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Study shines new light on ancient microbial dark matter
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Bacteria are practically found everywhere, including in dirt, hot springs, oceans, and even next to and inside other living things like humans. Despite being essentially invisible, they have a significant impact on almost every aspect of life on Earth.
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Researchers how bacteria use electricity to communicate
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Bacteria use electricity to communicate and react to environmental cues, much like neurons do in human brains. To better understand antibiotic resistance, scientists have now found a mechanism to alter this electrical signalling in bacteria.
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Study: Solution for imbalance in gut microbiome that worsens 'Graft versus
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A study discovered that changes in the gut microbiota are associated with an increase in oxygen levels in the intestine after immune-mediated intestinal injury. Reducing intestinal oxygen levels pharmacologically eased the microbial imbalance and reduced the severity of intestinal illness.
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Study finds how blaze affected bacteria, fungi over time
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers at UC Riverside have discovered small organisms that not only survive but flourish in the first year following a wildfire
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Linking fossil climate proxies to living bacteria helps climate prediction
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Microbial skins are made out of lipids - fatty molecules - which can be preserved as fossils telling us stories about how these microbes lived in the past.
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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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Study shows dietary fibre in the gut may help in treatment of skin allergi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A Monash University study exploring the emerging gut-skin axis has found that microbial fermentation of dietary fibre in the gut can protect against allergic skin disease. The research could potentially lead to novel treatments to prevent or treat allergies.
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Govt has identified AMR as key priority in National Health Policy: MoS Bha
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Union Minister of State for Health Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar on Friday that the Indian government has identified Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) as a key priority in its National Health Policy, 2017 and it has taken several initiatives to counter AMR holistically.
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MoS Health Pawar vouches for AMR to be recognized as global health threat
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Union Minister of State for Health, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar on Thursday highlighted that Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) is a silent and invisible pandemic and said that AMR should be recognized as a global health threat at the third global high-level conference held in Muscat, Oman.
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Study: Tomatoes in diet changes human gut microbes
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The research was published in the journal Microbiology Spectrum. Fiber, sugar, protein, fat and calories were identical for both diets.
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Study: Skin diseases changes molecular, microbial composition of human ski
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The molecular and microbiological composition of human skin may change as a result of skin conditions, according to researchers. Making it a valuable source of data regarding our physical health.
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Research: Role of nutrient may reveal dietary target in fight against micr
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A nutrient that is common in the human diet has been found to aid the survival of a cancer-causing bacterium, a new Yale study finds. The findings could reveal an important target for new drugs to tackle numerous infectious diseases in humans.
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