The Lancet and colonialism: past, present, and future thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Please read our brief look The Lancet's past, what it says about its present, & might about its future.

'Influence unfairly accumulated through colonialism must be redirected to egalitarian purposes.'

It would be interesting to know what proportion of Nigeria’s HIV burden is attributable to sexual tourism.

I think we need to incorporate CPR in the curriculum (from primary school).

We live in an environment that makes us susceptible to accidents and emergencies, albeit man-made.

I think every Nigerian should learn CPR.

This is exciting!

More than a dozen rectal cancer patients have seen their cancer disappear after undergoing experimental immunotherapy with the monoclonal antibody drug, dostarlimab.

euronews.com/health/2022/06…

Here’s the first patient with a transplant of a genome-edited pig organ.

You are probably wondering why pigs?

Interestingly, humans share about 98% of DNA with pigs.

📣 New funding alert

We’re awarding up to £5 million each to multidisciplinary teams to improve our understanding of dengue and Zika – and help implement effective interventions. [1/6]

Yesterday, I spent the entire evening at my family house, number 38 Igbosere Street, now city hall, with neighbors like Vera Cruz, Pa Leigh, Da Silva, Cokers, The Williams and George, who have a shared history dating back at least a century.
#ourlagos

Don’t eat any food that's incapable of rotting. If bacteria/fungi won’t eat it, then you shouldn’t.

Brilliant! ❤️

The world's youngest continent with a median population age of just 19 finally looks set to get its first ever elected Millennial president.

Some progress at last. 🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳

It is saddening how cheap life has become in this country today. It is now a daily occurrence to read reports of our fellow Nigerians who lose their lives while struggling for basic food to eat.

I will forever find the genetic basis of any disease fascinating!

Very interesting finding that shows a build-up of amyloid triggers fat accumulation in Alzheimer’s. This then leads to the build-up of tau inside neurons, which causes cell death, and leads to the symptoms of memory loss and confusion.
nature.com/articles/s4158…

For women, the biological clock and the career clock are in total conflict with each other.

🧬Day 7🧬

Today, participants performed tagmentation, indexing, pooling and loaded the Illumina Miseq sequencing platform, with minimal supervision from our team.

#genomics #sequencing

World Health Organization (WHO) Phenomenal talk by Christian T. Happi ACEGID harnessing genomics to rapidly investigate and manage infectious disease outbreaks in Africa - and the importance of speed, accuracy and open data sharing #AMR2024

North East Devt Commission, which was just created in last adminstration, already has a personnel cost allocation of N126bn, six times the personnel cost of an average Federal University.

Is this how we want to bring development to North East?

Even in this Lagos heatwave, tea is a must!

If your dispenser water storage bottles have ‘PET” written underneath, boil your water before drinking - especially if storage bottles have been in the heat/direct sunlight.

PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) plastic can leach chemicals e.g phthalates (carcinogenic) into water and…

I wish him more healthy and fruitful years as he remains firm in doing what is right and continues to contribute to the development of our nation by championing national unity and development.

Happy birthday and many more years of commitment and service, GRV! -PO