A team of scientists led by Prof. Solomon Rotimi of the Department of Biochemistry, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State has successfully conducted the first-ever entirely local study as it affects how specific genetic factors like BRCA1 and BRCA2 are driving breast cancer among Nigerian women. The lead researcher, Rotimi, was equally said to have documented this breakthrough in a journal …

Immunologists Carl June and Michel Sadelain were announced winners of the prestigious Breakthrough Prize award on Thursday. The immunologists engineered T-cells that successfully target and kill cancer cells. A statement on the Breakthrough Prize website on their work read: “Carl June and Michel Sadelain genetically engineered T cells – key players in the body’s immune system – with synthetic receptors …

Scientists at the University of California San Francisco, United States of America have developed a bioreactor device that uses human kidney cells cultured in the laboratory and mimics some of the key functions of a kidney. The device, according to the scientists, could one day free people from needing dialysis or having to take harsh drugs to suppress their immune …

The discovery of the largest known rare earth element deposit in Europe, which is necessary for the production of electric vehicles, in far-northern Sweden has raised expectations that Europe will be able to reduce its reliance on China. The newly discovered deposit, which was discovered near the Swedish mining company LKAB’s iron ore mine, included more than a million tonnes …