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Scientists discover bacterium linked to deadly childhood disorder
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 1 (ANI): Scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health have discovered bacteria linked to post-infectious hydrocephalus (PIH), the most common cause of pediatric hydrocephalus worldwide.
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Children's National Hospital sounds alarm for antibiotic resistance in men
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): Researchers from the Children's National Hospital write in a case report that recent meningitis cases (inflammation of the membranes (meninges) surrounding the brain and spinal cord) at the hospital raises serious concerns about antibiotic resistance in the c
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Study develops ways to trace spread of major plant disease
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 5 (ANI): A team of scientists has found potential ways to prevent the spread of a disease-causing bacterium that harms more than a hundred plant species worldwide, an advance that could save the nursery industry billions of dollars a year.
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New pneumococcal vaccine from Serum Institute of India achieves WHO prequa
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Seattle (USA)/Pune (Maharashtra) [India] Dec 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): PNEUMOSIL®, a vaccine against a leading cause of deadly childhood pneumonia - the pneumococcus bacterium - has achieved prequalification by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Toxin responsible for death of birds around Sambhar Lake, says expert
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): AK Katariya, Professor, Apex Centre for Animal Disease, Bikaner on Friday suggested that the mysterious deaths of a large number of birds in Jaipur are probably because of Avian Botulism, a serious neuromuscular illness of birds caused by a toxin tha
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Two strains of one bacterium combine to cause flesh-eating infection: Stud
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 12 (ANI): A new study used genetic analysis to reveal how two different strains of a single species of flesh-eating bacteria worked in concert to become more dangerous than either one strain alone.
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Research on bacteria adds to understanding of their social life
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 11 (ANI): According to a study, strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae transform themselves from small, comma-shaped cells to long filaments in nutrient-poor environments to aid short-term survival.
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Quarter of world's population at risk of developing tuberculosis: Study
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 3 (ANI): A new study has shown that probably one in four people in the world carry the tuberculosis bacterium in the body.
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Cancer-causing bacteria gains antibiotic resistance finds KMC Scientists
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Manipal (Karnataka) [India] July 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): A study by the Kasturba Medical College and tertiary care hospital said to be first of its kind from Karnataka, has found that Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that resides in the human stomach and causes ulcers, gastritis and stomach cance
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Common skin bacterium raises risk of food allergy in kids with severe ecze
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 31 (ANI): Researchers at King's College London have found that young kids with serious eczema infected with Staphylococcus aureus (SA) bacterium are at an increased risk of developing a food allergy.
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Here's how a certain bacterium communicates and makes us sick
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 25 (ANI): Researchers have now discovered the unique way in which a type of Gram-negative bacterium delivers the toxins that make people sick. According to the Binghamton University, State University of New York study, understanding this mechanism may help design b
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Essential oils from herbs may help treat Lyme disease
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 04 (ANI): Oils from garlic and several other common herbs and medicinal plants show strong activity against the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.
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