Tag Archives: Health and medicine

a child is born with antibodies to Covid-19

[ad_1] Published on : 12/01/2020 – 01:25 In Singapore, a newborn whose mother contracted the pregnant coronavirus was auscultated from birth. The medical team was thus able to discover that it had antibodies to resist Covid-19. With our correspondent in Singapore, Gabrielle Marshals Aldrin Ng Chan is only a few …

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Unexpected discovery on the study of stem cell immortality

[ad_1] Telomeres are the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes. In adult cells, telomeres shorten each time a cell divides and this contributes to aging and cancer. Pluripotent stem cells, however, are specialized cells that exist in the early days of development. These pluripotent cells do not age and …

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Zimbabwe: More funds needed to fight diabetes

[ad_1] ZIMBABWE celebrated World Diabetes Day on Saturday with calls for more funding for the noncommunicable disease affecting approximately 1.4 million people in the country. Diabetes is a chronic disease prevalent in Zimbabwe that occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot use insulin …

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