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COVID -19 by the Policy Institute at Kings College London is indicative of the hostility of an upper middle-class layer in academia to the class issues posed starkly by the pandemic. That COVID-19 is a “poor mans disease” which has hit the working class hardest—driven into unsafe workplaces under the policy of herd immunity—is a verifiable fact. It led the British Medical Journal to accuse the worlds governments of “social murder” in their response to the pandemic. Its editorial, �...

Tuberculosis Influenced the Human Genome Throughout human history, our species has come into contact with both harmless and infectious microbes that have changed us, like gut bacteria and retroviruses. But more recent infectious disease outbreaks have also left their mark on human biology. New research reported in the American Journal of Human Genetics has suggested that tuberculosis (TB) has had a variety of influences on human biology, including the genome. "Present-day humans are the descen...

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Fujitsu to embark on restructuring plan Fujitsu announced a comprehensive, strategic reorganization of its group formation to more effectively promote initiatives for the growth of customers as a leader in the growing field of digital transformation (DX). Fujitsu will begin to consolidate key functions spread throughout the group, enhance its problem-solving capabilities, and further strengthen its ability to generate new business by streamlining operations and securing a co...

Mycobacterium and An artist’s impression of the multidrug-resistant bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Image credit: Jennifer Oosthuizen / Antibiotic Resistance Coordination and Strategy Unit, CDC. A metabolic pathway called methyl-D-erythritol phosphate pathway is essential for most bacteria but absent in humans, making it an ideal target for antibiotic development. Also known as non-mevalonate pathway, it is responsible for biosynthesis of isoprenoids, molecules required for cell survival i...

December 19, 2020 Duncan Mlanjira – Nyasa Times 1 Comment Renowned global public health advocate, Clive Bates contends that unless the world was serious enough about making smoking obsolete the current either prevention, or cessation only approach and measures are bound to fail. Non-combustible cigarette smoking is the answer Combustible tobacco smoking affects non-smokers Bates: Bates, who is Director of Counterfactual Consulting Ltd, said this during the Virtual E-Cigarette Summit 2...