AFP, published on Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 07:42 Despite existing treatments, thousands of people continue to become infected with leprosy each year. Faced with this disease, which mainly affects poor countries, research continues, but only a few laboratories allocate funds for it. Mathias Duck, a 44-year-old minister from Paraguay, was already familiar with leprosy … Read more
Published on : 21/10/2022 – 17:29 The Boston University laboratory combined the genome of the original Covid-19 virus with part of the Omicron variant to try to determine what allows this strain to more easily escape the immunity conferred by vaccination. This technique, which may seem questionable, has led to a torrent of controversy and … Read more
Published on : 21/10/2022 – 17:29 The Boston University laboratory combined the genome of the original Covid-19 virus with part of the Omicron variant to try to determine what allows this strain to more easily escape the immunity conferred by vaccination. The technique, which may seem questionable, has led to a torrent of controversy and … Read more
AFP, published on Tuesday, October 04, 2022 at 10:12 am Could chemotherapy become much simpler for cancer patients? A study opens the way to a subcutaneous injection protocol, and no longer intravenously as today, but the process has yet to prove itself in humans. Cancer treatment is very often based on the administration of chemotherapy … Read more
AFP, published on Monday, September 05, 2022 at 10:22 am The plural is important: cancers are exhibited at the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie in Paris, which explores, with tact and accuracy, all the facets of this complex disease still surrounded by taboos. The challenge was daunting: “showing the disease in a science museum, … Read more
AFP, published on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 08:19 How is monkeypox transmitted? Are there any symptoms specific to the current outbreak? After several months of the epidemic, we are beginning to learn more, with confirmation: the current contaminations are mainly linked to sexual intercourse. Three months after the start of the epidemic, nearly 28,000 … Read more
AFP, published on Tuesday, July 05, 2022 at 11:10 p.m. The immune response to Covid-19, which damages the blood vessels of the brain, could be responsible for the symptoms of “Covid long”, according to a study based on a low number of cases and published Tuesday by American researchers. The brains of nine people who … Read more
An Ameca model humanoid robot from the British company Engineered Arts and equipped with artificial intelligence is displayed at CES 2022, on January 5, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada ©Ethan Miller/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP Myths Google, Meta and OpenAI are investing heavily in this technology, which increasingly captures the public’s imagination. More … Read more