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Tuberculosis is the world’s deadliest bacterial infection. It afflicted over 10 million people and took 1.3 million lives in 2022. These numbers are predicted to increase dramatically because of the spread of multidrug-resistant TB. Why does one TB patient recover from the infection while another succumbs? And why does one drug work in one patient but not another, even if they have the same disease? People have been battling TB for millennia. For example, researchers have found Egyptian mummies from 2400 BCE that show signs of TB. While TB infections occur worldwide, the countries with the highest number of multidrug-resistant TB cas...... Read Full article on GretAi

In the largest study of its kind, scientists have discovered that a blood test detecting specific proteins could predict dementia up to 15 years before a person receives an official diagnosis. The researchers found 11 proteins that have a remarkable 90% accuracy in predicting future dementia. Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. Over 900,000 people in the UK are living with the memory-robbing condition, yet less than two-thirds of people receive a formal diagnosis. Diagnosing dementia is tricky and relies on various methods. These include lumbar punctures (to look for certain telltale proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid), PET scans ...... Read Full article on GretAi