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Study finds Parkinson's disease gut has an overabundance of opportunistic
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Alabama [USA], June 19 (ANI): A novel finding will enable experimental studies to determine whether and how pathogens play a role in triggering Parkinson's disease.
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Volunteers put their lives at risk for COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 16 (ANI): Despite risks involved, several people across the world are volunteering for the trial of COVID-19 vaccine, allowing the researcher to inject potentially deadly microbes inside their nose.
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Riteish Deshmukh turns 'Khalnayak' for germs in new TikTok video
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Killing germs off his mirror, actor Riteish Deshmukh on Monday turned 'Khalnayak' for the pathogens.
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Study reveals individualised mosaics of microbial strains transfer from ma
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Birmingham [UK], May 10 (ANI): Microbial communities in the intestine -- also known as the gut microbiome -- are vital for human digestion, metabolism and resistance to colonisation by pathogens. The gut microbiome composition in infants and toddlers changes extensively in the first three ye
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Forbes Marshall and Swiss start-up SymbioSwiss develop an innovative chemi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India] April 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): In order to strongly and rapidly fight a wide range of pathogens, Forbes Marshall and Swiss NeWater India are committed to provide the unique eco-friendly disinfectant solution, free of charge, in this critical period, to the health infr
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Genetics might explain the difference in our ability to ward off gut infec
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], Jan 17 (ANI): Individuals vary in the capability of their immune systems to ward off gut infections due to bacteria viruses and other pathogens, but the latest research suggests that part of this can be explained by genetic factors.
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Excessive antibiotic prescriptions harmful to children's health: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 22 (ANI): Low and middle countries have children who are being prescribed an excess amount of antibiotic during their earlier first five years that resists their ability to fight pathogens, says study.
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Excessive antibiotic prescriptions for children can harm their health: Stu
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 15 (ANI): Children in low and middle countries (LMICs) are being prescribed an average of 25 antibiotics during their first five years of life, which is an excess and could resist their ability to fight pathogens, says a recent study.
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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.
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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).
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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
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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.
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