Cart is empty Individuals living with severe sickle cell disease (SCD) are highly interested in new, potentially curative gene therapy treatments and are willing to accept associated risks for a chance at a cure, according to a study published in Blood Advances.
Are my eye drops safe to use? OTC medications aren’t subject to the same testing as prescription meds, drug expert says
The Food and Drug Administration is warning U.S. consumers not to use certain over-the-counter eye drops, as more than two dozen eye products from several major brands carry risk of infection.
Transient decrease in pediatric bronchiolitis hospitalizations seen during pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic era, pediatric bronchiolitis hospitalizations decreased transiently, then increased, according to a study published online Oct. 26 in JAMA Network Open.
Infectious Diseases Society of America meeting, some highlights
The annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America was held this year from Oct. 11 to 15 in Boston and attracted participants from around the world, including scientists, physicians, and other health care professionals.
Laura Miti canes police for taking over PF offices
By NATION REPORTER
LAURA Miti has chastised the Zambia Police for wantonly taking over the Patriotic Front (PF) secretariat, describing the behavior as not pleasing in any way at all.
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Researchers use AI to identify potential gonorrhea vaccine proteins
Gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that affects more than 80 million people worldwide every year, has become resistant to almost all known antibiotics. That makes it notoriously difficult to treat, but left untreated, an infection could lead to serious or even fatal complications. It also increases a person’s risk of contracting HIV.
ECL begins his defence for democracy
By NATION REPORTER
IN a highly tensed political environment, the State yesterday ran helter-skelter, viciously blocking former President Edgar Lungu from accessing the Patriotic Front (PF) secretariat as well as denying him access to the Police Force Headquarters for a meeting with Inspector General of Police Graphael Musamba.
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Mundubile is Leader of Opposition, PF MPs tell Speaker Mutti
THE Patriotic Front (PF) Members of Parliament have written to Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti notifying her that their Mporokoso legislator, Brian Mundubile is and remains the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and that Robert Chabinga who has announced himself as having taken over the position is only masquerading and impersonating.
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Registrar of Societies faces contempt
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THE Patriotic Front (PF) has demanded that the Registrar of Societies should immediately reinstate the names of its office bearers, which bear former President Edgar Lungu as the legitimately elected leader of the former ruling party.
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Can female fertility survive harsh cancer therapy? Scientists who turned to animal models say the answer is ‘yes’
Cancer treatment can rob childbearing-age women of fertility, but new research has uncloaked how the body’s own traitor protein conspires with chemo and other harsh therapies against the ovaries’ primordial follicles, home of immature oocytes—the entire ovarian egg reserve.