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Here's how toxin sponges protect poisonous frogs, birds from their own poi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 8 (ANI): The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Stanford University, and the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) researchers drove a new study to uncover how poisonous frogs and birds avoid intoxicating themselves.
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Researchers find good bacteria can temper chemotherapy side effects
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 26 (ANI): A new Northwestern University study found that naturally occurring gut bacteria can clean up chemo toxins in the body.
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In urban India, 50 million people in 15 cities have no access to safe, aff
Updated : 4 years, 10 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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Study elucidates how production of defensive toxins takes place in plants
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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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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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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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Researchers develop tool to inform users about their potential exposure to
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): A new, interactive tool created by Penn Medicine researchers allows community members and scientists to find out which toxins may be lurking in their drinking water as a result of fracking.
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To understand causes of bladder cancer, scientists recreate DNA damage cau
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 29 (ANI): In a bid to understand more about the causes of bladder cancer, researchers recreated DNA damage caused by toxins from smoking.
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Researchers uncover key details how bacteria causing typhoid fever identif
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 26 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, researchers have uncovered key details as to how the Salmonella bacteria that cause typhoid fever, identifies a host's immune cells and delivers toxins that disrupt the immune system and allow the pathogen to spread.
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Research reveals changing what heart cells eat could help them regenerate
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 23 (ANI): A new study has found that switching what the powerhouses of heart cells consume for energy could help the heart regenerate when cells die. The finding could open whole new avenues for treating a variety of conditions in which heart muscle becomes damaged
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Switching the heart's fuel source can help its cells regenerate: Study
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 22 (ANI): As revealed by a new study, switching from fats to glucose as a fuel source for the heart muscles could help the organ regenerate when its cells that are responsible for contraction die out as a result of heart failure caused by viruses, toxins, high bloo
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Wearable artificial kidney may improve peritoneal dialysis: Study
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 11 (ANI): Automated wearable artificial kidney is effective in removing toxins from the blood of patients during peritoneal dialysis, claims a recent study.
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