Principal Secretary of the State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards, Mary Muthoni, addressing diplomats during an informative session in Nairobi. PHOTO/MOH By BRENDA
USC researchers discovered that under stress, the protein GRP78 migrates to a cell’s nucleus, altering gene activities and promoting cancer cells’ mobility and invasiveness. This
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The extreme weather – an increasingly frequent occurrence in our warming climate – is having a major impact on human health, ecosystems, economies, agriculture, energy
If we don’t help people in low- and middle-income countries thrive despite the warming that is already under way, the
First enrolled volunteer to the PrEPVacc clinical trial receiving an injection./PHOTO/PREPVACC By PATRICK MAYOYO newhub@eyewitness.africa Investigators have announced the completion of participant enrolments into the
Senolytics are an emerging class of investigational drug compounds that selectively kill aging-associated senescent cells (left, with red stain) without affecting other cells (right). Using
During the height of the COVID pandemic in November 2021, patients at a hospital in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo prepare
The study findings also negate the cytokine storm theory. IMAGE/FILE By PATRICK MAYOYO newshub@eyewitness.africa Secondary bacterial infection of the lung (pneumonia) was extremely common in
The study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to decode people’s thoughts. PHOTO/JERRY TANG and ALEXANDER HUTH By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT newshub@eyewitness.africa The little voice inside