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Substance in brown coal may aid in combating viruses
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 19 (ANI): Scientists have identified biologically active molecular components of humic substances extracted from coal, and discovered substances with antiviral activity against the tick-borne encephalitis virus.
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Researchers find cause behind birth defects due to Zika virus
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 14 (ANI): Pregnant women are already advised to take proper care of their health and when it comes to Zika virus, they out to take utmost care as the virus can cause birth defects. A new study has shed light on the possible causes behind this.
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Researchers discover medication to silence HIV infection
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 7 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a new potential medication that works with an HIV-infected person's own body to further suppress the ever present but silent virus that available HIV treatments are unable to combat.
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Polio cases on the rise in Pakistan, 5 more victims confirmed
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 7 (ANI): Pakistan has seen a drastic surge in polio cases this year, with five more children being affected with the virus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Zika-exposed infants may face abnormalities despite normal assessment: Stu
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 5 (ANI): Zika-exposed infants who had abnormalities at birth had normal test results in the second or third year of life. By contrast, a few who had normal assessments at birth had below-average developmental testing or abnormalities in hearing or vision by age 32
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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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Pakistan: Another polio case in Balochistan
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], Aug 3 (ANI): Another polio case has surfaced in Balochistan, with a five-month-old baby from Killa Abdullah falling prey to the virus this time.
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AGO trap: Eliminates female mosquitoes to help curb chikungunya virus
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 28 (ANI): A disease control centre developed an Autocidal Gravid Ovitrap (AGO trap) that attracts and captures female mosquitoes looking for a site to lay eggs. After which researchers reported that AGO traps successfully protected people from infection with chiku
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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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Dengue fever kills 13 in Tanzania
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Dodoma [Tanzania], July 28 (ANI): As many as 13 people have died as a result of dengue fever, while 6,677 people are infected with the virus across the East African country, the health ministry told the state media.
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Ebola case confirmed in Congolese city of Goma
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], July 15 (ANI): A case of Ebola was confirmed in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, home to more than a million people.
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Study suggests new virus found may have coevolved with human lineage
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 13 (ANI): In 2014, a virus called crAssphage that infects bacteria was discovered as part of the body's intestinal environment. Now, a recent study investigated its origin and evolution, which may have coevolved with human lineage.
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