Can plasma transfusions slow down or ‘eliminate’ aging? Scientists disagree
Many age-elevated factors have been identified, but finding drugs for each one is a challenge. Plasma dilution, by comparison, knocks them all down – and others as yet unknown – in one fell swoop. The Conboys, together with blood specialist Dobri Kiprov from the California Pacific Medical Centre in San...
Covid: Overstretched Kenya scrambles for oxygen as incidents of India-like cases rise
At the peak of Kenya’s third wave of Covid-19 in March, hospitals – buckling under the strain of the virus – saw their oxygen reserves fizzle out. Since then, they have been scrambling to increase capacity of the lifesaving element, fearing the nightmare scenario currently unfolding in India due to...
Lawyer to Kenya president: Your government is a polished idea to steal, enjoy
I am a Kenyan citizen and resident taxpayer who, alongside forty-eight million of my fellow citizens, has watched with utter dismay and increasing frustration as your government has run the affairs of our land with criminal negligence thereby placing in great jeopardy not just our present fortunes but our children’s...
Why has Kenya president obscured details of $3.8 billion railway contract with China?
As you are aware, in May 2014, the government of Kenya signed a $3.8 billion contract with China Roads and Bridges Corporation (CRBC) for the construction of the standard gauge railway from Mombasa to Nairobi and on to Naivasha. According to news reports, 85 per cent of the construction cost...
Delaying a Covid vaccine’s second dose boosts immune response, research finds
Facing a limited vaccine supply, the United Kingdom embarked on a bold public-health experiment at the end of 2020: delaying second doses of Covid-19 vaccines in a bid to maximise the number of people who would be at least partially protected from hospitalisation and death. Now, a study suggests that...
