looking to develop vaccines against new and emerging diseases such as lassa fever or the marburg virus. if the plague study goes well, then scientists aim to conduct further vaccine trials in africa in the hope of curbing one of the biggest killers in history. fergus walsh, bbc news, 0xford. the man known as the godfather of sudoku , has died at the age of 69. maki kaji was a japanese puzzle enthusiast who popularised the number game, coming up with its iconic name in the 1980s. after newspapers begans printing it in the early 2000s, the puzzle became a worldwide craze, with tens of millions of people testing their mental agility with sudoku every day. nick baxter is the captain of the us sudoku and puzzle teams. he told me about the
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will receive the treatment, designed by the same labs that created the 0xford astrazeneca covid jab. our medical editor, fergus walsh now reports on efforts to combat a disease which still kills protection from an ancient killer a vaccine against plague. larissa is one of the first volunteers to receive it as part of a trial in oxford which will assess the vaccine s safety and whether it induces a good immune response. i am lucky enough to live in a time where vaccines are being developed, and so when i saw that there was a study in the developing of a vaccine against a disease that s been around for thousands of years and has killed millions of people. and, so, that s the reason i did. plague is caused by bacteria found in fleas and rodents and can be spread by humans whose lungs have been infected.
we ve already done clinical trials using similar technology against a bacterium, meningitis b, and in virus zika, but we re also looking to develop vaccines against new and emerging diseases such as lassa fever or the marburg virus. if the plague study goes well, then scientists aim to conduct further vaccine trials in africa in the hope of curbing one of the biggest killers in history. fergus walsh, bbc news, 0xford. a museum in the netherlands has opened a new exhibition aimed at people who are visually impaired. called the blind spot and based in the city of utrecht it recreates existing artworks but adds extra dimensions, including sounds and smells. the bbc s tim allman has more. art tends to be, by its very nature, a visual medium. a display of colour and light, texture and contrast.
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