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Yaws Disease - Making a Comeback After 50 Years

...nstead where their lips or noses should be. Spiral bacteria are similar to those that cause syphilis but can be treated with a single dose of penicillin. The global health body said it had assembled experts from countries where yaws is endemic in Geneva this week to consider whether to revive the global pro...

Raw (or) Undercooked Sprouts May Carry Harmful Bacteria

...on sickness and even death. A strain of E.coli bacteria (called O157:H7) has tainted packaged lettuce and ...yers of leaves in spinach and lettuces, making the bacteria stick to it easily. The federal agency reported that sprouts, including mung bean and alfalfa spro...

Dental Researchers Test No-Needle Anesthesia, No-Drilling Cavity Care

... coming months, will test the use of ozone to kill bacteria in a decayed tooth and its potential to eliminate the need for the dreaded drill, at least to repair simple cavities. Researchers at UB and two other U.S. dental schools will conduct the research, which is funded by a $1.5 million grant from Curozone...

Melioidosis Disease Warning After Heavy Desert Rain

...ly life-threatening disease melioidosis, caused by bacteria found in surface water and mud after heavy rain. It can also become airborne during heavy showers. Symptoms include fever, shortness of breathe, boils and abdominal pain. The department's Dr Rosalie Schultz said that the bacterium causing the disea...

Micro-organisms Ensconced in the Kitchen Sponge Meet Their Nemesis in a Microwave

...cally what we find is that we could knock out most bacteria in two minutes," said study co-author Gabriel Bitton. "People often put their sponges and scrubbers in the dishwasher, but if they really want to decontaminate them and not just clean them, they should use the microwave." Home kitchen is a thrivin...

A Spoonful Of Sugar to 'Switch' the Bacteria on and Off

...eeds' Faculty of Biological Sciences has adapted a bacteria in our own bodies to make it produce a treatment f...kind of treatment: he uses a sugar to 'switch' the bacteria on and off. By eating the sugar, a patient will set the medicine to work and then can end the treatm...

‘Sweet Revenge’ on Inflammatory Bowel Diseae

...Simon Carding, has genetically altered or designed bacteria in order to treat inflammatory bowel disease or IB...he bacterium ; Bacterium ovatus, one of the ‘good’ bacteria in the human gut, was engineered to produce human growth factors called cytokines. These were used t...

Forcible Detention and Isolation Needed for XDR-TB Patients, warn Experts

...the evolution of highly drug- resistant strains of bacteria caused by blatant misuse or skipping of anti-TB drugs used in the treatment of AIDS patients. As such, regular TB is the killer of almost all persons with AIDS. The disease is highly contagious, and the organisms are airborne, hence the threat of...

Legionnaires' Outbreak Linked to RAC

...cases of the potentially fatal disease caused by a bacteria belonging to the Legionella family, Legionella pneumophilia, have been reported in NSW this month, including six patients who were in the Circular Quay area on New Year's Eve. RAC building had recorded a legionella count of 1,400 colony-forming uni...

Lethal Staphylococcus can Be Fatal to Pneumonia Patients

...ncomycin in case of a resistant strain. When the bacteria are resistant to methicillin, it proves lethal with the damaged lung tissue and immune system. As a part of defense mechanism, washing hands and following a stringent hygiene programme would come in handy to combat this bacterial attack. JY...

Link Found Between Periodontal Disease and Pancreatic Cancer

...ith periodontal disease have higher levels of oral bacteria and higher levels of nitrosamines, which are carcinogens, in their oral cavity. Prior studies have shown that nitrosamines and gastric acidity may play a role in pancreatic cancer. Michaud, senior author Charles Fuchs, a gastrointestinal oncologist...

Mighty Conqueror Felled by Stomach Cancer

...in fresh fruits and due a chronic infection by the bacteria H.pylori. Source-Medinia ANN...

Amul to Launch Sugar Free Desserts

...‘probiotic’ denotes the live culture of beneficial bacteria added. These have a multiple range of benefits like aiding digestion, strengthening the immune system, fighting allergic reactions and are also effective in controlling travelers' diarrhea. Probiotics also help in the prevention of formation and gro...

The Uncommon Pathway of Campylobacter Jejuni

...that campylobacter infects do not normally take up bacteria -- or any particles as large as bacteria -- Watson and his advisor, Jorge Galán, the Lucille P Markey Professor of Microbiology and Cell Biol...

WBC in Lung Produces Histamine: Study

...histamine. "It's a direct effect of the mycoplasma bacteria on neutrophils. They induce neutrophils to produce...eneral this result might be. Does only one type of bacteria cause the effect, or do others, also? Is it limited to rodents, or does it carry forward to humans? ...

A New Cattle Vaccine to Keep E.coli Out of Food

... with a new cattle vaccine that would keep E. coli bacteria out of food products//. Bioniche Life Sciences I...e Organization (VIDO), which reduces the amount of bacteria in manure shed by cattle. The bacterium, E. coli 0157:H7, is a deadly strain that caused the death ...

A Laboratory Filtration System Kills 100 Percent Of Dangerous Microbes In Water

...ound to the sheet, where they come in contact with bacteria and kill them. The researchers are working to lo...icals can destroy toxic chemicals and even bombard bacteria to death or irreparably damage a microorganism's cell membrane. Applying their technique to water ...

Why Immune System Doesn't Attack Small Intestine?

...perpetually on guard against foreign microbes like bacteria – doesn't attack tissues in the small intestine that harbor millions// of bacteria cells - Answers to one of the oldest questions in human physiology – is found by researchers at Dana...

Intestinal Bacteria May Cause Obesity

...ington University School of Medicine,// intestinal bacteria modify the amount of food stored in the body as fa...fat in adipose tissue. The report finds that the bacteria affects production of this enzyme, and also suppresses the body's fasting-induced adipose// factor, ...

Respite for Burn Victims

... are more successful in killing a specific type of bacteria than the ones that are not modified. The study about Human beta defensin 4 continues at Supp’s lab and the team hopes to find a permanent remedy for burn victims in the long run. JYT...

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