Archive: 13/10/2014
'Hidden hunger', often overshadowed but devastating: report
A major international research group rang alarm bells Monday over the scourge of hidden hunger, also known as vitamin and mineral deficiencies, which affects over two billion people with often devastating consequences.
Oct 13, 2014
Spain defends repatriation of missionaries infected with Ebola
The Spanish government defended Monday its decision to repatriate two elderly missionaries who contracted Ebola in west Africa, creating the conditions for a Madrid nurse to catch the deadly virus.
Oct 13, 2014
Mutation of ARMC5 gene characterized as the cause of meningeal tumour growth
Scientists at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg have published their findings that mutations in a gene known as "ARMC5" promote the growth of benign tumours in the adrenal ...
Oct 13, 2014
Aluminium and its likely contribution to Alzheimer's disease
A world authority on the link between human exposure to aluminium in everyday life and its likely contribution to Alzheimer's disease, Professor Christopher Exley of Keele University, UK, says in a new report that it may ...
Oct 13, 2014
Versatile antibiotic found with self-immunity gene on plasmid in staph strain
A robust, broad spectrum antibiotic, and a gene that confers immunity to that antibiotic are both found in the bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis Strain 115. The antibiotic, a member of the thiopeptide family of antibiotics, ...
Oct 13, 2014