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Researchers find how engineered gut bacteria can help treat hypertension
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Scientists at The University of Toledo have shown that engineered bacteria can lower blood pressure and the finding opens avenues to harness the body's own microbiome to treat hypertension
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Researchers reveal diabetic retinopathy cause blindness in adults
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Diabetic retinopathy, which results in progressive damage to the blood vessels in the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye, is the main cause of blindness in adults in the United States. However, a study suggested that the small leaky intestine, which reduces the barrier between gut
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Study provides insight into potential animal reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 omicr
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): Researchers analyzed the structures of the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant and its receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), to gain insight into the variant's potential animal reservoir.
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Higher levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme in men makes them vulnerabl
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Massachusetts [USA], May 16 (ANI): Men have higher concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in their blood than women, suggests evidence from a large study of several thousand patients. Since ACE2 enables the coronavirus to infect healthy cells, this may help to explain why m
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Men's blood contains greater concentrations of enzyme that helps COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Massachusetts [USA], May 11 (ANI): Evidence from a large study of several thousand patients shows that men have higher concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in their blood than women.
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Coronavirus attaches to receptor on respiratory cells, hijack them to prod
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hangzhou [China], Mar 12 (ANI): Coronavirus attaches to a receptor on respiratory cells in the human body and hijack them to produce more viruses, scientists revealed.
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