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Junior Associate Professor Taro Toyoda and his research group, in collaboration with industrial companies including Orizuru Therapeutics, Inc., conducted a safety assessment of the differentiation inducers used in the preparation of human iPSC-derived pancreatic islet cells (iPIC) from human iPS cells and developed a safer differentiation protocol for generating iPICs based on those new findings. The research results were published in Stem Cell Research & Therapy on January 5, 2023.

Overweight and obesity among 4-year-olds increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study by Uppsala University involving more than 200,000 children in Sweden. The number of children with obesity increased by some 30%, and there are large regional differences. The study was published in the journal Acta Paediatrica.

By LUCY PHIRI 

Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources Chief Registrar has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Court that a search at the ministry’s data system revealed that Ndozo Lodge proprietor Chrint Sichamba owns 26 properties. 

Ms Agatha Banda was testifying in a matter in which Sichamba, his wife Eudora Nambela and son, David, are facing corruption charges involving over K781 million and more than US$10 million. The trio was also arrested for possession of 140 properties suspected to be proceeds of crime.

The three are also charged with Ndozo Lodge and Mulozi Trading Limited co-directors and shareholders.

When the matter came up for commencement of trial on Monday before magistrate Irene Wishimanga, Ms Banda narrated how the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) send a warrant of access to her office.

During cross-examination, asked on whether there is any illegality in owning the said properties, the witness responded in the negative.

An inspector from the Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) Ronald Musonda testified that the Ndozo Lodge And Mulozi Trading Limited where first registered as businesses names before registering them as companies limited by shares.

Mr. Musonda said Mulozi Trading Limited was registered as a company limited by shares on  November 3, 2015 with Sichamba as director and shareholder with 1 share, his son David as director and secretary and wife Eudora Nambela as Director.

The court also heard that Ndozo Lodge Limited was registered on the March 5, 2013. 

 Trial continues.

Elevated blood pressure and hypertension can cause early cardiac damage during adolescence which is worsened by young adulthood, a paper published in the Journal of Pediatrics concludes. The study was conducted in collaboration between the University of Bristol in the U.K. and the University of Eastern Finland.

In 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, dementia was the dominant risk factor for the disease among residents of Swedish nursing homes. This elevated risk applied to both getting infected with and dying of COVID-19, a University of Gothenburg study shows.

The Myanmar people and health system have shown resilience during the double crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and political crisis, new research has found.

Sticking with an exercise program can be tough, even during the best of times. But what about during a pandemic?

Previous studies have reported high rates of death by suicide and drug overdose—including opioid overdose—in military service members with a history of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).

Substituting meat with plant-based meat alternatives lowers “bad” cholesterol, according to new research from the University of Warwick.

Findings and recommendations from the largest study on abortion in Britain were presented to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health in the House of Commons on 7 March 2023.