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Researchers uncover key details how bacteria causing typhoid fever identif
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 26 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, researchers have uncovered key details as to how the Salmonella bacteria that cause typhoid fever, identifies a host's immune cells and delivers toxins that disrupt the immune system and allow the pathogen to spread.
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Study reveals half of lupus rashes harbour high levels of bacterial infect
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 7 (ANI): Lupus is a long-term autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks normal, healthy tissue. Scientists have found one side effect of lupus, that it could also make patients more vulnerable to a skin infection, or sprea
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Researchers develop new strategy to fight antibiotic resistance
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): While traditional antibiotics are known to serve the purpose of killing or reducing the activity of individual bacteria, some bacteria become resistant to these antibiotics. In recent research, bioscience engineers have developed a new antibacterial strat
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Genetics might explain the difference in our ability to ward off gut infec
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], Jan 17 (ANI): Individuals vary in the capability of their immune systems to ward off gut infections due to bacteria viruses and other pathogens, but the latest research suggests that part of this can be explained by genetic factors.
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Scientists breach the brain fortress to cure tumors
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): Researchers have figured out a new method to bypass the blood-brain barrier in situations where it begins to play a counterproductive role by expelling the immune system cell through its drainage system.
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Bacteria can 'outsmart' programmed cell death: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 25 (ANI): Certain bacteria can override a defence mechanism of the immune system, so-called programmed cell death, through inhibition of death effector molecules by their outer membranes components. Shigella bacteria, which cause diarrhoea, use lipopolysaccharides
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New treatment strategy may thwart deadly brain tumours: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 24 (ANI): Immune checkpoint inhibitors are important medications that boost the immune system's response against certain cancers; however, they tend to be ineffective against glioblastoma, the most deadly primary brain tumour in adults.
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Study reveals why belly fat is bad for thinking
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], Dec 20 (ANI): Making a New Year's resolution to work out more and eat healthier may be a good idea, not only for your overall health but also to maintain healthy brain function.
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Nawaz Sharif likely to be flown to US on Dec 16 for further treatment
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Dec 9 (ANI): Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to fly to the United States for the treatment of his ailment there, according to family sources.
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Researchers identify unique signatures in supercentenarians that could cha
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 13 (ANI): Supercentenarians or people who reach 110 years of age are endowed with good health and they show resistance to diseases like cancer, stroke and cardiovascular illness.
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Want to burn more energy? Concentrate on brown fat
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 27 (ANI): New research has revealed that if you want to burn more energy then it helps to have more brown fat, which typically is found close to the nervous system, up to the spine, around the throat and near the kidneys.
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Tuberculosis infection is not life-long in most people: Study
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Oct 25 (ANI): A recent study challenged the earlier belief that tuberculous infection stays forever and that it could come back at any point and cause the disease again.
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