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Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia develops silently often with no symptoms, particularly in the early stages. shutterstock

May 18, 2017

Kenyan study shines new light on chronic myeloid leukaemia

Nicholas A. Abinya, University of Nairobi; Andrew Odhiambo, University of Nairobi; Esther Dindi, University of Nairobi; Peter Oyiro, University of Nairobi, and Sitna Mwanzi, The Aga Khan University

One of the confirmed causes of Chronic myeloid leukaemia is contact with an atomic weapon or nuclear radiation. Other risks factors of this type of cancer are still being established.

September 22, 2016

Why Alzheimer’s research is failing to hit treatment targets

Karen Marshall, University of Sussex

A disease that we have known about for more than 100 years still defies proper description and a consensus on how to tackle it.

Water tower in Flint, Michigan. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

September 20, 2016

How ZIP codes nearly masked the lead problem in Flint

Richard Casey Sadler, Michigan State University

High blood lead levels in children in Flint, Michigan were obscured in part because of an outdated method of studying public health -- the ZIP code. Here's why we need to make use of a better way.

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Richard Casey Sadler
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Karen Marshall
Research Fellow, University of Sussex
Nicholas A. Abinya
Professor of Medicine, section of Haematology and Oncology, University of Nairobi
Andrew Odhiambo
Assistant Lecturer in Internal Medicine & Medical Oncology/Haematology, University of Nairobi
Peter Oyiro
Fellow Haematology-Oncology, University of Nairobi
Esther Dindi
Researcher, University of Nairobi
Sitna Mwanzi
Program Director, Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University