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Tag: "bacteria" at medical news

Vaccine Helps Reduce Frequent Ear Infections

...cts against seven virulent strains of pneumococcal bacteria from 90 known strains. Source-Newswse SRM/L...

Exposure to a Soil Bacterium can Boost Happiness

Exposure to a type of bacteria found in soil boosts happiness levels and could he... they said more work is needed to determine if the bacteria has anti-depressant properties through activation of serotonin neurons - a chemical in the brain tha...

Be Happy- Get On Your Knees And Play In The Mud

... and team, claims that the ubiquitous soil–borne bacteria Mycobacterium vaccae, can actually replicate the e...llowing this, it was seen that mice exposed to the bacteria produced higher levels of serotonin and had better immunity. The scientists found that the bacteria ...

C Diff Infection Reported In Hospital

...ber at the hospital. C diff is a species of bacteria present in the gut which can be aggravated by anti...s but can be contracted by ingesting spores of the bacteria through the mouth. Cleaning the hospital with bleach is reported to have an abating effect on the ba...

Scientists Explore Ways to Lure Viruses to Their Death

... called phi-6, which normally infects a species of bacteria called Pseudomonas phaseolica, a microbe that lives on plants. The bacteria grab onto plants with long sticky hairs, which they retract to bring themselves close to their hosts...

MIT Biologists Solve Vitamin Puzzle

... why it took so long to identify BluB is that some bacteria lacking the enzyme can form DMB through an alterna... Still to be explored is the question of why soil bacteria synthesize B12 at all, Walker said. Soil microorganisms don't require B12 to survive, and the plants...

Study Links Tooth Decay and Gum Infections to Ethnicity and Country of Origin

...c tests that pinpoint the presence of harmful oral bacteria that may be more common in certain ethnic groups." Source-Eurekalert SM...

Patients Own Dental Plaque may Cause Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

...ffalo School of Dental Medicine show that the same bacteria identified in dental plaque of patients when they ...horesis. Results showed that genetic profiles of bacteria from tracheal and bronchial samples of the nine patients with pneumonia were identical to profiles o...

Viral Enzyme Recruited in Fight Against Ear Infection

...y. Such a treatment would kill the disease-causing bacteria without the use of antibiotics, thereby avoiding t... the eardrum. About half of all children carry the bacteria that cause acute otitis media, which migrate from the nose and throat to the middle ear after an ini...

Tooth Decay Bacteria Evolved Along With Man

...try has discovered the first conclusive proof that bacteria associated with// oral decay evolved along with it...al branches, tracing the coevolution of humans and bacteria from Asia into North and South America, will be drawn in the next phase of Caufield’s analysis. ...

Rapid Spread of TB Among Prisoners Causes Concern

...of TB among prisoners. New resistant strains of TB bacteria are challenging the well being of prison inmates around the world. This highly contagious disease is more rampant in prisons than in the public. "This is often due to overcrowding, inadequate ventilation, ignorance of preventive measures and fail...

Salmonella Poisoning Suspected In Peanut Butter

...e roasted at 300 degrees which is very hot for any bacteria to survive. Salmonella poisoning kills around 600 people every year and children are more prone to these infections as they have a weak immune system. Horbiak advises the parents to look for the danger signs such as diarrhea, fever and stomach ach...

Drug-resistant Form of Plague Identified

...ant to drugs after swapping genes with common food bacteria such as salmonella, E coli and klebsiella. Such bacteria are generally carried in the guts of fleas, which spread the disease by biting infected rodents. ...

FDA Approves First-of-its-Kind Drug to Treat Rare Blood Disorder

...(called the complement system) designed to destroy bacteria and other infection-causing organisms break these cells down. This leads to abnormally darkened urine and, more importantly, causes anemia. Depending upon the severity of the disorder, patients with PNH may have pain, fatigue and debilitating weaknes...

Scientists Develop Bacteria-resistant Fish

...sh that they claim grows faster than others and is bacteria resistant.// A team of scientists from India and ...sease of freshwater fish. A fish infected with the bacteria develops fatal ulcers and hemorrhages on its body, causing severe economic loss to the fish farmers....

‘Fingerprints’ to Track Common Infections in Childrn

...lues to an infection by tracking down the virus or bacteria causing it. But that doesn’t always work because the bacteria or virus may not be present in the blood or other easily accessible area. Researchers at UT Southw...

Success of Hip Replacement Surgery Decided by Genes

... the body is unable to control infection caused by bacteria colonising the artificial implants. DNA samples were taken from all participants to test for genetic variations in genes responsible for generating matrix metalloproteinase 1, or MMP1 for short, interleukin 6, and vitamin D synthesis. MMP1 is an ...

Trial Run of Copper to Combat MRSA

... The laboratory results have been striking. MRSA bacteria remained active for days on stainless steel but on...uffocates the germs. "The metal reacts with the bacteria and inhibits their respiration - in effect it stops them breathing”, he opines. The NHS has made h...

Flies too Have Immune Memory!

...ey experiment, she injected some flies with killed bacteria and others with just saline solution. She waited a week, then reinjected both groups with what should have been a lethal dose of live bacteria. Then she calculated the percentage of how many survived, compared with the flies that been injected only w...

Light Could Detect Bacteria Faster

The use of light could detect bacteria faster than the current laboratory based detection...fied a method that could ascertain the presence of bacteria in less then a minute by using light, reported the online edition of BBC News. The technology coul...

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