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Study finds leprosy has potential to regenerate livers
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered that parasites associated with leprosy can reprogramme cells to increase the size of a liver in adult animals without causing damage, scarring or tumors.
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TRS has completely become parasite, can't win elections on its own, says T
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Telangana Congress chief Revanth Reddy on Wednesday took a jibe at the ruling TRS in the state and said that the party has "completely become a parasite" and alleged that KCR "could not stand on his own feet in Munugode".
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Researchers discover protein that parasite uses and how it changes immune
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The study revealed how a parasite injects the protein into the nucleus of the immune cell and changes the cell's identity.
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Researchers reveal how parasite injects protein into nucleus of immune cel
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The diverse functions of immune cells in the body are extremely rigorously controlled in order to combat infections. How Toxoplasma infects so many people and animal species and spreads so quickly has long been a mystery to scientists.
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Pathogens can hitch a ride on plastic to reach the sea: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The study, published April 26 in the journal Scientific Reports, is the first to connect microplastics in the ocean with land-based pathogens. It found that microplastics can make it easier for disease-causing pathogens to concentrate in plastic-contaminated areas of the ocean.
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In another racist video, Indian called 'parasite' but this time in Poland
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): In a back-to-back incident of Indians being targeted in the United States, a fresh video has surfaced but this time from a European country where an Indian man is allegedly being called a "parasite" and a "genocider".
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Biologists track DNA 'parasites' in the hunt for disease treatments
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 24 (ANI): The study of transposons by biologists provides a fresh understanding of these organisms, the knowledge that may one day aid in the battle against cancer and age-related disorders.
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Sylvester Stallone once again slams 'Drago' producer, calls him a 'Parasit
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 1 (ANI): Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone has once again slammed the producer of the 'Rocky' spinoff 'Drago'.
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Tick saliva drug can ease chronic pain, itching in people: Study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Durham [England], March 8 (ANI): Ticks are small, brown parasites that are known for carrying disease and that can attach to a person's skin and suck their blood. A new research has found that a protein, called Votucalis, found in tick saliva could be turned into a drug that eases itching an
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Study finds malaria control in young children saves lives into adulthood
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tanzania [East Africa], February 3 (ANI): Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease caused by a parasite that commonly infects a certain type of mosquito which feeds on humans. Now, for the first time, a 22-year study in Tanzania has said that bed nets saved lives in the long run, whi
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Scientists find transmission chain-breaker, give new hope for fight agains
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Baltimore (Maryland) [US], January 27 (ANI): One of the most common diseases transmitted by mosquitoes is undoubtedly, Malaria. The malaria parasite is transmitted by mosquitoes to humans through mosquito bites that release parasites into the person's blood. Now, a study has found how the in
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Robert Pattinson in talks to star in 'Parasite' director Bong Joon Ho's ne
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho, who made awards history with his 2019 film 'Parasite', has set his next film at Warner Bros.
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