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Food with avocado extract could prevent bacterial illness
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Nov. 19 (ANI): A recent study has found that extracts from avocado seeds can potentially be used as a natural
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TB tricks one's immune system to spread it among others
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 21 (ANI): A new study suggests that tuberculosis (TB) tricks the immune system into attacking the body's lung tissue so that the bacteria are allowed to spread to other people.
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Gut bacteria's secretion may help against kidney stone
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Oct. 14 (ANI): In a recent research, scientists have discovered that factors secreted by gut bacteria might help prevent or treat kidney stones.
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Food contamination can be checked by turning off lights
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 13 (ANI): Purdue University researchers have engineered a new detection method that would enable them to traces E. coli (bacteria) contamination in food by turning off the lights to see if the bacteria glow in the dark.
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New bacteria detector could lead to prevention of food borne ailments
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 7 (ANI): In a recent research, scientists have developed a new nanosensor to detect the presence of pathogenicst rain of E. coli bacteria in food or water.
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Novel device detects bacteria and suggests apt antibiotic
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 5 (ANI): An interdisciplinary team of engineers and pharmaceutical researchers at the University of Alberta has invented a device that can rapidly identify harmful bacteria and can determine whether it is resistant to antibiotics.
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Manuka honey curbs activity and growth of bacteria even at low dilutions
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 27 (ANI): Even low dilutions of Manuka honey can curb the activity and growth of bacterial bio-films, the thin but resilient layer of microbes that build up on and stick to, any surface including plastic, according to new research from the University of Southampton.
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Beware! Using Loofahs can lead to skin infections: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept. 23 (ANI): A recent research suggests that Loofahs carry bacteria, so much so that using one could defeat the very purpose of the shower and can even lead to infections.
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Ultrasound tool designed from Lego-like protein
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Aug. 26 (ANI): A new study outlines how protein engineering techniques may help to image not just anatomy of the baby in ultrasound but also show specific cells and molecules deeper in the body such as those associated with tumor or bacteria in our gut.
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Beneficial bacteria in nose can suppress pathogenic bacteria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington, Aug.17 (ANI): When two bacteria interact, they inhibit the virulence of Staphylococcus Aureus, claims a study.
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Re-dipping can cause serious bacterial ailments
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London, Aug. 9 (London): According to a recent research, dunking your cracker into a dip twice is one of the most heinous dinner party crimes one can ever commit.
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Predicting lung disease in infants
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Aug 6 (ANI): Once thought to be sterile until after birth, the airway of an infant is actually colonized with bacteria or bacterial DNA when he is born, suggests a recent study.
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