Govt Committed To Develop Unplanned Settlements- HH

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has said government is committed to developing unplanned settlements for improved service delivery.

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BE FRIENDS WITH ECL, CHANGALA ADVISES HH

…worried that the head of State could be getting misled by his aides

By NATION REPORTER 

ZAMBIANS and the UPND should forget about “Alebwelelapo” because former President Edgar Lungu is never going to be on the ballot in 2026 as he has no intention to go back to State House, civil rights and political activist Brebner Changala has said.

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THERE IS POVERTY IN UPND – BRUCE KANEMA

By NATION REPORTER 

THE UPND in Lusaka and North-Western provinces has declared the governing party useless and have warned of calamitous results in the 2016 general elections as there is excruciating poverty among the rank and file in the structures of the governing party.

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The Israeli Override Clause: A threat to the ‘health in all policies’ approach

On July 24, 2023, Israel’s Parliament sanctioned a substantial amendment to the Basic Law, prompting apprehensions regarding power equilibrium and its potential influence on public well-being. In response, a coalition of prominent Israeli and global public health experts has united to dissect the profound ramifications of this revision in an article titled “Israel’s Judicial Overhaul: A Threat to the Health in All Policies Approach” featured in The Lancet.

Machine learning model could enable targeted gene therapies for genetic diseases

Though almost every cell in your body contains a copy of each of your genes, only a small fraction of these genes will be expressed, or turned on. These activations are controlled by specialized snippets of DNA called enhancers, which act like skillful on-off switches. This selective activation allows cells to adopt specific functions in the body, determining whether they become—for example—heart cells, muscle cells, or brain cells.

New gene editing tool helps zero in on small cancer-linked mutations

A change in just one letter in the code that makes up a cancer-causing gene can significantly affect how aggressive a tumor is or how well a patient with cancer responds to a particular therapy. A new, very precise gene-editing tool created by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators will enable scientists to study the impact of these specific genetic changes in preclinical models rather than being limited to more broadly targeted tactics, such as deleting the entire gene.