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Zika virus can cause glaucoma in infants: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 7 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that Zika virus during gestation can cause glaucoma-- permanent damage to the optic nerve and blindness-- in infants.
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Jennifer Lawrence reveals her biggest irrational fear
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 23 (ANI): Jennifer Lawrence recently gave a detailed account of her biggest irrational fear and admitted that she worries the Zika virus could turn her private parts into a "wet sponge" and prevent her from eventually having kids.
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Hepatitis C virus gradually destroys immune defenses
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 18 (ANI): A recent research cited in an academic journal titled Nature Medicine suggests that the virus that causes hepatitis C protects itself by blocking signals that call up immune defenses in liver cells.
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Cough virus helps combat liver cancer in adulthood
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 16 (ANI): A virus that cause respiratory illnesses and stomach upsets in children could help in the fight against primary liver cancer, according to a study.
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PM Modi to be briefed on Odisha Japanese encephalitis outbreak in Malkangi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Malkangiri (Odisha) Nov. 14 (ANI): Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday visited Odisha's Malkangiri district to take stock of the situation, as more than 100 children have fallen victim to the deadly Japanese encephalitis virus.
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Vulnerability to type of flu virus is predicted by your birth year
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Nov. 12 (ANI): Falling ill due to animal-origin influenza virus?
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Odisha: Japanese Encephalitis death toll reaches 80
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar [India], Nov. 2 (ANI): The death toll due to the deadly Japanese Encephalitis virus in Odisha's Malkangiri district reached over 80, with three more children deaths yesterday.
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'Murga Mandi' is free of bird flu virus, says Gopal Rai
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 28 (ANI): Delhi's Animal Husbandry Minister Gopal Rai on Friday said the bird flu virus is more or less over in the "Murga Mandi" area of the city, and added that the city government-appointed monitoring committee is actively monitoring and reviewing th
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Bird flu scare: H5N8 virus no threat to humans, assures Gopal Rai
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 22 (ANI): The Delhi Government on Saturday maintained that there is no threat to human beings from the bird flu scare in the national capital, adding that the strain of the virus is less infective.
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StrongPity's summer watering-holes trap a thousand users in search of
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.13 (ANI): A stealthy threat actor known as StrongPity has spent the summer luring users of encryption software to its watering holes and infected installers, according to a paper presented at Virus Bulletin by Kaspersky Lab security researcher, Kurt Baumgartner.
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New study uses brain receptors to suppress cocaine addiction
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 13 (ANI): Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have used viruses to infect neurons with genes that allow them to switch on brain receptors involved in suppressing addiction relapse.
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Animal study paves way for treatment of Alzheimer's with gene therapy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 11 (ANI): In a recent research, scientists have prevented the development of Alzheimer's disease in mice by using a virus to deliver a specific gene into the brain, hence, opening avenues for potential new treatments of the disease.
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