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December can be an especially stressful time of the year. The holiday to-do list may feel overwhelming. Disappointment can swell if the “magic” of the season doesn’t live up to expectations. Even the thought of spending the holidays with extended family can trigger feelings of anxiety.

In 2028, it will be eight years since COVID-19 was first detected in Australia. Today’s post-pandemic child will be a teenager, facing a future where they thrive or, for some, their mental health unravels as the longer-term consequences of the pandemic become apparent.

The strangely named hedgehog pathway that’s crucial to bone growth has emerged as a key in the fight to treat the bone cancer osteosarcoma.

A team of researchers with a wide variety of backgrounds and affiliated with a number of institutions in Canada, including officials with the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, has conducted an assessment of indoor air quality for people living in First Nations communities in Ontario, Canada, and found high amounts of particulates, CO2, benzene, formaldehyde, mold and other hazardous materials.

Cancer drug resistance remains a leading reason why treatments for specific cancers eventually do not work. A team of Stony Brook University researchers led by Gábor Balázsi, Ph.D., have been testing drug resistance with mammalian cell lines. Their latest investigation reveals that by taking a part of a DNA amplification from a cell, which causes resistance, and placing it back in, actually stops the drug resistance.

Over 2 million people globally have multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease that affects the nervous system and can lead to problems moving, seeing and thinking.

A high sensitivity blood test can improve diagnosis for one in five patients who have a heart muscle injury, according to new research.

‘Kilian Jornet won the 2022 Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc (distance 170 kilometers, elevation gain 10,000 meters) in 19 hours, 49 minutes, and 30 seconds. Stéphanie Gicquel skied 2,045 kilometers in 74 days, crossing Antarctica to reach the South Pole in temperatures as low as -50°. Thomas Pesquet completed a spacewalk lasting 6 hours and 54 minutes, 400 kilometers above the Earth.

A longstanding hypothesis in neurobiology was that a single neuron releases a single type of neurotransmitter, a molecule used by neurons to communicate with one another. In recent decades, several neurons have been found to release more than one neurotransmitter. This phenomenon called co-transmission is increasingly gaining recognition as a powerful and versatile molecular mechanism useful for the dynamic regulation of diverse neural circuits.

By NATION REPORTER

THE Zambia Association of Manufactures (ZAM) says there is need for the government to engage more in business with the private sector now especially with continued shrinkage of liquidity.