Zika, dengue, yellow fever and Japanese encephalitis viruses belong to one genus - flavivirus. Dr. Ewelina Król, who is working on the vaccine against the Zika virus, talks about the development of vaccines for diseases caused by this group of pathogens.

If you want to do a genetic test, use a certified laboratory, preferably one that operates at a large medical centre, advises Prof. Katarzyna Tońska, a geneticist from the University of Warsaw. She points out that in Poland there is chaos in legal regulations concerning DNA testing.

Greater patients` comfort during dialysis will be provided by a VR device designed by a Szczecin company in cooperation with the Pomeranian Medical University. The creators hope that it will also improve the effectiveness of the treatment.

Testing DNA for diseases does not always make sense. But if there are frequent cancers in the family, it is worth checking the predisposition to the disease, geneticist Prof. Katarzyna Tońska argues in an interview with PAP.

On the day of an important sports event, the risk of heart attack in men may increase by up to 11% in relation to the initial risk, warn experts of the campaign "Heart attack - time is life". That is why it is worth to know the symptoms of myocardial infarction and respond quickly, they point out.

In Kraków, a woman gave birth to the first sextuplets in Poland: four girls and two boys. Their birth is a joint success of obstetricians and neonatologists, told PAP head of the Neonatology Department of the University Hospital in Kraków, Prof. Ryszard Lauterbach.

Studying knotted proteins is a step towards new antibiotics that can handle the most resistant bacteria. Agata Perlińska from the Centre of New Technologies of the University of Warsaw analyses the knotted enzyme present in all such bacteria.

Noise can not be eliminated, but it can be managed to make it less bothersome for people. Acoustics expert Prof. Janusz Kompała talks about our ever-louder environment and how to deal with it.

Significant improvement in the use of hospital operating rooms in the UK will be possible thanks to the project carried out by a British company and a Polish partner. Future Processing informed about the project.