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Study identifies nematode species that protect crops without pesticides
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers have identified a microscopic worm species that infects and kills insects.
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Study finds nematode species that protect crops without pesticides
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers identified a microscopic worm species that infects and kills insects.
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Plant receptors that regulate growth, immunity have common origin: Study
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
As in animals, plants have immune responses that help them defend against pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, and oomycetes. Before invaders can be stopped, they must first be detected, and this is accomplished by pattern recognition receptors located on the surface of plant cells
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Tomato juice has antibacterial properties that can kill salmonella: Study
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Tomato juice helps destroy Salmonella Typhi and other bacteria that can affect digestive and urinary tract health, according to a study published in Microbiology Spectrum.
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Chinese officials say COVID-19 infections may rebound in country in Januar
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Experts believe China will continue to experience various respiratory pathogens alternating or co-circulating in the winter and the coming spring, with influenza viruses still dominating in the short term.
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Study gives new insights into fungal infections
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers have identified hundreds of genes subject to recent, clinically relevant selection in six species of the fungal pathogen Candida.
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Researchers give new insight into tuberculosis treatment
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Researchers discovered new antibiotic molecules that target Mycobacterium tuberculosis and make it less pathogenic for humans in collaboration with research partners in Germany and France. Furthermore, some of the found compounds may enable for the re-treatment of tuberculosis with existing
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Yearender 2023: China battles winter respiratory infection surge amid COVI
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared in November that the increase in hospitalizations in China is linked to regular winter diseases rather than new pathogens.
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WHO urges member states to continue with 'strong surveillance' amid rising
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
In the wake of the surge in respiratory diseases and new JN.1 COVID sub-variant, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that the virus is evolving and changing and urged the member states to continue with strong surveillance and sequence sharing.
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Study finds pathogens coerce immunity by using force
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A study found that pathogens can use physical force to defeat a cell's defence mechanisms. The study found that pathogens can avoid being ingested by immune cells by exerting a "propulsive force."
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Pathogens use force to overcome immune defences: Study
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Indiana University researchers have found a previously unknown technique by which infections penetrate a cell with physical force, bypassing the body's immunological defences that prevent infection, similar to a burglar smashing a window to get into a house.
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Health Ministry closely monitoring H9N2 outbreak, respiratory illness in C
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Based on the currently available information, an increase in the incidence of respiratory diseases in China has been reported in the last few weeks. The usual causes of respiratory illness in children have been implicated and there has been no identification of an unusual pathogen or any une
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