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WACCBIP Research Conference 2021
The West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) is organising the fifth in its series of annual research conferences to…
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Bioengineering
Ageing, Stopping it and Living to 500 Years
The desire to live and live long is a primitive trait that is present in most species but could we suppress ageing and…
Genetics
Progeria: the disease that causes children to look old
Peloza was 5 years old when she started losing her hair and started looking older than her age. Her mother narrated that the…
Biology
Ghanaian Scientists Discover Target for Malaria Vaccine
The long search for malaria vaccine might soon be over as researchers from the University of Ghana have identified and characterized a novel…
Biology
Sheep flock–follow the leader wherever they go
Sheep are highly social animals that continually require other sheep in the flock to be present. They are hardwired to follow each other…
Bioengineering
Albert Stevens: A Miraculous Survivor of A Radiation Experiment
Government secretly and nonconsensually chose him as a guinea pig for a secret experiment that sought to study the reaction of the human…
Astronomy
New Year Pictures From the International Space Statiom
Stunning pictures of sunrise on new year was captured by crew at the International Space Station. These pictures were shared in the public…
Biology
New Year Celebrations Kill Large Number of Birds
A street in Rome, Italy with strewn with dead birds after the 2021 new year celebrations. The dead birds were sighted at the…
Health
Sickle Cell Disease: Everything You Need to Know
While we commonly associate blood with the color red, it may surprise you to learn that not all human beings have red blood.…
Medicine
Your Partner can help you stay Fit and Healthy
A recent paper highlights that heart attack survivors stands a greater chance of changing unhealthy habits or creating new ones when they are…
Computing
Using Advance Encryption Standard Algorithm to Secure Cloud Data at Client Side Independent of Cloud Providers
Cloud computing brings a lot of advantages especially in ubiquitous services where everyone can access computer services through the internet. In spite of…
Ecology, Evolution and Environment
The Smooth Handfish is Extinct
In a devastating announcement, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has declared the Smooth Handfish (Sympterichthys unipennis) extinct. This unique…