“When did it start? It really started in my head a long, long time ago.” So says Emily G. Hanna about when the idea came to her for the new exhibition at the Mingei International Museum. To hear her ...
A new blood test can identify which individuals of African ancestry carrying high-risk APOL1 gene variants are most likely to develop kidney failure, years before clinical disease becomes apparent.
A switch of just two weeks from a traditional African diet to a Western diet causes inflammation, reduces the immune response to pathogens, and activates processes associated with lifestyle diseases.
An important finding from the study concerns a gene called APOL1. Two variants of the APOL1 gene, known as G1 and G2, ...
African scientists identify new genetic links in kidney disease breakthrough ...
The study sheds new light on the genetics of chronic kidney disease (CKD) across diverse African populations and will support ...
African-derived oral literature : a background -- Writing orality in Wole Soyinka's poetry -- African oral poetics in the poetry of Louise Bennett and Edward Kamau Brathwaite -- Building community : ...
Brown, Janine L., Somerville, M., Riddle, H., Keele, M., and Freeman, E. W. 2007. "Comparative endocrinology of testicular, adrenal and thyroid function in Asian and ...