45m ago Dylan Bush and Mia Malan Research shows that Covid-19 positive patients on oxygen are often depressed and anxious.But, at the Nasrec field hospital, the staff have weekly debriefing sessions to help them cope.Go inside the Red Zone and see how patients and healthcare workers at Nasrec are faring. This video was produced by the…
had worked.Mr. Mercado hurried around the lab to share the news. Given the times, there were no hugs, no high-fives. And he did not bask in glory for long. Making a vaccine demands patience, attention to detail — and a tolerance for bitter failure.“Yeah, I’m excited, but I’m also thinking about the next step,” Mr.…
Dr. Matija Snuderl has spent the last couple of months poring over tissue samples collected from the bodies of the recently departed.As a neuropathologist at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, he’s usually diagnosing brain tumors and other brain diseases. But this effort goes beyond his typical duties: Snuderl is among a group…
By Michael Le Page Mitochondria, the power sources inside our cells, can now be gene editedStocktrek Images, Inc. / Alamy Mitochondria, the structures inside our cells that burn food to produce energy, have been gene-edited for the first time. A new kind of “base editor” can make precise changes to the genomes of mitochondria, opening…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…