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Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered a distinctive pattern in a specific set of 17 genes that may be associated with remission after treatment for triple-negative breast cancer. The multi-omics study, published in Breast Cancer Research, highlights the potential for further investigating this signature as a target for individualized medicine.

If you like to press snooze on your alarm a few times before getting up in the morning, you’re not alone. According to some surveys, about 50%-60% of respondents report being snoozers.

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

KENYAN drivers Karan Patel and Lauseef Khan were crowned champions of the 2023 Africa Rally Championship after clocking a total stage time of 1:59:54 seconds.

The Kenyans who were driving a Ford Fiesta R5 outclassed Uganda’s Jas Mangat and his French co-driver Jules Escartefigue who finished second with a time of 2:03:47 seconds.

Uganda’s Inocent Bwamiki and Hamza Lwanda who were driving a Mistsubishi Evo 9 completed the top three with a record 2:22”17 second.

Meanwhile the Zambian team of Leroy Gomes and Urshilla Gomes were unfortunate as their campaign ended prematurely after hitting a hidden stump that shattered and broke the rim and shock in the Bull stage of the championship.

The power racing couple was fortunate to survive the clash which left their Ford Fiesta R5 in an unrecognizable state. 

“Our hearts are ok. We didn’t win it for mother Zambia this time. But we sure did have fun trying. Thank you to everyone who supported us throughout this event,” Gomes Racing team said in a statement. 

Meanwhile, Hamza Anwar and Adnam Dir from Kenya beat Prince Nyerere and Shameer Yusuf who were also representing Kenya to win the ACR Junior Championship.

In the Zambian National Championship Kyle and Balveen Latife drove well and managed to get the fastest time for national drivers to scoop the Zambia international Rally 2023.

A team of neuroscientists and psychologists at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, working with a colleague from University Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LPNC, has found that it is possible to induce auditory hallucinations in mentally healthy people without using drugs.

A new study has revealed that Metixene, an antiparkinsonian drug, has shown remarkable potential as a novel treatment for metastatic breast cancer and brain metastases, providing hope for patients facing this devastating disease. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Dr. Jawad Fares at Northwestern University and was published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Investigators have discovered a new subtype of interneurons in the retina that allows the eye to see and identify objects better in both the light and in the dark, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications.

Oxidative stress is fundamental to the development of diverse pathological conditions including atherosclerosis. However, the effect of oxidative stress on atherosclerosis remains to be known.

A researcher team from Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne led by Dr. Vivek Thacker now group leader at the Department of Infectious Diseases at Heidelberg University Hospital have studied why tuberculosis bacteria form long strands and how this affects their infectivity. Their findings could lead to new therapies and have been published in the journal Cell.

By NATION REPORTER

THE Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has hailed the government for its decision to migrate all social cash transfer beneficiaries to the National Health Insurance Scheme NHIMA.

Three nurses care for a 10-year-old girl at a clinic treating dozens of patients in Kano, northern Nigeria, amid the country’s worst diphtheria outbreak which has killed hundreds of people since the start of the year.