Bacterial Infections News - Latest Updates & Headlines
Lab capacity, environmental surveillance platforms expanded to address AMR in India: Minister
New Delhi, Nov 29: Understanding the seriousness of the rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR), India has expanded lab capacity and environmental surveillance platforms to address drug resistance in the country, said Anupriya Patel, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, on Saturday.
Airborne pathogens behind lung, gut infections 2x more in high-populated regions: Study
New Delhi, Sep 2: Airborne pathogens, bacteria capable of causing infections in the lungs, gut, mouth, and skin, are twice as abundant in densely populated parts compared to less crowded regions, according to a study led by the Bose Institute, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), on Tuesday.
Human body's protein recycling system fights bacteria like antibiotics: Study
Jerusalem, March 6: Israeli researchers have discovered a surprising immune defense role of the proteasome, a cellular structure known for degrading and recycling proteins.
Scientists find sepsis molecule, to boost treatments for critically ill patients
New Delhi, Jan 18: A team of US scientists has uncovered how a molecule found on certain bacteria may drive blood clotting in sepsis -- a life-threatening condition that causes about eight million deaths per year.