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Researchers use imaging agent that enables better monitoring of patients w
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 16 (ANI): An imaging agent allows scientists to better visualize Enterobacterales infections in patients, helping to address pathogens that can be life-threatening and frequently resist antibiotics.
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Microplastic waste becomes 'hubs' for antibiotic-resistant bacteria and pa
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 21 (ANI): The findings of a new study show how microplastics found in daily personal care products can host pathogens and boost antibiotic-resistant bacteria by up to 30 times once they wash down household drains and enter municipal wastewater treatment plants
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Japan to cull 77,000 chickens over new bird flu outbreak in Tochigi
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Some 77,000 chickens will be culled in the Japanese prefecture of Tochigi due to a new outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu, Japanese media reported on Saturday.
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S Korea culled nearly 19 million poultry animals in 2 months over bird flu
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): A total of 18.8 million chickens and other poultry animals have been culled at farms across South Korea as part of measures to curb the spread of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu, the South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affai
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World COVID-19 caseload breaches 68 million mark
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Baltimore [US], December 9 (ANI): The world coronavirus caseload has breached the 68 million cases mark and fatalities from the pathogen surge beyond the 1.55 million deaths worldwide, as per the latest updates by Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
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France confirms H5N8 avian influenza outbreak on duck farm
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): France's Ministry of Agriculture said Tuesday that a highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza had been detected on a duck farm in the southwest of the country, confirming the country's first farm outbreak of the virus this year.
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Genetically engineered T cells could lead to therapies for autoimmune dise
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): A new study has found that a novel T cell genetically engineered by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers is able to target and attack pathogenic T cells that cause Type 1 diabetes, which could lead to new immunotherapy treatments.
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S. Korea confirms first outbreak of bird flu among poultry in 2020
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea has confirmed this year's first cases of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu in the southwestern province of Jeonbuk, the country's Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on Saturday.
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New tool enables easy, effective tracking of emerging pathogens
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 18 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a cloud-based tool called IDseq that may make it possible to rapidly detect, identify, and track emerging pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2.
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Study focuses on new tool that enables easy, effective disease tracking
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], October 15 (ANI): A new open source, a cloud-based tool called IDseq makes it possible to rapidly detect, identify, and track emerging pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2.
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Coronavirus strain may have mutated, potentially evolving: Study
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI): Houston researchers have unveiled a study of over 5,000 genetic sequences of coronavirus which reveals the pathogen's virus's continuous accumulation of mutations.
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Coronavirus tests in India cross 5-crore mark
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): India has crossed the five-crore mark for sample testing of the novel coronavirus as of September 7, informed the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday, adding that 10,98,621 samples were tested for the pathogen on Monday.
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