By attaching a chemotherapy drug to an antibody, doctors are able to deliver more potent cancer-fighting medicines directly into tumor cells, all while causing fewer side effects. The chemotherapy-antibody combinations, known as antibody drug conjugates, have been described as both heat-seeking missiles and Trojan horses for cancer cells, designed to specifically home in on a patient’s tumor cells and trick…
Former President Donald Trump announced Saturday night that he joined TikTok, even as many in his party criticize the popular app and call for its China-based parent company to divest. Trump’s first post on the platform was a 13-second video, which appeared to be filmed at the UFC event in New Jersey he attended on Saturday. In the…
Islam Makhachev defended his lightweight title and extended his winning streak to 14 fights, third-longest in UFC history, by getting a submission victory over Dustin Poirier in the fifth round Saturday night at UFC 302. Overcoming one of the sport’s accomplished veterans and a crowd that was against him from the start, Makhachev ran his record to…
Wale Ojo, the Nigerian actor, has lost his mother. The actor confirmed his mother’s demise in a post on Instagram on Saturday. “My world has crashed all around me. Mama is gone. Goodnight Mum. I will miss you, terribly,” he wrote. Ojo won the ‘Best Actor’ award at the just concluded Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award (AMVCA) and dedicated the win…
The number of patients stuck in NHS mental health units in England despite being clinically ready to leave has reached its highest level in at least eight years. “Delayed discharges” of patients from hospitals in NHS mental health trusts reached 49,677 days in March, according to an analysis – a higher figure than in any month since…
Terry Akewe, the Starboy singer better known as Terri, has opened up on struggling with ulcer complications. The music star also disclosed that he is battling an anxiety-related health condition. In a series of posts on X, Terri revealed his challenges since beginning his music career. He said aside from his health problems, his mum is also…
The World Health Organization ( WHO) has enjoined countries to implement and enforce a 100% ban on public smoking. In a statement on Friday to mark this year’s World No Tobacco Day, WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, said they should also apply excise tax and price measures to reduce tobacco consumption and…
Popular comedian and filmmaker Atunyota Akpobome has highlighted that men go through unspeakable things in marriages. Recently, a video of a lady repeatedly slapping a man said to be her husband trended on social media. Sharing the same clip on his Instagram page, the king of Nigerian comedy said that sadly, some men go through…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) yesterday declared an indefinite strike effective Monday, June 2 after the latest negotiation with the federal government on the new minimum wage and the recent hike of electricity tariff ended in a deadlock.Organised labour rejected the N60,000 which government and the private sector said…
The Federal Government has announced the commencement of the Nationwide Mass Transit Conversion Programme which entails the conversion of diesel and petrol-powered mass transit buses to run on Compressed Natural Gas. Abuja, Lagos, Kwara and Rivers states have been picked as locations for the first phase of the mass transit buses’ conversion programme before it…
