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Environ mycobacteria a threat to human health
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Environmental mycobacteria, highly prevalent in natural and artificial (including chlorinated municipal water) niches, are emerging as a new threat to human health
Visakhapatnam: Environmental mycobacteria, highly prevalent in natural and artificial (including chlorinated municipal water) niches, are emerging as a new threat to human health, especially to HIV infected population, said University of Hyderabad School of Life Sciences Biochemistry researcher Dr Sharmistha Banerjee here at GITAM University. She delivered a talk at Science Academies’ workshop here on Saturday organised by GITAM Institute of Science Biotechnology Department.
She said that non-pathogenic and attenuated strains of mycobacteria cause opportunistic pulmonary infections in HIV patients. She informed that her research team undertook a proteomics approach to understand the molecular events behind this deadly nexus. Another highlight in science academy workshop was Dr M Brahmanandam lecture on cell migration in human body.
Brahmanandam, University of Hyderabad Biochemistry researcher, briefed about how the cancer cells are migrating from once place to another to spread to distant tissues.
He said that the recent studies revealed that hematopoietic PBX interacting protein in human body regulating cell migration in breast cancer cells.
“We are trying to understand concept of cell migration using modern technologies”, he informed.
GITAM University Institute of Science principal Prof N Lakshman Das, Biotechnology head Dr Rajgopal, workshop coordinator Dr Sai Kishore and others participated in the programme.
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