A new study by scientists at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) has revealed the presence of a dangerous drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis (TB) in Ghana. The research, published in the Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences Microbiology examined four TB samples collected from patients at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital and found that all […]

Researchers at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi have found that children carrying malaria parasites without showing symptoms may still experience significant changes in their gut health. The study, published in the journal PLOS One, examined how asymptomatic malaria, a condition in which a person is infected but does not feel ill, […]

Couvade syndrome is experienced by almost half of all partners. It is changing how scientists think about how non-pregnant parents-to-be are affected by their partner’s pregnancies. Four years ago, when his wife was six months pregnant with their first child, Alex Jones started feeling sick almost every night. “I first noticed a nausea,” says the […]

Artificial intelligence is inventing new drugs against Parkinson’s disease, antibiotic-resistant superbugs and many rare diseases – progress that many scientists never dreamed possible. For around half a century, humanity has been slowly losing its battle against bacteria. The most powerful weapons we have in this fight, antibiotics, are increasingly ineffective as drug resistance spreads. Around […]

The Director-General of the Service, ), Dr Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, has directed the Navrongo Health Research Centre and the Kintampo Health Research Centre to intensify investigations into the recurring seasonal meningitis outbreaks in Ghana’s meningitis belt, with the aim of identifying their root causes and proposing lasting, evidence-based solutions. The directive was issued during a […]

The menopause is linked to changes in the brain similar to those seen in Alzheimer’s, according to a large UK study. The loss of grey matter in areas involved with memory and emotion might partly explain why women are generally at greater risk of dementia than men, researchers speculate. The findings come from nearly 125,000 […]

Newborns with spina bifida face a high risk of undetected breathing problems during sleep that may contribute to long-term cognitive difficulties, according to a new multi-center study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Michigan Medicine. The study, published on January 23 in the journal Pediatrics, focused on infants […]

Ghanaian-born researcher David U. Mualen, a PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering in the United States, is gaining international recognition for research that is reshaping how modern medicines are designed, manufactured and delivered. Mualen’s work in nanomedicine has attracted attention from leading scientific and industrial institutions for its potential to improve the effectiveness, affordability and accessibility […]