Stories around the fire

Not alot of time to write todays blog so thought id post a couple of interesting stories from today campfire style.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jun/13/bbc-television-centre-for-sale
The BBC Television Centre (BBC HQ) is being sold in attempt to aid major cost cutting program. "Fortunately" for us that means they can fund an extra 30 hours of "high"-quality drama each year. Yeah...

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/866222-jaws-style-shark-attack-in-cornwall
A fishermans boat has been attacked off the coast of cornwall by a suspected 'Oceananic whitetip shark'. Global warming is suspected to be the reason for the typically warmer watered dweller (often seen off the coast of Spain and Portugal) to travel further North. Fucking foreigners...

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/06/10/jack.white.divorce/
That guy from the White Stripes is throwing a party to celebrate the divorce from his now ex wife.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jun/13/uk-mother-agrees-donate-womb-daughter
Mother agrees to donate her womb to her daughter who cannot have children due to a genetic birth defect. Seems fair.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/228331.php
A third of britons suffering from diabetes supposedly keep the illness a secret. Well their obviously not doing a good enough job, slackers.

Pioneering Research on Hold and Werewolves... kinda

HELLO!

After such a great response from the previous article on stem cell research i decided to feature another story on topical medicine aswell as some other reports.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13643267
Research into a gene therapy cure for cystic fibrosis has been halted due to a public funding shortfall attributed to the economic downturn. The UK CF Gene Therapy Consortium have spent the last 10 years working on a treatment for the disease and were hoping to begin a trial later this summer yet despite being shortlisted for the a prestigous medical innovation award by the MFIA the team led by Prof' Eric Alton say the earliest we can expect the trials to now get underway will be next March at the earliest.

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You need a large critical mass of people doing the research, getting scientists and doctors working as a team, recruiting patients and making the material for the trial. It's been a decade of effort. No one else is capable of doing it. It is completely unique. ”

Professor Eric AltonUK CF Gene Therapy Consortium
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1394657/Scientists-discover-werewolf-gene-spell-end-baldness.html?ito=feeds-newsxmlScientists from the University of Southern California have potential found a cure for the balding. The "werewolf" gene which causes hair to grow all over the body including the face has been found and scientists are claiming that the discovery could lead to a remedy for baldness. Research has now begun into developing drugs capable of triggering a genetic mutation to "turn on" this typically genetic disorder.
Couldnt find a werewolf song so this will have to do: