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Research reveals that Alzheimer's disease is caused by decline in levels o
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): New research supports the hypothesis that Alzheimer's disease is caused by a decline in levels of a protein called amyloid-beta.
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Coldplay postpones shows owing to Chris Martin's lung infection
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Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): Coldplay's eight-show stint in Brazil has been interrupted owing to Chris Martin's "serious lung infection".
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Immunologic defect may leave some vulnerable to rare bacterial infection:
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Washington [US], October 4 (ANI): The bacterium that causes tuberculosis has a cousin you've never heard of: MAC. This bacterial complex is everywhere, but most people never show symptoms. Yet some people get very, very sick. Researchers have now uncovered an immunologic defect that could ex
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Study reveals new strategy to create an effective HIV vaccine
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Washington [US], October 4 (ANI): Researchers have come together to make critical advances in developing an effective vaccine against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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Some people may be susceptible to uncommon bacterial illness because of im
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California [US], October 4 (ANI): Everybody occasionally breathes in Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) bacteria, yet the majority of individuals don't become ill. These dangerous Mycobacterium tuberculosis cousins usually spend their brief, innocuous lives in food, soil, water, or dust.
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Gut bacteria may contribute to HIV infection susceptibility: Study
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California [US], October 3 (ANI): Certain gut bacteria, including one required for a healthy gut microbiome, differ between people who develop HIV infection and those who do not, according to new UCLA-led research.
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Study: Blood tests might help to detect long covid in patients
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Washington [US], October 2 (ANI): According to research, a blood test conducted at the time of Covid-19 infection can help indicate whether a person is likely to develop long-term Covid.
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Researchers find how ticks weaken skin's defense function
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 2 (ANI): Scientists have yet to fully comprehend why ticks are such hazardous disease vectors. A team of researchers has discovered that tick saliva suppresses the skin's protective function, increasing the risk of infections like tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) or Lym
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Another monkey virus may be on verge of infecting humans: Researchers
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Colorado [US], September 30 (ANI): According to new University of Colorado Boulder research published online Sept. 30 in the journal Cell, an unknown family of viruses that is currently prevalent in wild African primates and known to cause lethal Ebola-like symptoms in certain monkeys is "po
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Research: Texting young people about safe sex doesn't guarantee protection
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Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): According to research, sending regular messages to young people who have recently experienced a sexually transmitted infection (STI) to advocate safer sex behaviours does not lower rates of chlamydia and gonorrhoea reinfection.
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Blood tests may help detect who is likely to get long Covid: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 28 (ANI): A blood test taken at the time of Covid-19 infection can help determine whether a person is likely to develop long-term Covid, according to new research.
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Lassa virus endemic area could significantly grow in coming decades
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
San Diego [US], September 27 (ANI): Researchers examined decades' worth of environmental data related to Lassa virus outbreaks for their study, which was published on September 27 in Nature Communications.
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