What is a Healthy Diet? How Much Fruit or Veg Should We Eat?
The latest research on healthy eating is by the American Heart Association proves that eating about five daily servings of fruits and vegetables, in which 2 are fruit and 3 are vegetables, appears to be the optimal required for a longer life.
The NaV1.7 Gene: Could Gene Therapy be a Better Alternative to Painkillers?
Gene therapy for chronic pain could offer huge benefits and potential because it would deliver a safer, non-addictive alternative to opioids.
Little Foot: The New Discovery in Human Evolution
In June 2019 in great secrecy ‘Little Foot’ was transported to the UK to be examined in microscopic detail using the ‘Diamond Light Source’ at the national synchrotron facility in the UK.
Alphafold: The First Artificial Intelligence Program that can Predict How Proteins Organise Themselves
A key scientific holy grail has been to accurately predict and understand how proteins fold and tangle themselves into the shapes that hold the key to how they carry out their vital functions (like Watson and Crick’s double helix).
A Malaria Vaccine is being Developed and Trialled
Many more people will die in Africa from malaria than COVID-19 in 2021. Malaria killed 409 000 people in 2019 and 411 000 in 2018, most of them babies and toddlers in sub-Saharan Africa.
The Emerging Threat of Fungi: Candida auris & Aspergillus fumigatus
COVID-19 has stimulated our surveillance of any other possible future threats to our well-being. As we wage war against viruses and bacteria there is also a third organism which is emerging.
COVID-19 Variants: South Africa Variant B.1.351 & the E484K Mutation
The South African variant emerged after the first epidemic wave in a heavily infected metropolitan area, Nelson Mandela Bay, located on the coast of the Eastern Cape Province.
Pfizer Vaccine Rollout in Israel: The First International Test Case
With what is a small population, highly digitized health system, and quick, military-assisted Pfizer vaccine rollout, Israel’s real-world data is an extremely useful addition to clinical trials that can be used by researchers, pharmaceutical companies and policymakers.
Why is the EU Vaccine Rollout so slow Compared to the UK?
The EU Commission, responsible for vaccine procurement, has come under fire, particularly from Germany.
