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Temperature extremes influence distribution of species: Study
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A new study investigated the importance of temperature in determining where animal species are currently found in order to better understand how a warming climate may impact where they may live in the future.
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"Signs of desperation, mental instability": Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Rahul
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"There's more than irony or hypocrisy at work here - that a 55yr old who has never worked a day in his life, whose family has exploited the country like Parasites for decades with their corruption and whose govt destroyed the country economically in the #LostDecade, wud refer like this to ou
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Researchers evaluate biological risk posed by dirt on external surfaces of
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers evaluated the biological risk posed by dirt on the external surfaces of sea freight such as shipping containers or used machinery at New Zealand seaports.
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“How can these political parasites…?”: UP CM Yogi Adityanath tears into Op
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Opposition over DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin's rant against 'Sanatana', saying when Ravan (the demon king in the epic Ramayana) could not destroy Sanatan Dharma with all his arrogance, how can "political parasit
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Study uncovers 'concerning' defect in malaria diagnosis
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a new study, current methods can greatly overestimate the rates at which malaria parasites multiply in an infected person's blood, which has important implications for determining how harmful they are to a host. The findings have ramifications for understanding how medicine res
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Study finds ‘concerning’ flaw in malaria diagnostics
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a new analysis, current approaches can significantly overestimate the rates at which malaria parasites multiply in an infected person's blood, which has critical consequences for figuring out how damaging they might be to a host.
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Israeli study’s findings on parasites could protect endangered species
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Parasites have always had a bad reputation, and health professionals have warned the public for years about taking preventive measures to avoid mites, lice, ticks, mosquitos, tapeworms and more.
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Research reveals why we lose fat, muscle during infection
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Although infections can induce a number of symptoms, one common symptom is the loss of fat and muscle, a process known as wasting. Salk researchers wanted to know if wasting may help them fight diseases.
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Study reveals why we lose fat, muscle during infection
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Although infections can cause a variety of symptoms, one typical indication is the loss of fat and muscle, a process known as wasting. Salk researchers wanted to discover if wasting was useful in battling infections.
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Study provides insight into regulation of apicoplast gene expression in ma
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A recent study discovered that gene expression within the apicoplast, an organelle in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, is regulated by melatonin (the circadian signalling hormone) in host blood and intrinsic parasite cues via a factor called ApSigma. The regulatory system highligh
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Malaria treatment made possible by cancer medication: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Because the disease is becoming increasingly resistant to existing medications, a group of UCF researchers is attempting to use cancer pharmaceuticals to accelerate the development of new, life-saving malaria treatments. The study's findings were published in the journal ACS Infectious Disea
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Cancer medication helps to fight against malaria: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A group of UCF researchers are looking to use cancer pharmaceuticals to hasten the development of fresh, life-saving malaria treatments because the disease is getting more and more resistant to existing medications.
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