Laboratory Organ

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.

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.

“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.