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Showing posts with label cystic fibrosis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cystic fibrosis. Show all posts

Friday, 17 June 2011

Susan Boyles cleavage takles mutant DNA

Sorry ive been slacking on the blogs lately but i seems i have recently HIT 50 FOLLOWERS!!!! well at the time of this post 57... To celebrate heres a picture of 50 people in the shape of the number 50 (i didnt count but just take my word for it)


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-13808565
A man who walked into Susan Boyles home after she left the door open has been fined £70 for stealing £9. Scott Millar, 17, was initially told to make a donation to the singers favourite Charity following a court case however he decided the money would be better put to use 'doing up' his flat. Millar has since pleaded guilty to entering the house uninvited although because it couldn't be proved that he 'broke in' then he will not face charge? weird. And apparently in Scotland chiefs of police or whatever there called are still called Sheriff, so that's cool...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2004547/When-Im-wheeled-hospital-stretcher-girls-nurses-uniforms-buttoned-right-neck.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
One of the UK's top fetishes according to Heat is Nurses and now even that seems to be taken away... :(
A new six page dress code has been introduced into UK hospitals that demands from now on for all employees in (or out) of uniform to be clothed 'professionally and consistent'.  Sad times.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jun/15/genetics-technique-genes-mutations-dna
Scientists have hit on a genetic discovery that should open up fresh avenues for the treatment of devastating diseases including cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and particular forms of cancer. This new technique aims to correct glitches in the genetic order that lead to the cause and effects of such diseases. Specifics have not yet been released although the concept is said to be so powerful it could revolutionise modern medicine.

Monday, 6 June 2011

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: