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  • Published on Oct 28, 2020

    New genome sequencing sheds light on diversity in Africa

    Analysis of the genomes of hundreds of people from across Africa has shed light on ancient migrations and modern susceptibility and resistance to disease, revealing unexpected genetic diversity. The genome is often described as the body's instruction …

    Source: Digital Journal - Neutral
  • Published on Oct 26, 2020

    Draft Report on Uganda’s 4th Industrial Revolution Strategy Released

    Kampala -Uganda’s National Task Force on Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has this Monday released its draft report to guide government on harnessing emerging technologies. “The draft strategy we are presenting today covers a comprehensive national …

    Source: Red Pepper - Uncategorized
  • Published on Oct 27, 2020

    To fix Africa's hunger problem, bring on genetically modified crops

    The economic situation in Africa has improved a lot since the 1990s.  Yet rampant poverty and food insecurity still impact millions of lives there. Currently, there is a huge demand-supply gap in the agricultural sector.  At least three hundred million are …

    Source: American Thinker - Right-wing
  • Published on Oct 20, 2020

    Ugandan entrepreneur makes mosquito-repelling soap

    – Advertisement – A Ugandan female entrepreneur has developed a soap that is meant to repel mosquitoes. Joan Nalubega developed the organic soap as part of her contribution to fighting the spread of Malaria caused by Mosquito bites. The entrepreneur while …

    Source: Africa Global Village - Uncategorized
  • Published on Oct 20, 2020

    Why genetics should make cattle herds in Africa more productive

    By Olivier HanotteAfrican cattle breeds are astonishingly diverse, and often quite beautiful. They range from the dark-red Ankole of southern Uganda, with their massive heat-dissipating horns, to the Boran which thrive in the dusty plains of northern Kenya …

    Source: The Citizen - Uncategorized
  • Published on Oct 28, 2020

    Researchers describe factors that reduce placenta's capacity to protect fetus from zika virus

    Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 28 2020 Genetic factors that reduce the placenta's capacity to protect the fetus from the zika virus are described by Brazilian researchers in an article published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. According to …

    Source: Medical News - Neutral
  • Published on Oct 15, 2020

    Qld virus case imported from Uganda

    A returning traveller who came from Uganda and travelled through Dubai and Papua New Guinea has tested positive to COVID-19 in Cairns. Queensland recorded just one new case on Thursday, who is in hotel quarantine. It comes as health authorities carry out …

    Source: News.com.au - Neutral
  • Published on Oct 15, 2020

    Returned traveller from Uganda tests positive to COVID-19 in Qld hotel quarantine

    Queensland recorded just one new case on Thursday, who is in hotel quarantine. It comes as health authorities carry out advanced testing to determine whether a Townsville woman in her 30s contracted the virus in Townsville, or upon her arrival to Victoria. …

    Source: PerthNow - Neutral
  • Published on Oct 7, 2020

    First relatives of rubella virus discovered in bats in Uganda and mice in Germany

    At night in a Ugandan forest, a team of American and African scientists take oral swabs from insect-eating cyclops leaf-nosed bats. In a necropsy room near the Baltic Sea, researchers try to determine what killed a donkey, a Bennett's tree-kangaroo and …

    Source: Phys.org - Neutral
  • Published on Sep 30, 2020

    Uganda to conduct Covid-19 vaccine trials in November

    Uganda will begin human trials of a Covid-19 vaccine in November, the Daily Monitor newspaper reports quoting ministry of health officials. The vaccine, called Self Replicating RNA, has been developed through a partnership between Uganda Virus Research …

    Source: Face of Malawi - Uncategorized
  • Published on Sep 29, 2020

    Uganda to undertake human trials of Covid-19 vaccine

    – Advertisement – Uganda’s government has said that human trials of a Covid-19 vaccine will start in November this year. Ministry of health officials are reported by local media as saying that a vaccine, called Self Replicating RNA, has already been …

    Source: Africa Global Village - Uncategorized
  • Published on Sep 29, 2020

    New genetic traits in African cattle revealed

    SCIENTISTS have revealed of a new set of detailed genetic traits in African cattle that provide heat and drought tolerance, control inflammation and tick infestations, and resistance to devastating livestock diseases including trypanosomiasis. The findings …

    Source: The Land Newspaper - Neutral
  • Published on Oct 20, 2020

    Defilement: Court rejects Rev. Kalule ‘Negative’ DNA Report

    Luwero – Luwero High court has rejected a DNA report presented by Reverend Canon Kezekiah Kalule which shows that there is a 0.00% probability that he fathered the child with an underage girl. Rev. Kalule, formerly attached to Luteete archdeaconry in …

    Source: Red Pepper - Uncategorized
  • Published on Oct 20, 2020

    Why low COVID-19 death rates in Africa

    Examining the theories so far | KEVIN MARSH AND MOSES ALOBO | As the threat of a COVID-19 pandemic emerged earlier this year, many felt a sense of apprehension about what would happen when it reached Africa. For example, the Standard newspaper in Kenya …

    Source: Independent (Uganda) - Neutral
  • Published on Sep 15, 2020

    Biotech crops can save Africa’s food shortage

    Good-will and support from African governments needed to expedite approval process for commercialization. Kampala, Uganda | Isaac Khisa | Biotech crops can effectively contribute to addressing food security and mitigating climate change challenges in …

    Source: Independent (Uganda) - Neutral
  • Published on Sep 21, 2020

    “Fishing” App Designed To Empower Healthcare Workers In Uganda Wins Major Award

      It is one thing for more affluent countries to donate medical equipment to developing countries, but how can we ensure the healthcare workers receiving the equipment know how to use it? This was the issue that Kiara Miller, a PhD candidate at the …

    Source: Scoop - Uncategorized
  • Published on Sep 6, 2020

    Uganda’s elite crisis

    Why Dr. Kizza Besigye is right to say elites in Uganda are the most useless class THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye has argued that elites in Uganda are the most useless group in the country. Let us test this thesis and …

    Source: Independent (Uganda) - Neutral
  • Published on Sep 13, 2020

    WHO names Nigerian centre as African reference laboratory for genome research - Premium Times

    The African Centre of Excellence for the Genomics of Infectious Disease (ACEGID), Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, has been named one of the regional repository and bioinformatics centres by the WHO and Africa CDC to provide sequencing, data …

    Source: Google News - Uncategorized
  • Published on Sep 11, 2020

    WHO, Africa CDC Launches ”Genome” Lab to Understand COVID-19

      The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Thursday launched a network of laboratories to reinforce genome sequencing of the virus that causes Covid-19. WHO Regional Director for Africa, …

    Source: The Herald - Gov't Propaganda
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