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Scientists find mechanism that leads to drug resistance in bacteria causing melioidosis

10 Oct 2011

Researchers have identified a novel mechanism whereby the organism Burkholderia pseudomallei that causes melioidosis, a neglected tropical infectious...

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Diabetes drug improves survival from life-threatening infectious disease

14 Mar 2011

Scientists have identified a diabetes drug which halves the mortality rate of a deadly infectious disease found throughout Southeast Asia and...

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