The federal government (FG) has announced the opening of the Network for Oncology Research in Sub-Saharan Africa (NORA) Summer School 2025 in Abuja. Dr Adekunle Salako, Minister of State for Health, noted that the summer school is a show of the federal government’s dedication to its cancer control plan. Salako explained that the ministry aims
A lab at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in the United States has made a groundbreaking discovery that can sustain premature lambs inside an artificial womb. The developed device looks like a plastic bag filled with nutrient-rich fluid. Preterm lambs, equivalent to human fetuses at 23 weeks, were placed inside and connected via their umbilical
While managing sickle cell disease significantly impacts millions of people worldwide, causing cycles of pain, fatigue, and organ damage with limited treatment options, a research breakthrough has found Lyfgenia, a one-time gene therapy, to be very helpful. Developed by Bluebird Bio and approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in December 2023, Lyfgenia, also
The Federal Government, through the National Centre of Excellence for Sickle Cell Disease Research and Training (NCESRTA), has launched a new initiative to reduce reliance on foreign expertise in tackling sickle cell disease (SCD) by building local clinical research capacity. NCESRTA, University of Abuja, has unveiled a 12-week programme designed to equip Nigerian researchers and
Oluwadamilare Dauda, a final-year PhD student at Osun State University, has won the prestigious Young Scientist Award from the National Veterinary School of Toulouse, France. The award was given in recognition of Dauda’s research on blackfly transmission of river blindness (onchocerciasis) in Southwest Nigeria. His work supports efforts to control the disease in affected communities.
Researchers have found a new way to treat a rare type of ovarian cancer that mostly affects younger women and does not respond well to regular chemotherapy. The cancer, known as low-grade serous carcinoma (LGSC), grows slowly but can become dangerous if not caught early. It often starts as a harmless tumour called a serous
