Author: Eziokwu Fab-Emerenini MBBS
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Eziokwu Fab-Emerenini MBBS
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. As a firm believer in preventive health (and a doctor who wants to be kept away), Eziokwu is involved in organizing outreaches and creating awareness on public health issues. On the days the apple keeps him away, he spends his time singing offkey songs and writing poetry.
Mass Spectrometric Skin Analysis Serves as a Great Aid in the Visualization of the Molecular Structure of the Skin
The skin the largest organ in the human body serves so many functions. It prevents dehydration, reduces harmful effects of UV radiation, serves as a protective barrier, and is …
Cancer Treatment: p53, a Tumor Suppressing Gene, Stabilized by Spider Silk
Cancer is one of the terminal diseases we have yet to overcome. Its permanent cure is yet to be found. However, depending on the stage of cancer, remission can …
The Malaria Drug Hydroxychloroquine Improves the Efficacy of Chemotherapy Agent Cisplatin against Resistant Head and Neck Cancers
Doctors have often chosen chemotherapy as a treatment option for cancers. The procedure involves the use of drugs, like cisplatin, to cause the death of cancer cells. However, it …
Scientists Discover a Better Anti-inflammatory Drug that can Hinder Immune Reaction to Implants
For people who are down with such illnesses as cancer, inflammatory disease, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s disease, that would need implantation of electronic devices into their bodies for a long …A Pillow That Mimics Human Breathing Shown to Reduce Anxiety When Hugged
Remember that time you felt scared or anxious but had no one to talk to? That time you curled up on your bed or sofa, held your pillow close …
The Amoeba Dictyostelium Discoideum Used to Synthesize a Precursor to THC
It is not a new finding in our world that microorganisms can help in the production of useful substances including drugs. The penicillin mold, Chrysogenum, is a typical example. …Anti Aging Breakthrough: Scientists Reverse Aging in Mice Using the Yamanaka Factors
While some persons desire and long for old age, others wish they could do without aging. As people age, their cells age too. The hair of old people begins …
Genetic Mapping: The First Single-Nucleus Transcriptomic Atlas of the Fruit Fly Completed
One day, in 1910, Thomas Hunt Morgan, an American geneticist, while performing experiments on a particular species of flies made an astounding discovery that changed the trajectory of science …