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You have been eating plastic for years; this fermented Korean food might finally help you fight backSouth Korea kimchi research benefits: Scientists have discovered a special bacterium in kimchi. This tiny microbe can attach to nanoplastic...- 5,000-year-old bacteria revived from ice can fight superbugs, but scientists see a downsideScientists have isolated a Psychrobacter SC65A.3, a bacterial strain frozen for almost 5,000 years in Romania’s Scărișoara Ice Cave. The mi...
- Scientists have found a powerful hidden antibiotic, and they are stunned by its discoveryScientists have discovered a potent new antibiotic, pre-methylenomycin C lactone, within a well-studied bacterium, Streptomyces coelicolor....
- Study flags rise in chest infections due to new bacterium in North Indian statesA Chandigarh research team has identified a new threat. A bacterium called Bordetella holmesii is now causing more whooping cough-like illn...
- IISc researchers develop bacteria to repair bricks in space; samples to be sent onboard GaganyaanA sample of the bacteria may now be sent to space as part of the Gaganyaan mission to study its behaviour in microgravity. With India plann...
- Bubonic plague causes death. Check symptoms, diagnosis, treatmentA New Mexican individual lost his life from the bubonic plague, a disease that affects humans and mammals, caused by a dangerous bacterium.
- Medieval STI has returned: Changed symptoms, new strain and what else we know about itThe UK has witnessed an unprecedented surge of syphilis cases, which are at a 75-year peak. Another matter of concern is that a new strain ...
- Intensive farming may increase risk of epidemics, scientists warnThe scientists, including those from the University of Sheffield in the UK, said overuse of antibiotics, high animal numbers, and low genet...
- If fungi are talking to bacterium, do we smell a new medium of communication?So much so that a group of scientists avers that the most spoken language in the world is terpene —which it is not a tongue at all but a so...
- World's first stable semi-synthetic organism createdResearchers said the work could be used to create new functions for single-celled organisms that play important roles in drug discovery and...
- Common bacteria can actually protect you against skin diseaseOxidative stress is considered to be a contributing factor in several skin diseases.
- Indian scientists provide new insights for tuberculosis drug discoveryThe TB bacterium is cunning and is able to survive according to the researchers due to its ability to sense and adapt to its host's environ...
- Nicotine-chomping bacteria key to anti-smoking therapyAn enzyme found in a nicotine-eating bacterium can be recreated in lab settings and might be used as a drug candidate to help people quit s...
- Glaucoma medication may treat drug-resistant TBResearchers have discovered that ethoxzolamide actually turns off the tuberculosis' ability to invade the immune system.
- Common antacid may treat tuberculosis: StudyTuberculosis continues to be a global pandemic, second only to AIDS as the greatest single-agent killer in the world.
- New compound may treat HIV, drug-resistant TBResearchers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a new molecule that may treat multi-drug resistant tuberculosis and even HIV in...
- Bacteria used to convert solar energy into liquid fuelAn enzyme takes the hydrogen back to protons and electrons, then combines them with carbon dioxide to replicate - making more cells.
- Rice can help treat cholera better: StudyReplacing glucose with rice powder in the oral rehydration therapy for cholera can reduce toxicity by almost 75 per cent, a new study has f...
- Pneumonia bacterium may permanently scar the heartThe researchers found proof that Streptococcus pneumoniae, the leading cause of community-acquired pneumonia, actually physically damages t...
- BT may curb roundworm infection, says studyBT, or soil bacteria could help battle roundworm infection worldwide, says a study.
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