September 2025
The bacteria turning waste plastic into painkillers
Earlier this year an extraordinary new way of using waste plastic made headlines. A common bacterium was genetically engineered to eat a plastic-derived molecule and then digest it to produce the everyday painkiller, paracetamol. The microbe used by Stephen Wallace, professor of chemical biotechnology at the University of Edinburgh, was Escherichia coli, better known as…
Court Orders NMA To Determine Nnamdi Kanu’s Fitness To Stand Trial
The court ordered that the report of the team’s findings should be signed by both its chairman and secretary and should be filed in the court’s registry within eight days from today (September 26, 2025). The Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to set up a team…