Birth Control Pills May Protect Women Against STIs supriya kashyap kashyap9 May 2016 11:56 AM ISTAccording to a recent study, popping contraceptive pills could protect against one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs).The...
Progesterone may protect women from flu supriya kashyap kashyap23 Nov 2016 10:47 AM ISTIn mouse studies, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found that progesterone a female sex hormone contained in...
FDA research to help speed development of Zika virus vaccines supriya kashyap kashyap23 Nov 2016 11:55 AM ISTA new mouse model developed by scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration may help in exploring the potential activity of Zika virus vaccines...
Lung-specific Ebola infection found in recovering patient supriya kashyap kashyap9 Jan 2017 1:42 PM ISTScientists have found potential evidence of Ebola virus replication in the lungs of a person recovering from infection, according to new research...
Gonorrhea manipulates anti-infection mechanism in the female reproductive tract supriya kashyap kashyap16 April 2017 10:12 AM ISTThe bacterium that causes gonorrhea infects the female reproductive tract by breaking connections between cells in the tract's protective lining,...
On the brink of eradication: Why polio research matters supriya kashyap kashyap23 April 2017 10:48 AM ISTIn the decades since Dr. Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine, cases of polio have exponentially declined. Though once widespread epidemic,...
Cystic fibrosis: Interactions between bacteria that infect lungs uncovered supriya kashyap kashyap30 April 2017 10:10 AM ISTSubstances produced by a harmful bacterium in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients may enhance the growth of other bacteria that, in turn, inhibit...
How Chickepox Spreads through the body Anjali Nimesh Nimesh27 May 2017 9:45 AM ISTThe virus that causes chickenpox -- varicella zoster virus (VZV) -- possesses a protein that could enhance its ability to hijack white blood cells and...
New genetic technique could help identify potential drug targets for malaria Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Jun 2017 10:54 AM ISTScientists have developed a new technique for investigating the effects of gene deletion at later stages in the life cycle of a parasite that causes...
Scientists uncover potential mechanism for HPV-Induced skin cancer Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 Jun 2017 6:04 PM ISTScientists have identified a molecular pathway by which some types of human papilloma virus (HPV) might increase the risk of skin cancer, particularly...
Blood vessels are not designed to fight infections: Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh13 July 2017 2:31 PM ISTWashington D.C. [USA] : In a recent study, group of scientists have found that endothelial cells are vulnerable to bacterial infection because they...
Could calcium hold the key to fighting a dangerous hospital infection? Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 July 2017 9:39 AM ISTIt lurks in hospitals and nursing homes, surviving the cleaning crew's attempt to kill it by holing up in a tiny hard shell. It preys upon patients...
