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In urban India, 50 million people in 15 cities have no access to safe, aff
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI/PNN): Healthy drinking water is very important for good health. Safe water supply ensures the health of a country, yet it is woefully under-prioritised, globally. And in India, it's at the lowest echelon.
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Toxin-antitoxin function fuels antibiotic-resistance research
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are now known to negatively control plasmid replication, according to Thomas Wood, Biotechnology Endowed Chair and professor of chemical engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering.
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Study elucidates how production of defensive toxins takes place in plants
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Jena [Germany], January 15 (ANI): Scientists from Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology describe how the plants produce defensive toxins without harming themselves and the exact mode of action of diterpene glycosides in wild tobacco.
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Researchers tame botulinum toxin to deliver therapeutics
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 11 (ANI): A new treatment approach and delivery vehicle, described today in the Science Translational Medicine, could change the fact that people with serious cases of botulism may need to be maintained on ventilators for weeks or months.
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Gut microbe plays key role in development of some breast cancers
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): A recent study has found a new microbe in the colon which is generally associated with the development of colon cancer and colitis along with playing an important role in the development of some kinds of breast cancer. Short-term exposure to B. fragilis tox
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Short-term episodes of diarrhea could lead to long-term nutritional proble
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 13 (ANI): A study published in proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that the toxin produced by the Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacterium which causes diarrhoea could lead to long-term nutritional problems.
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Toxin provides clues to long-term effects of diarrhea caused by E. coli
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 10 (ANI): Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered that a toxin produced by the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli), long known to cause diarrhea, also has other effects on the human digestive tract.
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Study reveals cooking with wood may cause lung damage
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 27 (ANI): Advanced imaging with CT shows that people who cook with biomass fuels like wood are at risk of suffering considerable damage to their lungs from breathing in dangerous concentrations of pollutants and bacterial toxins, according to a study.
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Health Minister Dr C. Vijaya Baskar Inaugurates the First-of-its-kind 'BON
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): SIMS Hospital (SRM Institutes for Medical Science) one of the leading quaternary care super specialty hospital in Chennai, announced today, the launch of BONDS, (BOtulinum ToxiN in Dystonia and Spasticity), a first of its kind centre in
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A bacterial toxin could promote tissue healing, find researchers
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 18 (ANI): Researchers have found that a bacterial toxin could promote tissue healing. The compound found in Staphylococcus aureus does not damage cells and even stimulates tissue regeneration.
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Researchers find bacterial toxin with healing effect
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI): Did you know a bacterial toxin could promote tissue healing? Yes, the compound found in Staphylococcus aureus does not just damage cells; it even stimulates tissue regeneration.
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Study focuses on tool to inform users about their potential exposure to hy
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 27 (ANI): To allow community members and scientists to find out which toxins may be lurking in their drinking water as a result of fracking, a new, interactive tool has been created by Penn Medicine researchers.
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