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NUS scientists develop probiotic to prevent large intestine infections
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Singapore, August 4 (ANI): Scientists at the National University of Singapore's (NUS Medicine) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine developed a probiotic to restore bile salt metabolism in the gastrointestinal tract in order to combat the onset and consequences of Clostridium Difficile infection
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Bugworks Research announces the first in Human Phase 1 Study of BWC0977 fo
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India]/ Saratoga (California) [US]/ Adelaide [Australia], November 8 (ANI/PRNewswire): Bugworks research today announced that the first human dose was administered in a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating BWC0977: a next generation broad-spectrum, novel bacterial topoiso
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Obesity might protect against death in severe bacterial infection
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that though overweight and obesity are risk factors for many diseases, a higher BMI can be linked to higher survival rates in patients hospitalized for severe bacterial infections.
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In severe bacterial infection, obesity protects against death
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): Though overweight and obesity are risk factors for many diseases, a new study suggests that a higher BMI may be linked to higher survival rates in patients hospitalized for severe bacterial infections.
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Theoretically, antibiotics can treat human diseases in addition to bacteri
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): According to the findings of a study by researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago, the antibiotics used to treat common bacterial infections, like pneumonia and sinusitis, may also be used to treat human diseases, like cancer. At least, theoretically.
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Researchers use imaging agent that enables better monitoring of patients w
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 16 (ANI): An imaging agent allows scientists to better visualize Enterobacterales infections in patients, helping to address pathogens that can be life-threatening and frequently resist antibiotics.
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Antibiotic may improve depressive symptoms in people with low-level inflam
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 28 (ANI): While antibiotics are widely used to treat bacterial infections and other illnesses, a new research suggested that minocycline, an antibiotic with anti-inflammatory properties, improved depressive symptoms in patients with low-grade peripheral inflammation.
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Scientists develop new tool to make 'gut check' more practical
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Texas [US], January 8 (ANI): A team of researchers from Rice University in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine developed a new device that mimics intestines, giving them a mechanical model to track the real-time growth of bacterial infections.
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In a first, Dr Dangs Lab begins bacteriophage susceptibility testing to co
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): In an initiative that will enable thousands of Indians suffering from unresolved and antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections to get bacteriophage susceptibility testing done locally, Dr Dangs Lab, a Delhi-based diagnostic laboratory, has begun diagno
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Study links salt-rich diet to weaker immune system
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 30 (ANI): Opting for a high-salt diet can not only be problematic for one's blood pressure, but also for the immune system, suggests a recent study.
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Study reveals half of lupus rashes harbour high levels of bacterial infect
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 7 (ANI): Lupus is a long-term autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks normal, healthy tissue. Scientists have found one side effect of lupus, that it could also make patients more vulnerable to a skin infection, or sprea
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These colour-changing bandages sense, treat bacterial infections
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 29 (ANI): Researchers have developed colour-changing bandages that can sense drug-resistant and drug-sensitive bacteria in wounds and treat them accordingly.
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