ASVEK Science & Tech

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.

Vitamin D3 has neuroprotective effects in moderate ischemic stroke

A single dose of vitamin D₃have been shown to have neuroprotective effects in patients with moderate ischemic stroke.

The novel malaria vaccine is a game-changer

The development of effective vaccine against malaria was a hard nut to crack for over a century. But there is respite as scientists have successfully developed a novel malaria vaccine.

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 20^th 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 altitude and began to tumble. As a standard procedure, the flight termination system was activated on both booster and ship.

First RSV vaccine had been approved

A report by BBC shows that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first vaccine against Respiratory Syncytial virus (RSV). This approval is interim and still requires approval from the US centers for Disease Control and Prevention before it can be made available to the public.

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 years in good health. The carriers are less prone to cardiovascular diseases as the gene helps to protect the heart against diseases associated with aging.

Covid-19 is no longer considered global health emergency

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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 (official figure) was declared by WHO as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) in 2020.