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Infections Of The Oral Cavity Can Be Treated By Photodynamic Therapy

Anti-biotic resistant bacterial and fungal infections of the oral cavity can be effectively t...d to organisms such as S. mutans (a bacteria) and fungal organisms belonging to the genus Candida (obtained from HIV/AIDS patients) resulted in enhanced kill...

Pfizer’s Eraxis Approved By The FD

... by Candida (a fungus), intra-abdominal abscesses, fungal infection of the esophagus and peritonitis. The acquisition of Vicuron Pharmaceuticals Inc. by Pfizer in September is said to have set stage for acquiring Eraxis. The company’s share value in the afternoon fell down to 18% ($25.65) on the New York ...

Contact Lenses Implicated in Fungal Infections

There has been a spurt of fungal infections in contact lens wearers and this week has seen three cases being reported as against the seven reported last month. //This takes the overall cases since May last year to 22. All patients have suffered corneal infections and the Singapore N...

Fungal toxins infected corn the reason for congenital defects

...corn and its products //that have been infected by fungal toxins might give rise to neural tube defects (NTD), if consumed during the first trimester of pregnancy. Talking about “Neural tube defects” these are embryonic defects of the brain and spinal cord resulting from failure of the neural tube to clo...

Global Warming Will Result In the Extinction Of Amphibians

A fungal disease in frogs caused by global warming is resul...us that is fatal to amphibians. The climate-driven fungal disease, the authors say, has hundreds of species around the world teetering on the brink of extinct...

Sunflowers Could Hold the Key to New Class of AIDS Drugs

...ction on the sunflowers that are resistant to this fungal disease. The substance was dicaffeoyl quinic acid, or DCQA. "Dicaffeoyl quinic acid can prevent the HI virus from reproducing, at least in cell cultures," said Claudio Cerboncini. "It is one of the few substances known today which inhibit viral int...

Beneficial Symbiotic Relationship Between Ants And Bacteria.

...ered the methods used by the ants to protect their fungal garden from the attack of parasites. // The rese...omprehend the mechanism by which ants tended their fungal gardens. After the study it was revealed by the scientists that the ants of this tribe carry an an...

First Frontal CSF Endoscopic surgery performed in Chennai

... spinal cord, meningitis is caused by bacterial or fungal infections. Cerebrospinal fluid is produced in the inner ventricles of the brain and is present around brain and spinal cord which provides a fluid cushion support to the brain and spinal cord and protects these organs from injury and in CSF rhinorrh...

Decoding the Fungi Genome Will Save Millions of Lives.

...e by developing new drugs which could arrest these fungal infections. Three different species were studied; they are Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus oryzae. It was very surprising to know that they were very different genetically. This was established when their genome was comp...

Garlic inhibits fungal growth and protects food

...y. Garlic extract can be used a inhibitory against fungal contamination // of food.The fungus on which the effect was seen was Aspergillus, a potent strain which spoils foods a lot. It is the commonest fungi to spoil foods and is a menace. The extract was taken in various concentrations and tested on the ...

Anti-Microbial Coating For Use Over Biomedical Devices Developed

...d, extracted from algae) can prevent bacterial and fungal colonisation; attempts are being made to incorporate these compounds as a form of coating over biomedical devices. As soon as bacteria adhere to any surface, they anchor themselves strongly by reaching out to other bacteria with the release of chem...

Immunosuppressive Action Of Fungal Metabolite - Gliotoxin

...nd have been thought to contribute to pathology of fungal infections in animals and humans. Mast cells pla...ront of host defense, researchers examined whether fungal secondary metabolites affected mast cell activation. Their study findings appear in the journal Cl...

Citrinin, a fungal toxin, induces apoptosis via mitochondrial pathway

...CTN) is a secondary metabolite produced by several fungal species that belong mainly to the genus Penicilliu... disease among poultry, pigs, dogs and rats. Many fungal toxins, including ochratoxin A, trichothecene, fumonisin B1, are known to trigger cellular apoptosis...

Fungal spores in the pillows can trigger an asthma attack

...synthetic and 5 feather pillows and compared their fungal load. Researchers found that all the 10 pillows studied had a fungal load, the fungal species ranged from four to 16 different in each pillow. The diversity of fungal sp...

Mushroom found to contain powerful antibiotic

...es of fungus exist, it seems likely that many more fungal defensins will be found, possibly allowing for highly targeted antimicrobial drugs that will render today's broad spectrum drugs obsolete. The compound showed no evidence of toxicity and is excreted without change, which is an encouraging finding...

Sex Played A Vital Role For Evolution Of Infectious Diseases

..., they said. After extensive genetic analysis of fungal samples, the researchers suggest that mating between two less harmful fungal strains of the same sex or mating type produced the more virulent form. That strain has now taken ho...

Fight against Fungus - A new ray of hope

...essels and internal organs. Doctors maintain that fungal infections though not harmful killers, can create ...hose infected. Until now, the "hidden plague" of fungal infections in hospitals has been combated by two main drugs - Amphotericin B and fluconazole. While ...

Anti-fungal drug - Griseofulvin may help treat cancer

...und now for almost 40 years for treatment skin // fungal infections. It has now been discovered that it may...ulvin can be applied as an ointment to treat skin fungal infection like ringworm can now be given orally. "The drug has remarkably few side effects and has ...

Need for anti-fungal treatment for asthma

Treatment of asthma with the help of anti fungal medication itraconazole can reduce the asthma atta...to asthma is often due to exposure to fungus; anti fungal treatment have a major chance of success in curing asthmatic patients without any serious side effec...

Cancer patients can now take once daily medication for infections

...ngeal candidiasis. Oropharyngeal candidiasis is a fungal infection in the mouth caused by the yeast Candida. This condition is also called thrush. The symptoms of the disease are the formation of white plaques coating the mouth, which when removed leaves a bleeding surface. This is a common infection that ...

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