Nearly 1.9 lakh cancer cases in India in 2024 were linked to infections, including HPV, H. pylori and hepatitis viruses. The infection-linked burden is also significant in Telangana, highlighting the importance of vaccination, screening, early detection and timely treatment.
Hyderabad: School of Life Sciences at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Friday signed an agreement on joint collaborative research on treatments for viral and bacterial infections with the Extracellular RNA (exRNA) Therapeutics Ltd, an ASPIRE BioNEST-incubated start-up. ExRNA Therapeutics is working on development of novel therapeutic agents for communicable and non-communicable diseases. Faculty members […]
London: Patients prescribed antibiotics in hospitals to prevent sepsis and other bacterial infections are at increased risk of developing a life-threatening fungal infection called candidiasis because of disruption to the immune system in the gut, a new study warned. Gut microbiomes are generally known to carry genetically encoded strategies to survive contact with antibiotics. But […]
