The Chinese Medical Association has released new guidelines in the journal Pediatric Investigation for diagnosing and treating Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children. Addressing challenges like variable ...

Extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) are circular DNA structures located in the nuclei of cells outside chromosomes. They were originally discovered in chromosome spreads of cells obtained from ...

“We see firsthand that even when two patients both have MYC on ecDNA, the structure of that circular DNA can differ substantially—leading to big variations in MYC expression.” To see how ...

The student researchers found that one of four vials of experimental vaccines contained residual plasmid DNA, a small circular DNA molecule found in bacteria that gets used during vaccine ...

Overall, infections from Mycoplasma pneumoniae aren't uncommon, with an estimated 2 million reported each year in the U.S. The actual numbers remain unknown, however, as there is no national ...

Physicians at Cook Children’s Health Network in Fort Worth and Children’s Health in Dallas said they’ve seen an unusual summertime surge in cases of mycoplasma pneumonia, which is sometimes ...

To make an mRNA vaccine against COVID, scientists start with circular pieces of DNA called plasmids that contain a gene for the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease.

These illnesses have been linked to Mycoplasma, a bacteria that has increased cases in countries like China, France, Denmark, and the Netherlands. Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a bacteria that can ...

Mycoplasma may not be familiar to parents, but it isn't a mystery to doctors, who know it to be a common cause of mild or "walking" pneumonia. It causes a cough that may linger for weeks, ...

China, Denmark, France and the Netherlands have all recently reported an increase in cases of pneumonia in children linked to a bacteria called Mycoplasma pneumoniae. A spike in cases has also ...

The front-line antibiotics that treat most kinds of pneumonia don’t work for Mycoplasma infections. For those, doctors need to prescribe a different kind of antibiotic, typically azithromycin or ...

Last week, European experts conducting surveillance for Mycoplasma at 45 sites in 24 countries reported that the incidence of cases, which fell to less than 1% during the pandemic, had started to ...