrong. For several weeks, the son of a resistance fighter from the Second World War has been unable to obtain permission to go to the place…
Gerhard Ringshausen: “The Resistant Word” – Culture
Christian authors formed the core of the so-called “inner emigration” in the Third Reich. You were clearly against Hitler, but under the Nazi censorship you could only write “between the…
Winegrowers are testing grape varieties that are more resistant to drought and less water-intensive
In recent years, Languedoc winegrowers have paid a heavy price for climate change. Hail, frost or high temperatures regularly devastate the plots, ruining, in just a few hours, the work…
New antibiotic against resistant germs – peptide active ingredient isolated from nematode symbionts kills gram-negative bacteria
Sharp weapon against Klebsiella, Pseudomonas and Co: Researchers have discovered a new type of antibiotic that is also effective against multi-resistant gram-negative bacteria – pathogens that were previously particularly difficult…
Why are women more resistant to coronavirus, at any age?
At the height of the first waves of SARS-Cov2, intensive care unit beds were more often occupied by men than by women. The pandemic has shown that they resist Covid-19…
Resistant typhoid pathogens are spreading – new mutations are making bacteria increasingly immune to modern antibiotics
Reason for concern: In recent years, typhoid bacteria have increasingly developed new antibiotic resistance, as revealed by genetic analysis. The mutations make the pathogens immune to modern emergency antibiotics and…