Genetically modified mosquitoes could be a game-changer in curbing malaria

The growing knowledge in genetic engineering has led to several applications in various spheres of life. These advances have resulted in the advents of several gene editing tools and technologies capable of altering the genomic compositions of various organisms with wide range of its potential application. 

Success: first in-utero procedure to fix deadly vascular malformation

According to scitechdaily, a team of researchers and clinicians from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s hospital, United States, have successfully treated an aggressive vascular malformation in an infant’s brain before birth.  This first-ever in-utero cerebrovascular surgery was part of a clinical trial to address the vein of Galen malformation (VOGM).

Beyond the SpaceX’s starship rocket explosion

The most powerful rocket ever designed and built was successfully lifted off from the orbital launch pad for the first time at about 8:33am CT on the 20th April 2023. After it cleared the pad and climbed to about 39 km over the Gulf of Mexico the vehicle experienced multiple engine failures, loss of altitudeContinue reading “Beyond the SpaceX’s starship rocket explosion”

The heart can become 10 years younger with anti-aging gene therapy

Longevity gene/protein has been shown to reverse the biological age of the heart by 10 years. The ground breaking research was a product of several years of research by scientists at the University of Bristol and the Multimedica group in Italy. Carriers of healthy mutant genes most times live up to 100 or more yearsContinue reading “The heart can become 10 years younger with anti-aging gene therapy”

Covid-19 is no longer considered global health emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency. A disease is regarded or designated as a global health emergency if it constitutes a public health risk to other states/nations through international spread that requires coordinated international response. Covid-19 which has killed over 7 million people worldwide (officialContinue reading “Covid-19 is no longer considered global health emergency”