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Posted on February 29, 2020

Presence of colistin-resistant bacteria of food origin in the gut is cause for worry

A small study has found evidence of colistin-resistant bacteria in the gut. 77% of such bacteria were found to be food-acquired. There is a possibility of colistin resistant food Klebsiella…

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Posted on January 25, 2020February 3, 2020

A safer alternative approach to treat aggressive prostate cancer found

A multi-institutional team led by IIT Kanpur has found the mechanism responsible for the aggressive return of prostate cancer in treated patients. They also found that treating prostate cancer cells…

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Posted on December 7, 2019

2.3 million children in India unvaccinated for measles, second highest globally 

At 2.3 million, India has the second highest number of children who are not vaccinated against measles. In 2017, 2.9 million children in India under one year of age had…

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Posted on November 30, 2019November 30, 2019

Combination therapy using malaria drug quickly clears TB

IISc researchers have discovered the mechanism by which TB bacteria develop tolerance to TB drugs. They found a combination of malaria and TB drug can prevent the bacteria from developing…

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Posted on November 2, 2019November 3, 2019

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, stop spreading vaccine misinformation

At the United Nations, talking about the importance of vaccines and how they have saved millions of children from debilitating illnesses across the world, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev ends up spreading…

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Posted on October 27, 2019October 27, 2019

Explained: How lab-grown organoids can transform medicine

Researchers had used brain organoids to study how Zika virus affects brain development in the embryo and causes small-sized brain called microcephaly. This study would have been nearly impossible using…

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Posted on October 26, 2019October 26, 2019

Novel way found to kill dormant TB bacteria in stem cells

Delhi-based researchers have found that TB bacteria promote rapid synthesis of lipids inside mesenchymal stem cells and hide within the lipid droplets so created. They found that TB bacteria hijack the…

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Posted on October 13, 2019October 13, 2019

Medicine Nobel Prize: Decoding how cells sense oxygen

In the case of health people who have normal red blood cell count, the use of external erythropoietin is highly likely to make the blood viscose leading to increased risk…

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