A new treatment for cancer has emerge according to BBC report the data has not been published or reviewed and two patients are said to have died from an extreme immune response. Experts said the trial was exciting, but still only "a baby step." The news bubbled out of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's annual meeting in Washington DC. The lead [...]
New And Cheap Accurate Saliva Test To Discover Cancer
This new, accurate and cheap saliva test to discover lung cancer in patients is quicker than blood tests. The 'liquid biopsy' test will takes less than 10 minutes to get a result. According to Dailymail the scientist whose team developed the system, Professor David Wong of the University of California at Los Angeles, said: 'If there is circulating signature of a tumour in a [...]
Zika Virus Could Spread To Africa, Asia And Southern Europe
(Reuters) The Zika virus could spread to Africa, Asia and southern Europe, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as major French drug maker Sanofi SA and others joined the race to create a vaccine. A day after Geneva-based WHO declared an international public health emergency due to Zika's association with the birth defect microcephaly in Brazil, the United Nations [...]
Man With A Rare Form Of Disease Known As Tree Illness
Abul Bajandar, 25, suffers from a rare inherited skin disease called Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis, for the past seven years and he is the fourth man in the world with the tree illness. According to Dr Sen, a notable physician and coordinator of the Burn & Plastic Surgery Unit in Bangladesh, said It was the first time to see this rare disease in Dhaka Medical College [...]
Environmental Health Officers Kills 4,400 Rats In Lagos To Prevent Lassa Fever
Following the outbreak of Lassa fever virus in Lagos State Environmental Health Officers has killed more than 4,400 rats so far in Onigongbo, Oshodi , Oke-Odo,Ikotun Idanwo, Ojuwoye and Mile 12 Markets under de-rat market programme. The Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria (EHOAN), Lagos State Chapter, president Mr Samuel Akingbehin on Monday told News Agency [...]