HEALTH
Totally blind mice get sight back
Totally blind mice have had their sight restored by injections of light-sensing cells into the eye, UK researchers report.
The team in Oxford said their studies closely resemble the treatments that would be needed in people with degenerative eye disease.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20898935
Tiny blood card offers easier tests for remote areas A cheap and portable b...
Tiny blood card offers easier tests for remote areas
A cheap and portable blood test could provide a breakthrough for diagnosing infections in remote areas of the world, a scientific study says.
The mChip is about the size of a credit card and can diagnose infections within minutes, according to a study in the journal Nature Medicine.
Prototype tests for diseases such as HIV and syphilis in Rwanda showed almost 100% accuracy, it said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14361017
ARE YOU NORMAL? TAKE THE TEST! Have you ever wondered if the t...
ARE YOU NORMAL? TAKE THE TEST!
Have you ever wondered if the things you do in private are normal? See how you compare to others in love, hygiene and everyday habits.
http://www.oprah.com/showinfo/Are-You-Normal-Take-the-Test_1
UN urges world unity against hunger On World Food Day, officials...
UN urges world unity against hunger
On World Food Day, officials call for a growth in agriculture to help almost one billion people facing chronic hunger.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has called for "urgent and concerted actions" from world leaders and international organisations to help put an end to chronic hunger, which affects almost one billion people across the globe.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/10/2010101611460922466.html
Hunger index shows one billion without enough food More than one billion pe...
Hunger index shows one billion without enough food
More than one billion people in the world are now undernourished, according to latest figures.
The 2010 Global Hunger Index shows that child malnutrition is the biggest cause of hunger worldwide, accounting for almost half of those affected.
Countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia were shown to have the highest levels of hunger.
The report's authors called on nations to tackle child malnutrition in order to reduce global hunger.
http://www.ifpri.org/publication/2010-global-hunger-index
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11503845
European Parliament Seeks Ban on Foods From Cloned Animals The European Pa...
European Parliament Seeks Ban on Foods From Cloned Animals
The European Parliament appealed on Wednesday for a ban on the sale of foods from cloned animals and their offspring, the latest sign of deepening concern in the European Union about the safety and ethics of new food technologies.
The chamber, meeting in Strasbourg, also called for a temporary suspension of the sale of food containing ingredients derived from nanotechnology, which involves engineering substances down to very small sizes. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/business/energy-environment/08iht-clone.html
Public to have say on organ donation incentives Cash incentives and th...
Public to have say on organ donation incentives
Cash incentives and the payment of funeral expenses are two ideas being put forward to encourage people to donate human organs and tissue.
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is asking the public if it is ethical to use financial incentives to increase donations of organs, eggs and sperm.
Paying for most types of organs and tissue is illegal in the UK.
The public consultation will last 12 weeks and the council's findings will be published in autumn 2011.
It will explore ways of boosting donations from living people of bodily material such as blood or sperm, as well as ways to encourage more people to sign up for the donor register and state their wishes for their organs to be used by others after their death.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8630129.stm
'Magnetic' stem cells for hearts Heart attacks and other vascular injur...
'Magnetic' stem cells for hearts
Heart attacks and other vascular injuries could eventually be treated using regular injections of magnetised stem cells, experts say.