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Print Email Share Stem cell expert confident of diabetes cure Posted 3 hours 16 minutes ago The head of the world's richest stem cell research fund says he expects to see a cure for diabetes in little more than a decade. Professor Alan Trounson has highlighted research that has transformed human embryonic stem cells into insulin-producing cells to treat diabetes in mice. He says the technique could work equally with humans. "I do think...
February, 19 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
The study involved inducing happy or sad moods in their subjects through watching films and recalling positive or negative events. (iStockphoto) "Our research suggests that sadness ... promotes information processing strategies best suited to dealing with more demanding situations." via abc.net.au So at least we know it is best that I upset / annoy / bug and generally be mean to my work teammates! It makes sense. They will perform better! I like the sound of that...
November, 2 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
SCIENTISTS are developing a cream that promises to act faster than Viagra - and without the side effects. PerthNow reports the lotion is said to produce almost instant results, unlike anti-impotence tablets which can take 30 minutes to an hour before taking effect. via news.com.au ...perhaps its the rubbing? You can by KY now and I bet its a lot cheaper! ;) *Joking* Its good to see more scientific developments to help the poor blokes who can't...
September, 22 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Health officials are probing the case of a Chicago plague researcher who died after contracting a rare infection which may have been caused by a weakened laboratory strain of deadly bacteria. An autopsy found the bacteria in the blood of Malcolm Casadaban, who died shortly after he was admitted to hospital on September 13, university officials said. The weakened laboratory strain is not known to cause illness in healthy adults and has been used as a vaccine to protect against...
September, 21 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
HOMELESS AND HUNGRY: The City of Bayswater has ordered the Shopfront in Maylands to stop providing food to homeless and disadvantaged people because of a permit technicality. Picture: St Vincent de Paul Society What everyone else is thinking Cary 21/09/2009 I think its great, we dont want this type of people hanging around our neighbourhood. Most of these people of drug addicts and alcoholics who choose this lifestyle, the sooner we get rid of them the better. The next...
September, 20 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Mr Albanese criticised Mr Turnbull for voting against the Government's $42 billion stimulus package, then turning up to an announcement in April that $2 million of the funds would be spent on a pavilion at Waverley Oval, in Mr Turnbull's electorate. "I wrote to the leader of the Opposition and suggested that he might like to come along," he said."Now you would think that, you know, (out of) a sense of doing the right thing, he'd be too embarrassed ... to come along...
May, 25 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull told to stop bothering Perth shoppers. Photo: Glen McCurtayne Perth's Karrinyup Shopping Centre management has apologised to Malcolm Turnbull after telling him to stop pestering Perth shoppers with political questions. The Federal Opposition leader's plan to press the flesh with shoppers at the popular shopping mall was shut down yesterday after centre management said he failed to seek permission. via watoday.com...
May, 22 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
THE Federal Government's decision to move to a containment stage to deal with swine flu will be disruptive but necessary, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.Mr Rudd said he had been briefed by Australia's chief medical officer and there had been 13 confirmed cases of the virus in Australia to date. "The Government has acted in response to each and every recommendation put to the government by the professional health authorities across our nation," he said. "This will of course...
May, 22 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
THE wife of shamed Footy Show host Matthew Johns last night issued the ultimate condemnation of her husband's role in a group sex scandal, declaring: "I certainly wouldn't like it to be my daughter." On the day Johns was stood down by both Channel 9 and the Melbourne Storm, Trish Johns broke a seven-year silence to say she was standing by her husband, The Daily Telegraph reports. via news.com.au To all concerned...including Maxine Mckew MP, perhaps when 19 year...
May, 13 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves