A recent report on CNN tells about the efforts of researchers to develop a specialized skin “printing” system. The device could be used to rebuild damaged or burned skin. In future it could be used to treat soldiers wounded on the battlefield. Work is going on at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The [...]
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602 Comments »According to a recent report in Fox News, Danish police on Wednesday arrested a 44-year-old man after he allegedly shot and killed his three children and attempted to commit suicide.
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: accused, children, kids, killing, murder, police, suicide 30 Comments »Egyptian demonstrators fought security forces into the early hours of Friday in the city of Suez, and the Internet was blocked ahead of the biggest protests yet planned against President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule. Emboldened by this month’s revolt that toppled the authoritarian leader of Tunisia, Egyptians have staged mass protests since Tuesday. The biggest [...]
West Bengal, India: A 15-year-old tribal girl, who was forced to parade naked through villages in Birbhum district for daring to fall in love with a boy from another community, has been nominated for the National Bravery Award. Birbhum District Magistrate Soumitra Mohan said that he had received a letter from the Indian Council for [...]
India, Moved by the rising cases of cancer among the poor, who are hampered by both lack of awareness and funds, a doctor in this industrial town, a suburb of Delhi, Saturday set up a non-governmental organisation (NGO) to offer free diagnosis and treatment. Named New India Cancer Charity Initiative (NICCI), the NGO is the [...]
