Marine bacterium suspected to play role in global carbon and nitrogen cycles
Scientists successfully grow 'dwarf belonging to the sea' in laboratoryScientists are now revisiting, and perhaps revising, their thinking about how Archaea, an ancient kingdom of single-celled microorganisms, are involved in maintaining the global balance of nitrogen and carbon. Researchers have discovered the first Archaea known to oxidize ammonia for energy and metabolize carbon dioxide by su...MRSA toxin acquitted: Study clears suspected key to severe bacterial illness
Researchers who thought they had identified the bacterial perpetrator of the often severe disease caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) had better keep looking: Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have exonerated a toxin widely thought to be the guilty party....Holy Cow! Rare “Mad Sheep” Strain Suspected in Frane
The bird-flu’s entry into France seems to be followed by another variety of animal disease that is vying for news space. The French Agriculture Ministry// has announced its suspicion on two cases of an extremely rare strain of “Mad Sheep” disease in Central France. The “Mad Sheep” disease also called, Scrapie and ovine spongiform encephalopathy, has been noticed on two farms in cent...45 People die in West Bengal due to Dengue and suspected Japanese Encephalitis
After declaration of dengue fever as an epidemic in West Bengal by Chief Minister Buddhabeb Bhattacharya last week. Both Dengue and suspected Japanese Encephalitis has caused 45 deaths and has hospitalized more than 2000 people // in West Bengal. The confirmed death due to dengue is claimed to be at 20 in West Bengal and 25 cases of death is suspected to be caused by Japanese encephalitis. Japan...A death in Indonesia due to suspected bird flu case
The avian virus doesn’t seem to rest in the Asian peninsula. A new case of a 15-year-old boy who tested positive for bird flu has died at Hasan Sadikin Hospital in the Indonesian town of Bandung.// In case the local results are verified by the WHO -accredited lab in Hong Kong it will become the 15th human fatality from bird flu in Indonesia. The dead boy was a resident of P...Mother And Daughter Suspected to Be Witches, Killed
Anita Mandal and her two-year-old daughter were drowned in the River Ganga after a village exorcist in West Bengal convinced her relatives that the two were witches//. Police were able to recover their bodies in the Manickchawk area of Malda district in north region of the state. They had initially suspected suicide. It is reported that Anita, the wife of a daily wage laborer, was very...Suspected Bird Flu Death Creates Panic In Hong Kong
A man who died on Saturday suspected to be of bird flu has created panic in Hong Kong, which was put on high alert.// The 32-year-old man is believed to have contracted the virus while visiting markets in Guangzhou, a busy city in China's Guangdong province, bordering Hong Kong. He developed fever and pneumonia on Feb 22 and died within nine days of hospitalisation. <...