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Researchers find new molecule that inhibits drug-resistant bacteria
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 10 (ANI): Urinary tract infections are common, but they are becoming increasingly difficult to treat as the bacteria that cause them to become resistant to many antibiotics. Researchers found a new molecule that inhibits drug-resistant bacteria in lab experiments as w
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Research reveals glioma drug exploits DNA repair defects to selectively ta
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 28 (ANI): A new class of glioma medications takes advantage of tumours lacking the DNA repair enzyme MGMT; the medications cause the generation of cytotoxic DNA and kill tumour cells specifically without the risk of developing resistance, according to research.
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Researchers find new effective therapeutic approaches to treat tuberculosi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 28 (ANI): The leading infectious disease around the world, tuberculosis, which affects around 25% of the world's population, is still caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Drug-resistant strains have made it difficult to treat infections, but professor Helen Zgurskaya
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Research: A 'last resort' antibiotic for multi-drug resistant infections
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Jersey [US], June 8 (ANI): According to A new research at the University of Oxford, a bacterium called Pseudomonas is found which respond to being treated with Colistin, a 'last resort' antibiotic for patients who have developed multi-drug resistant infections.
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Researchers offer advice on prescribing cannabis medicines to patients wit
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Canberra [Australia], March 9 (ANI): There's considerable interest in using cannabis-based medications to help treat drug-resistant epilepsy, but clinicians have little guidance on how or when to prescribe these products.
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Study finds zapping nerves with ultrasound, lowers drug-resistant blood pr
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 16 (ANI): Brief pulses of ultrasound delivered to nerves near the kidney produced a clinically meaningful drop in blood pressure in people whose hypertension did not respond to a triple cocktail of medications, as per a new study.
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Kauvery Hospital emphasizes on the need for Antimicrobial stewardship
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu), March 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): Antimicrobial resistance in a region or community can cause complex healthcare issues. The drug resistant infections can cause multiple problems to the organs in the body.
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Study reveals how brain knows when something is different
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): During a recent study, scientists discovered how a particular set of high-frequency brain waves may help us know unconsciously if something is different by comparing memories of the past with present experiences.
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Researchers reveal how human brains know when something's different
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 14 (ANI): In a study involving epilepsy patients, National Institutes of Health has discovered how a set of high-frequency brain waves may help us spot these kinds of differences between the past and the present.
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Study reveals seizures during menstrual cycle linked to drug-resistant epi
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Jersey [US], Aug 26 (ANI): More frequent seizures during the menstrual cycle in women with genetic generalized epilepsy have been linked for the first time to drug-resistant epilepsy when anti-seizure medications don't work, according to a study. The Rutgers coauthored study may help lea
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New class of antibiotics to fight off drug-resistant bacteria
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hamilton (Ontario) [Canada], Feb 13 (ANI): A new category of antibiotics has shown promise for countering the constantly mounting threat of drug-resistant bacteria.
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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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