The first transplant operation with an organ wholly grown in a laboratory have performed. A 36 year old man, who has a new windpipe, is still recovering after the surgeons operated him. The organ in created by the man’s own stem cells. Surgeons used the stem cells from windpipes before but used the collagen skeletons of donations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jul/08/cancer-patient-synthetic-organ-transplant
Jeej! Long live the science! This is a great founding. It saves people’s life. The article said that it is hard to find organs for little children so with this founding that can be repaired. I think this is just the start of organs wholly grown in laboratory and in a couple of years scientists can make all organs. It is also a good solution to the short of donors worldwide, though I do think they should use the organs from donors as much as they can, growing organs but be expensive. And I quite like the idea of making use of “second hand” organs.
vrijdag 8 juli 2011
Speaker' Corned: Children Growing Weaker
Children in the UK are becoming weaker, less muscular and are unable to do physical task previous generations found simple. The research mostly focused on the 10-year olds. The can do fewer sit ups and are less able to hang on bars in the gym. Their arm strength has declined as well as the ability to grab an object. The loss of physical power is probably due to the change in activities. Playing computer games replaced the outdoor activities like rope skipping and tree climbing.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/may/21/children-weaker-computers-replace-activity
Honestly, I do not think this is a big problem. Lately, the people keep growing older and I do not think this is necessarily a good thing. The loss in physical power would not do so much harm that children cannot come out of their bed so it would not have a huge impact on their life. To me it is a shame that children prefer playing computer games. Being outdoors sounds like much more fun than sitting behind your desk on the computer. Outdoors, children will play with other children and this is good for their social skills. I do not like the idea that children will always play with the computer and do not experience the real life, not because of their health.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/may/21/children-weaker-computers-replace-activity
Honestly, I do not think this is a big problem. Lately, the people keep growing older and I do not think this is necessarily a good thing. The loss in physical power would not do so much harm that children cannot come out of their bed so it would not have a huge impact on their life. To me it is a shame that children prefer playing computer games. Being outdoors sounds like much more fun than sitting behind your desk on the computer. Outdoors, children will play with other children and this is good for their social skills. I do not like the idea that children will always play with the computer and do not experience the real life, not because of their health.
“It may sound silly, but going on holiday with blind people opens your eyes."
Lately there are trips organized for blind people. A group of about twenty people went to southern Italy. Half of the people in the group are blind or visually impaired and the other half of the group is fully sighted. The trip is organized to show blind people around by fully sighted people. Every fully sighted person has a blind person on the arm to help them with obstacles and also to entertain them.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jun/30/blind-people-travel-traveleyes
I really like the idea of special trips for blind people. I feel sad for the people who are blind, I cannot imagine how it is to be blind but I think you will really miss something. By letting full sighted people help the blind people personally they will get to know much more and they do not feel like a third wheel. They will have the full attention but then positive. The sighted people were also very positive about the trip and I understand. Helping blind people is a thankful job, one even said it was an eye-opener to go on a trip with blind people.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jun/30/blind-people-travel-traveleyes
I really like the idea of special trips for blind people. I feel sad for the people who are blind, I cannot imagine how it is to be blind but I think you will really miss something. By letting full sighted people help the blind people personally they will get to know much more and they do not feel like a third wheel. They will have the full attention but then positive. The sighted people were also very positive about the trip and I understand. Helping blind people is a thankful job, one even said it was an eye-opener to go on a trip with blind people.
maandag 25 april 2011
Lack of support causes student misbehavior
Parents are responsible for the way students behave at school. Students perform better when their parents support them. Most schoolchildren do not turn up at school with basic materials like a pen but do bring their mobile phones, Ipods and other gadgets. Besides, the gadgets are disturbing during the classes. Another result of the lack of support is the lack of students' discipline. According to two third of all teachers the main reason for the misbehaviour of pupils is the lack of support of their parents. School ministers Nick Gibb wants to make an end of this bad behaviour.
Parents should ensure that their children turn up at school with the right equipment and motivate their children to participate in class and do their homework on time, especially on primary school. The article says nothing about the age of the pupils they are talking about therefore I have a broad opinion. If they are talking about students older than 14 I do not think that parents are equally responsible for their children’s behaviour. At that age students are not that keen on their parent’s well-meant advices and should be responsible for their own materials. Students older than 14 have to be responsible for their behaviour.
Gay kiss event
Londen, a homophobic pub closed its door because hundreds of gay people planned to kiss in front of the pub as a protest. Reason for this protest was the request to James Bull and Jonathan Williams of staff members to leave the pub because of ‘’obscene kissing’’. The pub in Soho suddenly was the centre of the attention when Williams posted a tweet about the incident. Not long after this the gay kissing event was found. The pub closed its door at 3:30 pm a couple of ours before the event started, at 7:00 pm. In about 300 people attended the gay kissing event.
It is ridiculous that gay people are not equal to straight people. If two straight people were kissing it would not be noticed and they certainly would not be asked to leave. In this case the two gay people had to leave because it looked ‘’obscene’’. It is just mad that in this western world there is still a distinction in orientation. I love the way this event turned out. The pub showed itself of its worst side by closing its doors which is just so weak. I like how the gay people stick together and I could not agree with them more. This was a great pay back.
zaterdag 16 april 2011
BritNed
BritNed Cable
There will be an electricity cable, the BritNed, from Kent to somewhere near Rotterdam 260 km and will cost£500m. It is the first link between the UK 80 km but the HVDC not. The HVDC is designed to enlarge the use of green energy. The new possibility to import and export energy easily over national borders means that we can maximize the use of green energy.
To me this finding sounds like the start of a healthier world. To invest in the future is one of the best investments there are. With the BritNed we can maximize the use of green energy by transporting it over national borders so it is for a cleaner global environment. Since the energy can be transported without losing power we can transport the energy over continents. With this new finding we can use the great sun power of the Sahara and use it wherever it is needed. For instance, to help the poor in Africa . The new BritNed cable can be the start of something huge, a better environment and a better overall distribution of energy.
Abonneren op:
Posts (Atom)