Washington [US], March 2 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have found that shrimp-like creatures on the South Coast of England have 70 per cent less sperm than any other lesser polluted location in the world. They also discovered that individuals who lived in the survey area were 6 times less fertile, in comparison to those living in cleaner waters.
Biomaterials and nanotechnology could help lead to virus-fighting surfaces ANI | Updated: Feb 09, 2021 22:19 IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): Scientists are working toward advances in the fields of biomaterials and nanotechnology that could lead to big breakthroughs in the fight against dangerous viruses like the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 by making hospital beds or doorknobs naturally destroy these viruses.
In APL Bioengineering, by AIP Publishing, researchers from the Indian Institute of Science describe two possibilities being explored by scientists in the field to make vaccines more effective and build surfaces that could fight and kill viruses on their own. It is important not just in terms of COVID, said author Kaushik Chatterjee. We ve seen SARS, and MERS, and Ebola, and a lot of other viral infections that have come and gone. COVID has, of course, taken a different turn altogether. Here, we wanted to see how biom
Study: Seafood related bacteria can go dormant and resuscitate later ANI | Updated: Jan 23, 2021 21:01 IST
London [UK], January 23 (ANI): Researchers during a recent study have discovered how bacteria which are usually responsible for seafood-related stomach upsets can go dormant due to poor growing conditions and then wake up .
According to the study conducted by the University of Exeter, Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a marine bacterium that can cause gastroenteritis in humans when eaten in raw or undercooked shellfish such as oysters and mussels.
Some of these bacteria are able to turn dormant in poor growing conditions such as cold temperatures and can remain in that state of hibernation for long periods before resuscitating.