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Do you know antibiotic helps to fight against superbugs? Study reveals
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Named Priscilicidin, the antibiotic's amino acid building blocks are small, so it can be tailored to tackle different types of antimicrobial resistance.
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Researchers reveals how antibiotic helps to fight against superbugs
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers from RMIT University have developed a novel antibiotic that can be quickly modified to avoid becoming resistant to harmful superbugs.
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Molecular machines might treat fungal infections: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Thanks to nanoscale drills activated by visible light, the stubborn athlete's foot infection that an estimated 70% of people experience at some point in their lives may become much easier to treat.
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Life-threatening fungal infections target of novel vaccine: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A new vaccine from the University of Georgia could be the first clinically approved immunization to protect against invasive fungal infections, a growing concern as antifungal drug resistance increases.
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Understanding cryptic role fungi play in ecosystems
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
When you say "fungi," most people think of mushrooms, showy fruiting bodies, but most fungi do not produce mushrooms. It is estimated that there are approximately 3 to 13 million fungal species on Earth, many of which are microscopic in size.
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Researchers find new method of microbial pathogen detection in patients wi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
With the aid of the Wyss Institute's FcMBL broad-spectrum pathogen capture technology, researchers have redesigned the procedure for identifying microorganisms in blood samples from paediatric sepsis patients.
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Research helps to resolve evolutionary origins of the 'platypus of fungi'
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
About 600 seemingly disparate fungi that never quite found a fit along the fungal family tree has been shown to have a common ancestor, according to a University of Alberta-led research team that used genome sequencing to give these peculiar creatures their own classification home.
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Harmless group of bacteria linked to higher death rates in kidney patients
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New study indicates a harmless group of bacteria associated with higher death rates in kidney patients.
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Researchers suggest metals may help to fight fungal infections
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): More than one billion people get a fungal infection each year. Although most people are not affected by these infections, over 1.5 million people die as a result of them each year. While more and more fungal strains are being discovered that are resist
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Fungal intruder shrinks, develops to aid infection spread in brain: Study
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): According to new research from the University of Utah Health, a fungus that is a major cause of fungal meningitis undergoes a remarkable change once it enters the body, allowing it to infect the brain.
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Study suggests fungal intruder shrinks, develops to aid infection spread i
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): According to new research from the University of Utah Health, a fungus that is a major cause of fungal meningitis undergoes a remarkable change once it enters the body, allowing it to infect the brain.
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Rare large fungal ball extracted from elderly patient's aortic heart valve
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): The doctors at a private hospital in the national capital successfully treated a 70-year-old male patient, with fungal endocarditis, a rare condition in which fungus had developed in the heart's aortic valve, said the hospital officials said on Tuesday.
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