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World Hepatitis Day: Five Viruses That Get Passed By

July 29, 2013January 25, 2023 Adham Abdel Mottalib

Sunday, July 28 was World Hepatitis Day – a day organized by the World Hepatitis Alliance to increase awareness of these infections that affect the

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New Method to Diagnose Malaria

December 10, 2012January 25, 2023 Adham Abdel Mottalib

Thanks to a team of researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark, it is now possible to conduct a highly sensitive malaria diagnosis from a single

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Pakistan: Brain-eating Amoeba & Vaccination Against Childhood Pneumonia

October 12, 2012January 25, 2023 Adham Abdel Mottalib

A rare and fatal brain-eating infection killed 10 people in Karachi, Pakistan this year. This waterborne species of amoeba causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a

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Light: Enemy of Vampires and…Bacteria?

June 8, 2012January 25, 2023 Adham Abdel Mottalib

Since the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1928, scientists have been involved in a hectic battle against bacteria, which in turn have been

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