Search For "pathogen"
Researchers find ways to keep medical tools pathogen free
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 8 (ANI): A new study can spot and remove pathogens such as Candida albicans, a commonly found microbe that can turn deadly when it colonises on medical devices such as catheters implanted in the human body.
Read More
Self-sterilising polymer proves potent against drug-resistant pathogens
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 4 (ANI): A recent study has found that an elastic polymer possesses broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties, allowing it to kill a range of viruses and drug-resistant bacteria in just minutes including methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Read More
HIV virus spreads through direct cell-to-cell contact
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 28 (ANI): Scientists have explored, how HIV spreads in three-dimensional tissue-like environments. The spread of pathogens like the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is often studied in a test tube, that is in two-dimensional cell cultures, even though it hardly
Read More
Study suggests mechanism to wake up sleeping bacteria to fight infections
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 20 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a mechanism to wake up sleepy bacteria to combat chronic infections. These sleeping bacteria are called 'persisters' and can be found in every type of bacterial population studied so far, including important human pathogens.
Read More
Petting zoos may transmit highly virulent pathogens to vistors, finds stud
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 14 (ANI): Zoos have always fascinated people! But a new study reveals that petting zoos could be adverse, as they create a reservoir of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria, which leads to highly virulent pathogens to be passed on to the visitors.
Read More
Study explains how a pathogen causes hospital infections
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 9 (ANI): Our mouth is home to hundreds of different bacterial species; a few of these oral bacteria are known pathogens. In a recent study, scientists have discovered that three closely related species of bacteria belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae, know
Read More
WHO lists 10 threats to global health in 2019
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 21 (ANI): Taking to its website, the World Health Organization (WHO) has written that the world is facing multiple health challenges. These include outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, increasing reports of drug-resistant pathogens, growing rates of obesit
Read More
Study links drug-resistant infections with higher mortality rates
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 17 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers measured the burden of antibiotic resistance in low- or middle-income countries, and reported that in-hospital mortality is significantly higher among patients infected with multi-drug resistant (MDR) or extensively drug-res
Read More
3-in-1 vaccine to deter traveller's diarrhoea : Study
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Oct 11 (ANI): For the first time ever a vaccine has been designed to stop three common pathogens of traveller's diarrhoea.
Read More
Know how math predicts human behaviour
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Aug 19 (ANI): Seems like math can predict human behaviour in reference to the emergence and evolution of pathogens within host populations.
Read More
This antibody stops the body to fight HIV
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Aug 14(ANI): Scientists have for the first time highlighted a new type of antibody called immunoglobulin G3 (IgG3) that stops the immune system's B cells from doing their normal job of fighting pathogens in certain people living with HIV.
Read More
Humoral response corresponds to production of antibodies
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Aug 7(ANI): When the body is continuously exposed to pathogens, the immune system notably mounts what is known as a 'humoral response', which corresponds to the production of antibodies that can help fight infections and provide long-term protection.
Read More