Gut offers no escape route for bacteria escape savita thakur thakur22 March 2016 9:37 AM ISTA team of British researchers has discovered how the immune system stops bacteria in our gut from leaking into the blood stream that may help in...
Antimalarial drug resistance cannot be passed on by mosquitoes supriya kashyap kashyap16 April 2016 2:09 PM ISTWashington D.C : In a breakthrough, a team of researchers has found that malaria parasites with a developed resistance to certain drugs cannot spread...
Parasitic worms can help treat inflammatory bowel disease supriya kashyap kashyap17 April 2016 9:30 AM ISTWashington D.C : A recent study has suggested that a certain type of parasitic worm has the potential to actually help treat the inflammatory bowel...
Cancer Drug May Treat Sepsis: Research supriya kashyap kashyap29 April 2016 3:43 PM ISTNew York : Tiny doses of a cancer drug may stop the raging, uncontrollable immune response to infection that leads to sepsis, say researchers.A small...
Zika outbreak to end in two to three years, scientists predict supriya kashyap kashyap16 July 2016 1:36 PM ISTThe Zika outbreak rampaging through Latin America will likely burn itself out in the next two to three years, based on the fact that people develop...
New dengue vaccine may up infection in low affected areas: study supriya kashyap kashyap4 Sept 2016 9:01 AM ISTLondon : The newly licensed dengue vaccine may actually increase the incidence of infections if used in low transmission areas, a team of...
New protein found to reduce chances of Parkinson's disease supriya kashyap kashyap3 Oct 2016 12:13 PM ISTNew York : A team of researchers has identified a protein that enables a toxic natural aggregate to spread from cell to cell in the brain and reduce...
Malaria parasite may trigger human odor to lure mosquitoes supriya kashyap kashyap11 Feb 2017 9:04 AM ISTLondon : Scientists may have figured out part of the reason why mosquitoes are drawn to people infected with malaria.Mosquitoes prefer biting people...
Scientists discover new types of white blood cells supriya kashyap kashyap25 April 2017 11:24 AM ISTLondon : Scientists have identified new sub types of white blood cells in the human immune system.Researchers, including from New York University,...
Scientists create safer pig organs with goal of transplants for humans Anjali Nimesh Nimesh14 Aug 2017 11:00 AM ISTScientists at a Massachusetts company seeking to make pig organs safe enough to be transplanted into humans have used gene-editing technology to clone...
Bacteria in the gut modulates response to immunotherapy in melanoma Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 Nov 2017 7:05 PM ISTBacteria that live in the human digestive tract can influence how cancer responds to immunotherapy, opening a new avenue for research to improve...
Multiple sclerosis: Cholesterol crystals prevent regeneration in central nervous system Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 Jan 2018 7:05 PM ISTMultiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system, in which the body's own immune cells attack the fatty,...
