Ebola still a threat, Idris warns
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, has warned that Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)…
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African research must be spearheaded by Africans-experts
With statistics showing a less than 1% growth in research in the last decade, public…
Researchers to study child behavioural health
Researchers from Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa and the USA have joined hands to develop…
Scientists make ‘groundbreaking’ breast cancer genes discovery
Research into oestrogen receptors may be the key to explaining why some forms of breast…
Genetic breakthrough could lead to cure for asthma
Scientists investigating the genes involved in the development of asthma may have found a way…
Scientists start to grow human livers in London hospital lab
Researchers have begun to grow new livers from rejected donor organs in a breakthrough that could…
Blind mice see again in a scientific first
Scientists are closer to identifying a possible new therapy for glaucoma after partially restoring vision…
Tanzanian biomedical researcher named among top 30 innovators in Africa
Julie Makani, a biomedical researcher at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) is…
Male circumcision and HIV treatment can significantly reduce new infections in African men
Increasing the number of men who undergo circumcision and increasing the rates at which women…
Why wood smoke is dangerous to health
Health experts have repeatedly warned people about dangers of smoking and being close to smoke.…