Word: crofton
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...Crofton, along with a team of doctors at London's Brompton Hospital, who finally answered the question in 1950. In a 15-month trial involving 107 patients, the physicians showed that streptomycin curbed the number of deaths from TB. That success was short-lived: the TB bacilli quickly became resistant to the drug, blossoming into raging infections. Crofton, however, had the insight to combine streptomycin with another new antibiotic--a formula that was to become the blueprint for combination therapy. That approach still forms the cornerstone of TB treatment and served as the inspiration for similar multipronged attacks on serious...
...return of tuberculosis in epidemic numbers is just one of the many devastating consequences of AIDS. But at least patients suffering from recent TB outbreaks can depend on powerful combinations of antibiotics, a treatment recipe that owes a great debt to the pioneering work of Irish scientist Sir John Crofton...
...family physician, Crofton, who died at 97 on Nov. 3 in Edinburgh, earned his medical credentials in the heat of battle, in field hospitals at Dunkirk and in the Middle East for the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II. By 1946, TB was a leading cause of death among adults in Europe and North America, festering in the close quarters of military barracks and shelters accommodating displaced communities. There was no treatment other than rest and fresh air. An American scientist had purified an antibiotic, streptomycin, that raised hopes by showing a remarkable ability to kill tuberculosis bacteria...
...denies that the snakehead has flourished in the little Crofton pond. It was only two years ago that a private owner dumped a pair there, and in that time, nearly 100 spawn have been spotted, with plenty more probably lurking...
...zero-tolerance approach the federal and state governments seem to be taking does not bode well for the snakehead. Maryland officials continue to puzzle out how best to clear the Crofton pond (poison, electrocution and concussion bombs are current options), and Washington is preparing to impose prison terms of up to six months and fines of up to $10,000 for any future snakehead importers. "Predators of this kind have historically been among our most damaging species," says Simberloff. In most cases, unfortunately, that damage may be impossible to undo...