Matthew Ward Agius

3 weeks ago | dw.com | Matthew Ward Agius

Fecal microbial transplants (FMTs) can be traced back to the 4th Century, but it is only since their approval by the US Food and Drug Administration in past decade that the procedure has entered wide practice. They have been hailed as a treatment for Clostridium difficile or C.diff, a common bacterial infection that can cause inflammation and gastrointestinal issues. The FDA first approved FMTs as a treatment for C.diff in 2013 and approved the first drug for FMT treatment in 2022.

3 weeks ago | qoshe.com | Matthew Ward Agius

Scientists once believed Europeans brought leprosy to the American continents via infection from the bacterial species Mycobacterium leprae. But now a new study published in the journal Science reveals that a different form of leprosy-causing bacteria — called Mycobacterium lepromatosis — was already circulating in the Americas for at least one thousand years. Leprosy was therefore already affecting American indigenous peoples well before European colonization.

3 weeks ago | dw.com | Matthew Ward Agius

06/04/2025June 4, 2025European colonizers were thought to have brought leprosy to the Americas, but a new study reveals it existed there for thousands of years and spread by a recently discovered bacteria species. https://p.dw.com/p/4vPsEWhat to know: Leprosy is one of the oldest human diseases and originated in Eurasia or Africa. A new study has found a different species of leprosy-causing bacteria existed in the Americas before European settlement.

3 weeks ago | dw.com | Matthew Ward Agius

02/06/20252 de junho de 2025A Suíça é um exemplo de sucesso na previsão de deslizamentos de terra. O país monitora uma combinação complexa de condições ambientais para alertar a população antes de desastres naturais. https://p.dw.com/p/4vHbQO deslizamento de terra no vilarejo suíço de Blatten é o desastre natural mais recente a atingir comunidades de vale no país alpino.

3 weeks ago | bol.uol.com.br | Matthew Ward Agius

Como a Suíça prevê deslizamentos de terra? - A Suíça é um exemplo de sucesso na previsão de deslizamentos de terra. O país monitora uma combinação complexa de condições ambientais para alertar a população antes de desastres naturais.O deslizamento de terra no vilarejo suíço de Blatten é o desastre natural mais recente a atingir comunidades de vale no país alpino.