Cart is empty A new analysis of the carbon footprint of products used in the five most common surgical operations carried out in the NHS in England shows that 68% of carbon contributions come from single-use items, such as single-use gowns, patient drapes and instrument table drapes. Published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, the analysis highlights significant carbon contributors were the production of single use items and their waste disposal, together with processes for decontaminating reusable products.
Police arrest one over Bangweulu accident
By NATION REPORTER
POLICE have arrested and charged one individual of Chishi Island for allegedly causing the death of 14 Seventh Day Adventist Church members who drowned on Lake Bangweulu.
Northern Province Police Commissioner Gloria Mulele said Joseph Chipasha 28 of Chishi Island had been charged with 14 counts of causing death by dangerous and reckless navigation contrary to section 23(1D) Cap 466.
Ms Mulele said Chipasha was also charged with one count of carrying an unathorised number of passengers contrary to section 23 (2b) Cap 466 of the laws of Zambia.
She said Mr Chipasha was out on police bond and was expected to appear in court on April 21, 2023.
Ms Mulele said that the police were working frantically to sensitise people on the lake not to engage in illegal ferrying of pasengers and even overloading to avoid similar incidents as the Bangweulu debacle.
Recently, a vessel ferrying 44 SDA members who were going for a church gathering capsized on Lake Bangweulu and 14 lost their lives while 30 survived after being assisted by on lookers on the lake at the time the incident occurred.
Declining number of children being vaccinated against measles in Aotearoa
There are not enough children under the age of 5 in Aotearoa protected against measles to stop a potential national outbreak, a new University of Otago, Christchurch study shows.
Researchers use skin-colonizing bacteria to create a topical cancer therapy in mice
While studying a type of bacteria that lives on the healthy skin of every human being, researchers from Stanford Medicine and a colleague may have stumbled on a powerful new way to fight cancer.
Review article focuses on the development of the next generation of drugs
In a recently published article in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, Professor Yihai Cao’s research group at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, charts information about drug development for the treatment of a number of human diseases by targeting new blood vessel formation.
Researchers find out why some lung tumors avoid immunotherapy, and learn how to predict this in advance
The oncogenic activation of MYC, a critical gene in cancer progression, has the potential to identify lung cancer patients who may respond poorly to immunotherapy (ICB). This is the main conclusion of a study recently published in Cell Reports Medicine by a team of researchers led by Dr. Montse Sanchez-Cespedes, principal investigator of the Cancer Genetics group at the Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute. Their findings highlight a major contributor to poor response and suggest a new approach to selecting patients who will benefit from ICB or require alternative treatments well in advance.
‘CB mealie meal prices unacceptable’
By ROGERS KALERO
MEALIE meal shortages on the Copperbelt are unacceptable and Government must ensure the availability of the commodity everywhere at an affordable price especially that it is a staple food,’’ the Democratic Governance and Human Rights Activist (DEGHA) has said.
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Rescuing corneal cells from death with the help of mitochondria
Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy, a degenerative eye disease, causes progressive vision loss that can induce blindness. It is the leading cause of corneal transplantation, but the scarcity of grafts hinders its treatment. A research team from Université Laval and Université de Montréal has identified a way to slow the disease and even avoid transplantation if diagnosed at an early stage.
Colorectal cancer in the mother linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes
In a nationwide Swedish study of 207 births to women with an earlier diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC), researchers found an increased risk of both maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes. The study was published in eClinicalMedicine and is a collaboration between Washington University in St Louis and Karolinska Institutet.
Four die in Kenya while ‘fasting to meet Jesus’
Four people were on Thursday found dead and nearly a dozen others hospitalised in Kenya’s coastal Kilifi county, after being rescued while waiting the imminent end of the world.
Police said the group was found in a forest where they had been living for several days after being told a local preacher to fast while “waiting to meet Jesus”.
The authorities said they rescued 11 people – six of them were emaciated and in critical condition.
Police said they will resume a search for more members of the group on Friday morning following reports that others were still in the forest.
Police are reported to have found a fresh grave in the forest which will be investigated on Friday.
The worshippers belong to Good News International Church that is led by a local pastor who has been on police radar for allegedly urging his followers to starve to death in order to reach heaven faster.
The pastor is currently out on police bail after he was charged last month over the death of two children whose parents are among his followers.