Chinese scientists create super bacterium which may spark superhuman race
According to a team at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, the super bacterium uses electricity as “food”, which increases its physical performance by around 70%.
Jul 25, 2019, 08:54 AM IST
Excess calcium behind dangerous hospital infection
The study showed that increased levels of calcium in the gut, because of certain medications or supplements, triggers Clostridium difficile (C. diff) -- a bacterium that chiefly affects older patients living in nursing homes, or those who have been confined to a hospital environment for a long time.
Jul 15, 2017, 00:28 AM IST
Breast milk sugars may ward off deadly infection in babies
A type of sugar found naturally in some women's breast milk may protect newborn babies from infection with a potentially life threatening bacterium, says a study.
Aug 27, 2016, 21:52 PM IST
Remote-controlled microbots to soon aid doctors
Made up of a biocompatible hydrogel and magnetic nanoparticles, these microbots can move and swim inside the patient's body when an electromagnetic field is applied, accoding to the researchers from Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne, Switzerland who developed bio-inspired robots that looks and moves like a bacterium.
Jul 25, 2016, 15:22 PM IST
