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New E.coli bacteria: Faster, more toxic reproduction
Scientists are digging up the gene sequence of the new E.coli strain to find ways to treat patients as well as prevent similar pandemics in the future.
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E.coli infection: The culprit is the bean sprouts?
The German Minister of Agriculture said, according to a recent test result, the cause of intestinal infection caused by E. coli causes very high bean sprouts, not cucumb…
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Identify infected cucumbers
At least 10 Germans died after eating E.coli infected cucumbers from Spain. According to experts, not only foreign cucumbers are infected but cucumbers grown in Vietnam…
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The risk of infection when sharing steam instruments
A new study shows that the use of wood-based wind instruments has increased the risk of infection with saliva-borne diseases, especially in schools.
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Strong swine influenza virus toxicity when transmitted to humans
Research conducted by researchers at Duke-NUS School of Medicine (Singapore) shows that large flu viruses cross national borders and combine with native viruses, forming…
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Bacteria kill mosquitoes that spread malaria
Wolbachia is a bacterium that can cause many types of insects to be poisoned, including mosquitoes. However, this bacterium does not make Anopheles mosquitoes (mosquitoe…
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Sugar increases the therapeutic effect of antibiotics
A recent study by scientists at Boston University and published in the journal Nature today affirmed that sugar not only makes it easier to take medicine but also promot…
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Detecting strange diseases from bugs carrying viruses in China
Chinese scientists have discovered a new, very dangerous infection that has a high mortality rate due to the spread of bugs.
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What do people need to do to avoid the risk of radiation exposure?
Japan has warned people living in a 30km radius around the Fukushima nuclear power plant area to stay indoors to avoid the risk of radiation exposure.
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Detecting mechanism of causing respiratory disease in children
US scientists at the University of Texas have identified a mechanism that causes one of the most common and dangerous infections in children, respiratory diseases.
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Detects bacteria that cause infections
A new study shows that Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) is already in the human body, which can cause infections.
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Top 10 medical breakthroughs in 2010
Anti-AIDS drugs reduce the risk of HIV infection, new artificial respiration without suffocation, successfully create artificial ovaries, ... among the medical breakthro…
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Truvada HIV / AIDS prevention for gay people
According to US scientists, Truvada is highly effective in reducing the risk of HIV / AIDS in gay people.
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Is EBV virus the cause of cancer?
EBV infection rarely causes illness but it appears in some types of cancer such as lymphoma and throat cancer.
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Mechanism to fight infections of the immune system
British scientists first discovered pneumonia will activate the immune system protein group called inflammasome.