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Study finds designing self-destructing bacteria make effective tuberculosi
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Working towards more effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccinations, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed two strains of mycobacteria with "kill switches" that may be activated to stop the bacteria after they elicit an immune response.
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Foundation for Neglected Disease Research, Bangalore and Blockchain For Im
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], March 13: Foundation for Neglected Disease Research (FNDR) Bangalore and Blockchain For Impact (BFI) announced an impact driven partnership under the BFI-Biome Virtual Network Program, aimed at advancing healthcare in India. BFI aims to allocate 300,000 USD to
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Harsh Vardhan inaugurates new research building 'Desikan Bhawan' at ICMR's
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 6 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the new research building 'Desikan Bhawan' equipped with a new COVID-19 diagnostic facility at Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)'s National Jalma Institue for Leprosy and Other Mycobact
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Mycobacterial w (Mw) drug trial to be conducted on 40 patients at three ho
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 3 (ANI): The safety trail of mycobacterial w (Mw) drug has been completed but its actual trial will be conducted on 40 patients in PGI Chandigarh and AIIMS-Delhi and Bhopal, said Dr Jagat Ram, Director of PGIMER, Chandigarh on Sunday.
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No short-term adverse impact of Mw on COVID-19 patients, says PGIMER
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], April 26 (ANI): The city-based Post- Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) on Sunday said that it has assessed the safety of mycobacterial w (Mw), an immunomodulator for leprosy, in four hospitalised patients of COVID-19, and has found no short-ter
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TB bacteria use carbon monoxide to survive in human tissue
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 3 (ANI): Mycobacteria, a bacterial group that causes killer diseases such as tuberculosis (TB), leprosy, and Buruli ulcer depend on carbon monoxide to survive when other nutrients are not available, suggests a new study.
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Inhaled steroids may increase risk of lung infections
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Sep 16 (ANI): Asthma patients beware! Using inhaled steroids to control asthma and other breathing problems may increase the risk of developing nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) lung infections.
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