Coronavirus can survive for up to NINE HOURS on human skin – four-fold longer than the flu can live on our hands or faces, new study finds Researchers mixed samples of the coronavirus and influenza A virus with human skin samples obtained from autopsies 24 hours prior The flu virus survived for less than two […]
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These genes help explain how malaria parasites survive treatment with common drug
The essential malaria drug artemisinin acts like a “ticking time bomb” in parasite cells—but in the half a century since the drug was introduced, malaria-causing parasites have slowly grown less and less susceptible to the treatment, threatening attempts at global control over the disease. In a paper published September 23 in Nature Communications, Whitehead Institute […]
Parents of Yemen conjoined twins worry only one will survive
Conjoined twins born sharing the same body but with their own heart, lungs and backbones face fight for survival Twins Abdul-Khaliq and Abdul-Rahim were born conjoined at the neck in January They are in an incubator in intensive care, currently in a ‘stable’ condition Doctors said they need care outside of Yemen, a war-stricken country […]
Baby survives after being born with organs the ‘wrong way round’
One-in-a-million baby girl defies ‘all the odds’ to survive after being born with her organs the wrong way round Ria Moreno, who lives in London, has a rare condition, called situs inversus The condition means her major organs are mirrored from their normal positions Doctors also discovered she had congenital heart disease when she was […]