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Through experiments on genetically modified mice, a team led by Ursula Quitterer, Professor of Molecular Pharmacology at ETH Zurich, determined which molecular switches are involved and how they need to be thrown to halt the malformations that damage the heart. One day, these insights could benefit people suffering from tetralogy of Fallot, provided substances are found that are capable of targeting and inhibiting BBLN or its interactions with other proteins. Quitterer and her team have already started searching for such substances.

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the first time have shown that activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is essential for the development of kidney fibrosis, tissue scarring following injury that can lead to kidney failure.

Just as the body’s immune system can fight off infection, it can be a powerful weapon against cancer. Harnessing and fine-tuning that weapon, however, will require a better understanding of the complex interactions between immune and tumor cells.

WE are surprised that police have not made any arrested over the unwarranted attack last Friday of the mayor of Ndola, Mr James Kalyati.

Researchers at the Wuhan Sports University, China, have found a negative association between serum testosterone levels and arthritis. The relationship between serum testosterone and arthritis appeared nonlinear, and the finding of a correlation could not establish a direct causal relationship.

By LUCY PHIRI

A POLICE officer has told the court that the Zambia Police did not issue a police call-out to summon Patriotic Front (PF) information and publicity chairman Emmanuel Mwamba who was brutally arrested by a horde of police officers at a car wash in Woodlands, Lusaka.

By GRACE CHAILE

THE Patriotic Front (PF) has filed an application in the High Court seeking an order of the Court to summon the Registrar of Societies to testify in a case in which the former ruling party is challenging the election of Mr Miles Sampa as party president.

By NATION REPORTER

THE Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has joined a cross section of organisations, including the Catholic Church, OCiDA, Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ), the consortium of civil society organisations and an array of opinion leaders such as prominent constitutional lawyer John Sangwa SC to condemn the UPND government for having embarked on a crusade to kill democracy in the country.

HIRED delegates from Mambwe District have now engaged Mambwe their traditional leadership so that they could testify against expelled Matero MP Miles Sampa in court for being used to illegaly install him as purported president of the Patriotic Front (PF).

By GRACE CHAILE

ATTORNEY General, Mulilo Kabesha has asked the Constitutional Court to vacate its decision declaring former President Edgar Lungu is eligible to seek another term of office.