New Year Special: Combining the fads in 1 dish to create a healthy dish… supposedly
Reading Time: 12 minutes The Ivory Embassy wishes all of you a happy new year! The doors to the Embassy are finally reopened, after a well needed Christmas break and we know exactly what you need right now. You need to get healthy. You need a healthy diet. We cleaned our office kitchen to create a healthy dish; actually…
In wine we trust – how feeding cells with wine cured cancer
Reading Time: 6 minutes Red wine cures cancer! That caught your attention, didn’t it? It’s just an example of titles or statements that can quickly spread in social media and cause confusion, in addition to a smile of course. An incomplete truth gets massive attention for a while to eventually dissipate in the chaos of news that we are…
Gene editing | How to cut DNA and manipulate genes
Reading Time: 8 minutes Before jumping into the CRISPR technology, we need to learn how researchers cut DNA through different gene editing tools. How do these tools differ from each other? The chances are that you have heard of the advances in gene editing. In case you missed it, scientists can now alter the sequence of mammalian genes (and…
Scientific misinformation | Is ignorance bliss?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Our responsibility to inform – we are part of the ivory tower Do a quick scroll in the news-feed of your preferred social media sites. Stop scrolling once you find a post covering ideas or even proclaimed facts about cancer research or treatments. If your feed resembles ours you could be reading the following headlines…