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The role of Probiotics in boosting health are highly influenced by type of Probiotics we intake. Research Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Journal of American Society of Microbiology. The Researchers unlocked a new thought while working on sample Probiotics strain Lactobacillus casei BL23 in a mouse model of colitis and find that mice that …

Recent research study published in Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science opens a news mysterious value of Garlic extract in fighting against Multi Drug Resistance Bacteria of Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs).The research is conducted by Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, India”. UTIs are most common infections in number of peoples worldwide and treatment is …

"Gene discovery provides clues to how TB may evade the immune system" TB, caused by infection with the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is a major global public health problem. According to the World Health Organization, in 2013 nine million people fell ill with TB and 1.5 million died from the disease. Over 95% of TB deaths …

Nature’s inbuilt immune defence could protect industrial bacteria from viruses Findings from a new study that set out to investigate the evolution of immune defences could boost the development of industrial bacteria that are immune to specific viral infections. The study is published today in the journal Current Biology.Bacteria have many industrial uses including the …

Since December, an outbreak of swine flu in India has killed more than 1,200 people, and a new MIT study suggests that the strain has acquired mutations that make it more dangerous than previously circulating strains of H1N1 influenza.The findings, which appear in the March 11 issue of Cell Host & Microbe, contradict previous reports …

This organ-on-a-chip, reported in a study published today (Monday, March 9) in the journal Scientific Reports, represents a major step forward in the development of accurate, faster methods of testing for drug toxicity. The project is funded through the Tissue Chip for Drug Screening Initiative, an interagency collaboration launched by the National Institutes of Health …

Since 2003, the H5N1 influenza virus, more commonly known as the bird flu, has been responsible for the deaths of millions of chickens and ducks and has infected more than 650 people, leading to a 60 percent mortality rate for the latter. Luckily, this virus has yet to achieve human-to-human transmission, but a small number …

Ma. Aussielita L. Lit (“Uchie”) is a registered microbiologist of the Philippine Academy for Microbiology in 1994 and became a specialist microbiologist in 2002. She is a recognized signatory for chemical and microbiological testing by the Philippine Accreditation Office (PAO) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) since 1995. She had 17 years of …

With antibiotic resistance on the rise, scientists are looking for innovative ways to combat bacterial infections. The pathogen that causes conditions from strep throat to flesh-eating disease is among them, but scientists have now found a tool that could help them fight it: a drug approved to treat HIV. Their work, appearing in the journalACS …

Rsearchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) have identified the biological mechanism that may give some cancer cells the ability to form tumors in dogs.The recent study uncovered an association between the increased expression of a particular gene in tumor cells and more aggressive behavior in a form of canine bone …

With apologies to the poet John Donne, and based on recent work from the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, it can be said that no plant is an island, entire of itself. Unseen by the human eye, plants interact with many species of fungi …