Topic: Microbiology
What is Influenza?
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Most people have symptoms for about one to two weeks and again no problem. But with most other viral respiratory infections such as colds, influenza (flu), the infection can be compared to a serious illness, death rate (death rate) from 0.1% of the virus that causes an infection.Influenza ...
Gene splice helps fight crop disease, say researchers
AFP Global Edition
Biologists on Sunday said they had found a potential superweapon in a long-running arms race with bacteria that threaten essential crops. Tested in a lab, their technique entails inserting a gene kit into a plant so that its immune system recognises and fights germ invaders, they reported in the journal ...
Scientists find why "sunshine" vitamin D is crucial
Reuters US Online Report Health News
LONDON (Reuters) - Vitamin D is vital in activating human defences and low levels suffered by around half the world's population may mean their immune systems' killer T cells are poor at fighting infection, scientists said on Sunday. The findings by Danish researchers could help the fight against infectious diseases ...
Bugs in the gut can cause obesity: study
AFP Global Edition
The bugs that help digest food may also cause the body to pack on the pounds if they are not properly regulated, a new study has found. That is because if the wrong kinds of bacteria take over they can cause a low-level inflammation that leads to a pre-diabetic condition ...
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