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How an 80-year-old antibiotic can become a wonder drug to defeat world's most dangerous infectionsResearchers are studying streptothricin, an old antibiotic, for its potential to fight drug-resistant superbugs. The antibiotic, now named ...- El Nino of 1904-07 may have helped spread cholera in India, study findsResearchers found that unusual weather patterns driven by the El Nino event from 1904-1907 may have facilitated the spread of a new cholera...
- New study shows how dengue virus evolved in IndiaUntil 2012, the dominant strains in India were Dengue 1 and 3, the researchers said. However, in recent years, Dengue 2 has become more dom...
- IISc's computational analysis throws light on how dengue virus evolved in IndiaCases of dengue – a mosquito-borne viral disease – have steadily increased in the last 50 years, predominantly in the South-East Asian coun...
- Khosta-2: New Russian bat virus capable of infecting humansThe virus was initially discovered in bats in Russia two years ago and thought to be harmless to people, but a closer scrutiny recently in ...
- Nasal Monoclonal Antibody Effective Against Covid Variants & MERSWhen given as an intraperitoneal injection or a nasal dose, it protected mice from SARS-CoV-2 illness, as measured by maintenance of body w...
- How Covid virus mutates inside a human bodyResearchers from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology discovered various mutations not included in existing databases and even a n...
- Dengue virus is becoming resistant to vaccines and treatment: StudyAs per the study, one of the strains of the virus can morph itself which helps it evade the immune system of the human host.
- Ancient syphilis causing genomes recoveredLondon, June 25 (IANS) Scientists have recovered the first historic genomes from a bacterium that causes syphilis -- a sexually transmitted...
- Managing eating habits may be key to mitigate malaria, parasite: StudyLondon, March 11 (IANS) Malaria infections might be brought under control by managing the eating habits of infected people or animals, as a...
- Ancient mummy's DNA reveals Hepatitis B existed since centuriesToronto, Jan 5 (IANS) The DNA analysis of the remains of a 16th century mummy has confirmed that the complex Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has ex...
- New technology makes electricity from urine, kills bacteriaLondon, June 19 (IANS) Researchers have developed a system which can generate electricity from urine -- enough to charge a mobile phone -- ...
- New technology makes electricity from urine, kills bacteriaLondon, June 19 (IANS) Researchers have developed a system which can generate electricity from urine -- enough to charge a mobile phone -- ...
- Fast-advancing fungal disease may wipe out bananas in less than a decadeResearchers discovered how three fungal diseases have evolved into a lethal threat to bananas - one of the world's top five staple foods.
- New 'super-infected' mosquitoes may help fight dengue, ZikaStudies show that when a mosquito bites an infected person, the ability of the virus to spread throughout the Wolbachia-infected insect's t...
- Monkeys in Asia harbour viruses from humansMonkeys found in Asia harbour diverse viruses which are known to cause infectious gastroenteritis or diarrhoea in humans.
- Bees naturally vaccinate their babies: StudyWhen it comes to vaccinating their babies, bees don't have a choice - they naturally immunise their offspring against specific diseases fou...
- Bees naturally vaccinate their babies: studyWhen it comes to vaccinating their babies, bees don't have a choice - they naturally immunise their offspring against specific diseases.
- Pneumonia bacterium may permanently scar the heartThe researchers found proof that Streptococcus pneumoniae, the leading cause of community-acquired pneumonia, actually physically damages t...
- Cocktail of proteins can lead to better malaria vaccine: StudyThe study says that a cocktail of AMA1 proteins from only a few different strains can overcome major limitations of an earlier designed ver...
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