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Growth plates (GP), situated at the ends of long bones in children, supply chondrocytes necessary for bone growth. Damage to the growth plate due to fractures often results in arrested bone growth, making it a significant cause of skeletal disorders in children. However, a small percentage of these injuries astonishingly manage to heal themselves, a phenomenon that had remained a mystery until now.

Researchers have developed a novel synthetic protein to treat macular degeneration and other incurable eye diseases that lead to blindness in millions of people. It is the first drug of its kind and is currently in human trials.

By LUCY  PHIRI

THERE was drama in the  case in which  Chilufya Tayali has been accused of defaming Senior Chief Mukuni .

By LUCY PHIRI 

A JOURNALIST has told the Lusaka magistrate court that he could neither confirm nor deny whether Patriotic Front (PF) chairperson for information and publicity, Raphael Nakacinda ever said President Hakainde Hichilema had begun to summon judges at community house 

By ANDREW MUKOMA

GOVERNMENT says while the operations of the Kazungula Border Post have remained smooth, there are a few issues that remain unresolved in order for the Zambia and Botswana to efficiently manage the facilities.

Conversations on social media about female genital mutilation (FGM) have not changed dramatically over the five years to 2020, according to an analysis of English Twitter data, though there was a shift from raising awareness to calling for an end to the practice.

A study led by King’s College London has found that people with dementia and their caregivers are frequently met with misunderstanding and social stigma by local community health care services, which is creating a barrier for timely and adequate access to the support they need.

A device known as a pessary, thought promising for reducing preterm birth risk due to a short cervix, appears no more effective than usual medical care, according to a new study. A pessary is a rounded silicone device that fits around a cervix that has shortened, to keep it from opening and leading to miscarriage or preterm birth. The device is typically removed before the 37th week of pregnancy.

A University of California, Irvine-led team of researchers working at the Center for Neural Circuit Mapping find links between brain disorders and dysfunction of newly identified inhibitory brain cell types. The study “Anatomical and molecular characterization of parvalbumin cholecystokinin co-expressing inhibitory interneurons: implications for neuropsychiatric conditions” was published in July in Molecular Psychiatry.

We usually associate aging with a shrinking life span, sickness and death. The difficulty of imagining ourselves as old means that we go to great lengths to avoid planning for later life. Yet researchers argue that we have everything to gain by looking at life as a journey where preparations for the future provide opportunities for living a full life—until it really is over.