Health & Medicine

‘New corona variant Omikron may increase the chance of reinfections’

It seems that people who have previously had COVID-19 are more likely to be reinfected with the new corona variant. Scientists around the world...

Conspiracy theories are rampant in this pandemic, but how come?

During this pandemic, not only the coronavirus is spreading at lightning speed. Conspiracy theories are also rampant. Wild stories about the origin of...

Our cells contain dozens of parts still unknown to us

And that may give us more insight into how human diseases arise. Most human diseases can be traced back to defective parts of a cell....

Cold antibodies also react to Sars-CoV-2

Coronavirus with antibodies. (Image: koto_feja / iSTock) Anyone who has antibodies against harmless, long-circulating human coronaviruses from previous colds is probably better protected against...

Dyslexia affects visual processing

Children with dyslexia not only find it harder to read and write. (Image: Brian A. Jackson / iStock) Reading and spelling disorders can include...

Insights into early human development

Gastrula stage in a frog embryo. (Image: BeholdingEye / iStock) How does the human embryo develop shortly after it has implanted in the uterus?...

‘Corona crisis originated in the market and not in the lab’

A virus expert mercilessly defies all wild theories. It has been the subject of heated debate for some time now: Where did the devastating coronavirus...

Cancer “attacks” immune cells

A breast cancer cell connects to an immune cell via an appendage. Right: Mitochondria marked in green migrate through the nanotube from the...

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