Air Pollution

 ERADICATING MEASLES

Pakistan plans to boost its measles immunisation programme. The campaign may gain strong grounds under the Expanded Programme on Immunisation. Several non-governmental organisations and communities

Publication Date: 
14/08/1998
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Immunisation, Measles, NGO, Pakistan
Health

 Straight jabs

Vaccines are causing autism in UK, say some doctors

Publication Date: 
29/04/1998
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Health Effects, Children, Immunisation
India

 Frontier guards

Invaded and ravaged by germs and pathogens every moment of its existence, the human body has developed its own lines of defence. Among the lesser known barriers are the linings of the gut

Publication Date: 
14/04/1997
N Raghuram
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Respiratory Diseases, Immunisation, Vaccination, Physiology, Micro Organisms
India

 The immune system

The immune system comprises of two categories of white blood cells

Publication Date: 
14/04/1997
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Respiratory Diseases, Immunisation, Vaccination, Physiology, Micro Organisms
India

 Gut feeling

Immune responses in our bodies are significantly affected by our intestines

Publication Date: 
14/04/1997
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Respiratory Diseases, Immunisation, Vaccination, Physiology, Micro Organisms
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 Sleep is a gut response

A new theory links the origin of sleep to bacteria present in the gut

Publication Date: 
14/04/1997
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Respiratory Diseases, Immunisation, Vaccination, Physiology, Micro Organisms
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 Way of the mouth

Oral vaccination may enhance immunological memory

Publication Date: 
14/04/1997
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Respiratory Diseases, Immunisation, Vaccination, Physiology, Micro Organisms
Agriculture

 The cytokine factor

A group of genes help creating cytokines, which could either offer a protective cover against immunological diseases or else inflame them

Publication Date: 
14/04/1997
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Immunisation, Genetic Resources, Life Science, Germany
India

 Sex, parasites and immunity

Sex lives of parasites may have an important role to play in the evolution of diseases

Publication Date: 
14/02/1997
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Immunisation, Life Science, United Kingdom (UK)
Health

 The attack within

a controversial theory

Publication Date: 
30/01/1997
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Immunisation, Physiology, Research, United States Of America (US)

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