Mitchell addresses misinformation surrounding new [Bamamas] immigration policy
From Bahama Islands Info NASSAU, Bahamas — The new immigration policies came into effect on Saturday, November 1 and in the wake of a routine spot check by the Department of Immigration, images and commentary were posted in social media…
Human skin cells reprogrammed directly into brain cells
From Science Daily By Washington University in St. Louis Summary: Scientists have described a way to convert human skin cells directly into a specific type of brain cell affected by Huntington’s disease, an ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disorder. Unlike other techniques…
The REAL face of King Tut: Pharaoh had girlish hips, a club foot and buck teeth
By Mario Ledwith for Daily Mail and Francesco Infante According to ‘virtual autopsy’ that also revealed his [King Tut] parents were brother and sister ‘Virtual autopsy’ composed of more than 2,000 computer scans carried out Genetic analysis of Tutankhamun’s family…
The Editor Speaks: Police failures in evidence that could prove accused innocent
We have all seen movies and read novels where an innocent man/woman goes to prison due to the police not bothering, or unwilling or even deliberately not seeking all the evidence that would have found the accused innocent. I was…
‘Exciting’ drug flushes out HIV
By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News HIV Scientists say they have made an “exciting” step towards curing HIV by forcing the virus out of hiding. HIV can become part of someone’s DNA and lie dormant for decades, making a…
Salamanders hold clues to how humans could regrow limbs
By Max Yun, Research Fellow at University College London for The Conversation UK From Mashable Humans have some regenerative abilities but compared to creatures like the salamander, which has an amazing ability to regenerate after injury, we’re pretty limited. Not…
Fossil feces tell the tale of ancient Caribbean migration
Paul Hamaker Paeleontology Examiner From Examiner.com Fossilized feces known as coprolites have been used for the first time to verify the movements of ancient Americans from South America to the islands of the Caribbean about 1,500 years ago. The research…
New Endangered Cayman Rock Iguana Exhibit opens at Cayman Turtle Farm
A new terrestrial exhibit at the Cayman Turtle Farm: Island Wildlife Encounter featuring the Sister Islands Rock Iguana, Cyclura nubila caymanensis (otherwise known as the Cayman Rock Iguana/Sister Islands Iguana) opened in March. This species of iguana – a cousin…
WuXi PharmaTech purchases an Illumina HiSeq X Ten Sequencing System
SAN DIEGO and SHANGHAI, March 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Illumina, Inc. ILMN -2.05% and WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. WX -0.89% , a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device R&D outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, today…
Can chlorophyll protect you from cancer?
By Magda Rod from Care2 Chlorophyll is a chemical compound in plants that collects light and uses the light to make energy. It also gives plants their green color. Chlorophyll is the life blood of plants. It has a long…
