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Scientists test 'smart' red blood cells to deliver antibiotics that target
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The platform, described in a new paper in the journal ACS Infectious Diseases, could help to address the ongoing antibiotic resistance crisis, say the scientists. They modified and then tested red blood cells as a carrier for one of the world's only remaining resistance-proof antibiotics: Po
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Study evaluates symptom trajectories in patients with kidney disease
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
When individuals with varying degrees of chronic kidney disease who were not on dialysis answered annual questionnaires about their symptoms, researchers found that one-third could be categorized as having a "Worse symptom score and worsening trajectory" of symptoms.
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New medicine discovered to be beneficial for treating complicated urinary
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A combination of the drugs cefepime and enmetazobactam was more effective in treating both complicated urinary tract infections and acute pyelonephritis (AP), a bacterial infection causing kidney inflammation than a standard treatment combining piperacillin and tazobactam.
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New drug found effective for treating complicated urinary tract infections
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A combination of the drugs cefepime and enmetazobactam was more effective in treating both complicated urinary tract infections and acute pyelonephritis (AP), a bacterial infection causing kidney inflammation, than a standard treatment combining piperacillin and tazobactam.
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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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Scientists explain how virus that affects cat kidneys could also affect hu
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) [US], October 19 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Center for Vaccine Research reverse-engineered an elusive virus linked to chronic kidney disease in cats and described its mode of infection, outlining its potential to infect humans, in a study t
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Researchers find Psoriasis does not increase risk of heart attack in peopl
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Augusta (Georgia) [US], October 18 (ANI): Researchers discovered that psoriasis is not an independent risk factor for heart attack in persons who also have an end-stage renal illness, which shares several risk variables with heart disease.
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Gene signature points to prognosis in kidney cancer: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 18 (ANI): A new study by Karolinska Institutet has revealed that among patients with kidney cancer, the activity of four specific genes in the cancer cells seems to be able to predict the risk of the tumour spreading and the patient's chances of survival.
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Kidney racket: Delhi HC grants time to Amit Raut to file response on plea
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): The Delhi High court on Wednesday granted time to Amit Kumar Raut alias Amish Raval to file a response on the plea moved by ED challenging the bail granted to him in a money laundering case.
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Ultrasound can move, break up kidney stones in awake patients: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 10 (ANI): A new procedure that combines the use of two ultrasound technologies may give an option to move moving kidney stones out of the ureter with minimum pain and no anaesthesia, according to a study.
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TV serial 'Mere Sai' actor Anaya Soni's health condition serious due to ki
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): Indian Tv serial 'Mere Sai' fame actor Anaya Soni, on Saturday, revealed that her health condition is serious due to kidney failure and has to undergo a transplant soon.
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'Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens' star Kitten Natividad passes away
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): Francesca 'Kitten' Natividad, a go-go dancer who rose to fame after Russ Meyer cast her in the slasher film 'Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens,' passed away on Saturday at the age of 74 at the Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles from kidney failure
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