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Cranberries and Digestive Health: Supporting the Stomach and Gut from With
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23: Across the globe, digestive disorders are rising, and nowhere is this more evident than in regions with high rates of Helicobacter pylori infection -- a bacterium carried by nearly half the world's population. In India and other Asian countries, H. pylori prev
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Hidden blood molecules show surprising anti-ageing power: Study
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Scientists have discovered new anti-ageing compounds produced by a little-studied blood bacterium, opening up promising avenues for future skin-rejuvenation therapies.
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Heart rhythm disorder traces to bacterium lurking in gums: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
New research shows that the gum disease bacterium P. gingivalis can slip into the bloodstream and infiltrate the heart. There, it quietly drives scar tissue buildup -- distorting the heart's architecture, disrupting electrical signals, and raising the risk of atrial fibrillation (AFib).
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Study finds strains of tuberculosis that are most infectious
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a recent study evaluating how various strains migrate across mixed populations in cosmopolitan cities, the chances of an exposed person becoming infected with TB vary depending on whether the human and the bacterium share a hometown.
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Researchers give new insight into tuberculosis treatment
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers discovered new antibiotic molecules that target Mycobacterium tuberculosis and make it less pathogenic for humans in collaboration with research partners in Germany and France. Furthermore, some of the found compounds may enable for the re-treatment of tuberculosis with existing
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Study gives more insight into bacterium's protective role in chronic rhino
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Like the rest of the world, Japan has witnessed an alarming rise in the prevalence of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) during the past ten years.
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Study finds bacterium's protective role in chronic rhinosinusitis
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
CRS is an inflammatory disease that lasts at least 12 weeks and can cause nasal congestion, nasal discharge, difficulty breathing through the nose, face pain, and even loss of sense of smell.
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Study gives more insight into new antibiotic approach against lyme bacteri
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A Duke Health team has discovered a way to launch a molecular warhead that can eradicate the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, using a method that has demonstrated promise in targeting cancer tumours.
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New gut microbe produces smelly toxic gas but defends against pathogens: S
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
An international team of scientists led by University of Vienna microbiologist Alexander Loy discovered new gut bacteria that just consume taurine and produce the noxious chemical hydrogen sulphide. As a result, the researchers have improved our understanding of the microbial pathways that h
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Research reveals new gut microbe produces smelly toxic gas but protects ag
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
An international team of scientists led by University of Vienna microbiologist Alexander Loy identified a new gut bacteria that feeds only on taurine and creates the foul-smelling gas hydrogen sulphide. The researchers have therefore added to our understanding of those microbial mechanisms t
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Genetically modified bacteria degrade plastics in saltwater: Study
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A marine bacterium has been genetically modified by researchers to break down plastic in saline water.
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Study finds how solar-powered microbes turn CO2 into bioplastic
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The new platform combined multi-channel fluorescence imaging with photoelectrochemical current mapping to survey the bacterium Ralstonia eutropha
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