Any concerned citizen ought to start practicing hygiene by washing their hands properly and be aware of the brands that are certified.
The trio used the same principles of evolution -- genetic change and selection -- to develop proteins used in a range of fields.
A bunch of young teens have fashioned a unique "smart condom" that will glow a different colour if a person has STD.
In a scientific breakthrough, US researchers have created artificial life by developing the first bacteria cell controlled by a synthetic genome.
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Termed AiroCide, the technology is supposed to eliminate 99.9 per cent of all air-borne micro-organisms, bacteria and pollutants.
Master tailors, textile manufacturers and custom clothiers, however, say the upcoming festive season, reinvention in the form of new collections and digital outreach are salvaging the situation somewhat.
Women who apply eyeliner on the inner eyelid run the risk of contaminating the eye and causing vision trouble, a new study has warned.
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The annual award includes a pure gold medal, a citation and a prize purse worth $ 100,000 or its equivalent in the Indian rupees.
Commonly used anti-malaria drugs may have an unwanted side-effect -- decreasing the power of many antibiotics.Canadian scientists believe the malaria drug chloroquine -- chemically similar to the antibiotics -- may have caused the problem.The study was published in the Public Library of Science journal. Antibiotic resistance is a major problem in Western countries, where strains of disease-causing bacteria such as Staphylococcus beat some of the most commonly-used drugs.
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Yadav made the statement after being repeatedly questioning by newspersons about the abysmal state of government hospitals in Bihar.
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A study carried out by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences showed that 15 per cent of patients who took antibiotics for various diseases suffered from diarrhoea, termed as antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. The disease, caused by specific bacteria called clostridium difficile, can be life-threatening in extreme circumstances, Prof Rama Chaudhry of the micro-biology department of AIIMS, under whose supervision the study was carried out, told PTI.
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'Better hygiene practices could lower a person's immunity and make the person susceptible to auto-immune diseases.'
They have developed a substance that melts the germ's cell surface rapidly, preventing it from producing a new generation of bugs that have adapted to the medicine.
'We should start giving this vaccination immediately to doctors, nurses etc and also to the elderly.'
Rajendra Nagar, a planned colony built after Independence, is the worst-affected area in the Bihar capital, seeing an unprecedented flooding which residents said has "exposed the under-preparedness of the corporation".
Probiotics are special bacteria with the unique ability to reach the intestine alive and make a positive contribution in the functioning of the digestive system.
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Alkem, the largest manufacturer of Fructo-Oligo Saccharides, which helps the growth of good probiotic bacteria, is planning to roll out more products in the national and global markets, said Sharad.
'Gaumutra kills all bacteria,' says the Congress corporator from Mumbai, who wants cow urine to clean the city's hospitals.
Wockhardt Ltd said on Thursday it has received approval from USFDA for marketing antibiotic, Clarithromycin tablets, in the US market.
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The study also found that a woman's work area has more germs than that of a man.
'Wastewater containing excreted material can tell us how a community is doing in a particular area pertaining to any epidemic, pandemic, and other bacterial and viral diseases.'
'You can only see it when you look for it. Seek and you shall find.'
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