By PATRICK AMUNAVI A Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) researcher has received honour from the Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) for her scientific research and invention efforts that offer hope to patients with arthritis. KIPI feted Dr. Christine Ong’ayo Wangia, a senior lecturer who teaches in the School of Pharmacy, Department of…
Japan supports KEMRI to Develop Diagnostic Test Kits for Rift Valley fever
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has supported Kenya launch a diagnostic test kits and the smartphone-based alert system were developed under the Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS1). The development of the kit and the smartphone-based alert system (mSOS) for disease outbreaks through short messaging services (or SMS) are a…
KEMRI to roll out research on Jigger menace in Busia County
By Cheki Abuje The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) Alupe will conduct scientific research on the jigger menace in Busia County to ascertain why it had remained resistant even after hygiene solutions have been found. KEMRI chairperson Dr Lilian Apadet said the institution will invest Sh224m set aside for the research to unravel the mystery…