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A groundbreaking trial in rural China slashed unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions from 71% to 26% using simple digital prompts and peer support. The intervention could offer a blueprint for fighting drug resistance worldwide.
A scientist is using artificial intelligence to hunt for new antibiotics in the genetic code of woolly mammoths, Neanderthals, and even snake venom. His library of over one million potential treatments could help fight deadly drug-resistant infections.
The Ndovu Study across four African nations is revolutionizing how doctors detect and treat HIV drug resistance, offering new hope to millions when standard treatments fail. African researchers are leading the charge to ensure no patient gets left behind.
African researchers are transforming global HIV care through a groundbreaking four-country study that's helping millions stay healthy when standard treatments stop working. The Ndovu Study is creating lifesaving solutions for drug resistance that will reshape treatment guidelines worldwide.
Researchers at MIT are using artificial intelligence to create entirely new antibiotics that defeat drug-resistant superbugs. The breakthrough could transform how we fight deadly infections that don't respond to existing treatments.
Japanese researchers have captured the first real-time footage of lung cancer drugs physically reshaping disease-causing proteins, revealing why some treatments eventually stop working. The breakthrough could help doctors design better therapies that overcome drug resistance.
Scientists at MD Anderson Cancer Center discovered that combining two different cancer-fighting drugs can overcome treatment resistance in breast cancer, offering hope for patients whose tumors no longer respond to standard therapies. The breakthrough works across multiple types of breast cancer, including the most aggressive forms.
Researchers discovered why some lung cancer cells resist treatment and found a natural compound that could help. The breakthrough reveals a "bodyguard system" that protects cancer cells and a way to shut it down.
Researchers discovered why lung cancer becomes drug-resistant and found a natural compound that shrinks tough tumors. The breakthrough could help millions of patients whose treatments stop working.
Scientists discovered that when HIV develops resistance to the breakthrough drug lenacapavir, the virus becomes significantly weaker and struggles to survive. This finding shows the medication is working even better than expected.