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Some cities fight gangs with ex-members who educate kids and starve gangs of new recruits. Stanford Medicine researchers have done something similar with cancer—altering cancer cells so that they teach the body’s immune system to fight the very cancer the cells came from.

On the road, putting a foot on the gas or brake pedal controls the car’s speed. This also happens in our body, in driving an immune response. Like human drivers, antibodies have a “foot”—a sort of molecular limb that “presses” the gas and brake pedals. Those pedals are receptors on the outer membranes of immune cells: When an antibody foot binds to one of these pedals, it can either speed up the immune response or slow it down. Among their other uses, antibodies are employed in a new generation of cancer treatments known as immunotherapy, which harness the immune system’s natural capabilities to fight malignant tumors. And as far as these cancer-fighting antibodies are concerned, speed is of the essence.

 FIRST Lady Mutinta Hichilema has engaged a Qatari based charity organisation in an effort to create a partnership which will help empower women and youth in Zambia. Mrs Hichilema said the Qatari Charity (QC), which has been aiding the vulnerable in war tone countries and other communities can help kick start solutions for communities in […]

 PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has held bilateral talks with the Qatari Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani with part of the talks being that of boosting investment. The President encouraged the state of Qatar to ensure that Qatari investment is pushed forward in Zambia. He said pushing of Qatari investment will help create […]

Scientists in Japan have revealed a chemical compound that could be used for the treatment of various autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. These diseases occur when the body’s immune response goes awry. The immune system, which normally attacks pathogens and infections, instead attacks healthy cells and tissues. For the millions of people who suffer from autoimmune diseases worldwide, the result can be debilitating—rheumatoid arthritis causes excessive joint pain, while multiple sclerosis can disable one’s brain and spinal cord function.

The process of aging is often related to the onset of neurological symptoms such as cognitive decline, memory loss or mood disorders such as depression. Previous studies have shown that the growth factor GDF11, a protein found in blood, has a beneficial effect on olfactory perception and on the generation of new cells in the brains of aged mice. However, the mechanism of action of GDF11 in the brain has remained unknown.

THERE is too much pettiness in the fight against corruption at the expense of more serious cases that are before the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Independent Nkana Member of Parliament (MP), Binwell Mpundu has said.

 Mr Mpundu said it was not strange for a former Head of State and his family to own property.

Contributing to the debate on President Hakainde Hichilema speech to Parliament on the Application of National Values and Principles, Mr Mpundu said it was unfortunate that the fight against corruption seemed to be concentrated on the former Head of State and his family.

He said some cases that the investigative wings were pursuing did not make sense citing the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigating an individual who had served the country for many years simply because he owned property.

“You cannot tell me that it is a fallacy or unheard of for someone who has served this country for years to build flats and for a former President to have property,” Mr Mpundu said

He said it was unfortunate that ACC had ignored revelations by PAC on the Ministry of Health TFM Holdings Scandal and the cooked fertilizer that was supplied to Southern Province.

Mr Mpundu said the ACC should confine itself to investigating such pertinent issues instead of pettiness.

The lawmaker added that it was sad that anyone who built a house was suspected to be corrupt.

He said corruption was a cancer that everybody must join hands to fight and not the pettiness that was happening now.

Mr Mpundu said the country has been entertained to pettiness and alarming statements that taint the image of those accused without producing evidence to prove allegations of corruption.

“People build names over time and spend money on it so before alleging that someone is corrupt, you must substantiate and have evidence before aligning someone in the media that they committed a crime,” he said.

MINISTER of Justice Mulambo Haimbe has reiterated Zambia’s commitment to the global fight for life and protection of all persons against cruel and inhuman treatment.

Mr Haimbe made the remarks during the 13th  International  Meeting of Justice  Ministers currently underway in Rome, Italy under auspices of the Community of Sant’ Egidio.

The theme of the meeting is: No Justice Without Life.

The Community of Sant’Egidio has been the leader in the international campaign against the death penalty since the mid-1990s and it has continued its campaign through a number of noteworthy events and meetings.

In attendance were Ministers of Justice, the diplomatic community, the clergy, academics, students and other dignitaries from across the globe.

Mr Haimbe urged the meeting to not lose sight of the plight of victims of capital offences while seeking to abolish the death penalty globally.

“Zambia in the process of abolishing the death penalty was and is still alive to the need for training to be given to the police and sensitizing the public in order to prevent the incidence of capital offences” Mr Haimbe said.

He said measures should be put in place to mitigate the suffering of victims who have lost loved ones during the commission of crimes punishable by death.

The Minister underscored the importance of sharing information and experiences whilst searching for solutions. 

Accordingly, as an abolitionist state, Zambia is looking forward to learning from other countries with experience in this field.

On 23rd December 2022, President Hakainde Hichilema signed into law the abolishment of the death penalty. Zambia thus becomes the 25tth sub-Saharan African nation to abolish the death penalty.

Woman raises alarm after her uterine cancer was mistaken for periods.

The delivery and distribution of fertiliser for the 2023/2024 farming season may suffer yet another debilitating scandal as plans have emerged to single source the supply, delivery and distribution of Compound D fertiliser to a newly established company that has no track record and may therefore fail to deliver.