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Fossil study gives insights into 12 million-year-old climatic past of UK's
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI): A decade-long study into unique rocks near a Derbyshire village has been uncovering the secrets of what the county and the Peak District might have looked like under a much warmer and wetter past.
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New cancer drug could be developed using mushroom that grows on insects: R
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) [US], October 19 (ANI): The Cordyceps mushroom is well known for its gruesome eating habits: it is well-known that its spores kill insects by infecting them, and the dead insects' flesh sprouts fully developed fruiting bodies of the Cordyceps fungus.
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Fungal intruder shrinks, develops to aid infection spread in brain: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 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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Research reveals genes from microbes crucial for insect evolution
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): Through horizontal gene transfer, microorganisms and plants may have provided insects an evolutionary advantage hundreds of millions of years ago. More than 1,400 genes from 218 different insect species, including butterflies and moths, are reported to have co
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Lichens in danger of losing evolutionary race with climate change: Study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Chicago [US], February 15 (ANI): Algae are a lot more than just the green scum that shows up on walls. These tiny plants, when teamed up with a fungus, form a composite structure called lichen. Lichens grow everywhere, from tundras in the Arctic to the bark of the tree in one's yard, and do
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Rare case of post-dengue Mucormycosis reported at private hospital
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 13 (ANI): Within 15 days of recovery from dengue, a 49-year-old male patient has been admitted to a private hospital in Delhi with the complaint of Mucormycosis.
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Delhi extends cashless surgery scheme for patients suffering from black fu
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Delhi government on Wednesday has extended its cashless surgery scheme of Delhi Arogya Kosh for the treatment of patients suffering from Black Fungus or Mucormycosis.
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Black fungus: Maharashtra reported highest deaths, fresh cases showing dec
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Maharashtra has reported 1,129 deaths due to Mucormycosis or 'Black fungus', the highest in the country, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Thursday.
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India reports 45,374 Black fungus cases, 4,332 deaths so far, says Health
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): As many as 45,374 cases of Mucormycosis or 'Black fungus' were reported in the country so far, said the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.
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Punjab extends disability schemes' benefits to Mucormycosis disabilities
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 20 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday announced the extension of benefits of existing schemes for persons with disability to those suffering from any disability caused by Mucormycosis, commonly referred to as Black Fungus.
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