…sed on cells taken from bone marrow and improvements have been slight. The Imperial team believes that stem cells from the heart will be much more successful. These cells are extremely rare, with just 300 per million normal heart cells, meaning the lack the power needed to repair the damage wrought by a heart attack. But the scientists have found a way of extracting them from a patient’s own heart…
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…t as “one of the most spectacular jewels in our auction”. Speaking before the sale, Beatles expert Perry Cox said: “With my being thoroughly immersed in Beatles collectibles for over 30 years, it takes something extraordinarily special to excite me, but I consider this to be one of the top two items of Beatles memorabilia I’ve ever seen – the other being a signed copy…
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Read More » A case study reports that a man with two hearts – one his own, one a donor heart- was resuscitated via a defibrillator when both organs developed irregular heart rhythms. The case study was published online recently in the journal Annals of Emergency Medicine and explains how the life-saving measures used in 2010 saved a 71-year-old who received the donor heart in 2003. The patient had also…
Udinese football club fan Arrigo Brovedani has stolen media attention in Italy after being the only supporter to show up to watch his club play an away game in the top league. Arrigo Brovedani was the club’s sole supporter in Genoa for a Serie A match against local team Sampdoria. The 30-something wine merchant found himself alone in the visitors’ section. But Sampdoria stewards gave…
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A Dutch study has found that severely obese children are putting their heart at danger even while they are still in primary school. Heart disease is normally associated with middle age, but the early warning signs were detected in children between the ages of two and 12. Two-thirds of the 307 children studied had a least one early symptom such as high blood pressure. The findings were presented i…
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Scientists from Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, have found that boa constrictors halt squeezing a prey when their victim’s heart stops. This accurate calculation of death, while seemingly just cruel, allows the snake to expend the minimum amount of energy Scientists discovered boas can actually “feel” their victim’s heartbeat after a series of experiments. First they used dead rats w…
RiRi Woo, Rihanna’s new lipstick for MAC, has sold out just three hours after going on sale for the first time. Rihanna, 25, announced her Twitter followers that her MAC lipstick was finally available to buy yesterday afternoon – but just a short while later she posted an update letting fans know that there were no more left. “#SOLDOUT!!!!!!!!!! First shipment sell awf!!! Next shipm…
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Alice in Wonderland fans have been marking the 150th anniversary of the fateful boat trip that saw the genesis of the children’s tale. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is, on one level at least, the story of a girl who disappears down a rabbit hole to a fantastic place full of bizarre adventures. Charles Dodgson, a mathematician at Christ Church, Oxford, first told his surreal story t…
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President Barack Obama today signaled he would push for tight gun control in the wake of the massacre of 26 at an elementary school in Connecticut, saying there had been “too many” mass shootings in America. During a moving appearance, the president said the time had come to “take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics”. Barack Obama struggled for words,…
The 9/11 commemoration ceremony began exactly as it did on that fateful date 10 years ago. Where the Twin Towers of World Trade Centre stood until 9:59 a.m. and 10:28 a.m. respectively on 11 September 2001, two giant waterfall pools features now cascaded following their official opening. World Trade Centre memorial ceremony, September 11, 2011 The sound of water falling 30 ft to the reflective p…
…s one does not eat leaves at all and eats only red or colorful things, like peppers or carrots,” Sergei Ryabov said. The two-headed turtle can be seen in the natural history museum of Kiev until April 20. …
…likes the royal family, she said: “They give a good impression of the country.” That’s a sentiment common in Luxembourg. To all appearances, the bride and groom are a lovely couple. He is 30, with dark hair and an immaculate beard. She is 28, blonde and smiling. In public appearances, including at the London Olympics, they have appeared besotted with each other. According to biographi…
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At first glance it’s your average baby doll, diaper clad and equipped with various bottles of “milk”. The blonde-haired, blue-eyed youngster looks life-life enough, her mouth upturned in an open-lipped smile, her puffy elbows and knees typical of a newborn. But on closer inspection she is way more than just a doll, she is the freakish creation of a horror-show design project, developed by U…
Oct 13 2012 | Posted in
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Disney is exploring the use of 3D printers to build new kinds of light features into objects. The firm’s researchers are working on a range of techniques including “light pipes” and tubes of enclosed air that can be made to glow in controlled ways. They say that 3D printers can create objects with “micron accuracy” that would otherwise be more complicated and costly…
…ying on the first cologne called Unbreakable, the name simply screams Christmas. When last year’s bottle hit the shelves they stated it was all their strong bond. In a new statement, Khloe Kardashian, 28, describes how they channeled the most wonderful time of the year. “The holiday season is all about surrounding yourself with the ones you adore, and we wanted to create a fragrance that really ca…
Oct 19 2012 | Posted in
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…ut cheating claims that rocked their marriage on Oprah’s Next Chapter. The rumors Josh Duhamel had an affair with a stripper hit the headlines nine months after they tied the knot on January 10, 2009, but they say the ordeal has made them stronger. Fergie has given her followers on Twitter a sneak preview of what she will bear wearing for Halloween Fergie said: “We went to therapy. The whol…
Oct 27 2012 | Posted in
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…heart attack while cleaning out a pool that was going to be used in the film. He was pronounced dead on Friday according to the coroner’s spokesman. The Lone Ranger, due to be released in July 2013, is a remake of the classic adventure with Johnny Depp as Native American spirit warrior Tonto and Armie Hammer in the title role Walt Disney studios said: “Our hearts and thoughts are wit…
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…they come home. That’s why we do this. That’s what politics can be. That’s why elections matter. It’s not small, it’s big. It’s important. Democracy in a nation of 300 million can be noisy and messy and complicated. We have our own opinions. Each of us has deeply held beliefs. And when we go through tough times, when we make big decisions as a country, it neces…
sident holds a slender polling lead in crucial swing states. National polls by Washington Post/ABC News and the Pew Research Centre both give Barack Obama a three-point edge over his rival. As many as 30 million voters have already cast their ballots, with more than 30 states allowing either absentee voting or in-person early voting. On the stroke of midnight, the first votes were cast and quickly…
…day. “We’ve come too far to turn back now. We’ve come too far to let our hearts grow faint.” Thirty million Americans have already cast their ballot through early voting across 34 states. In the 2008 presidential election, 130 million people voted. With the election expected to be decided by a razor-thin margin, both sides are readying teams of lawyers for legal fights. Dem…
n US politics: among his campaign workers in 1972 was a young Bill Clinton. “I believe no other presidential candidate ever has had such an enduring impact in defeat,” Bill Clinton said in 2006 at the dedication of George McGovern’s library in Mitchell, South Dakota, according to the Associated Press. “Senator, the fires you lit then still burn in countless hearts.” &…
Just two months after being adopted by a new family, SpongeBob, the 33lbs gigantic cat, who horrified and charmed New York, has died. The cat gained unlikely celebrity status earlier this summer when he arrived at New York City rescue centre. Although veterinaries said his death was not caused by his weight the 9-year-old moggie’s obesity made an operation life threatening and his new owner…
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e in a process likely to see him face at least 12 counts of first-degree murder. He could face further charges of aggravated assault and weapons violations. Prosecutors are to formally file charges on 30 July. One prosecutor has warned it could take at least a year before James Holmes stands trial, the AP reported. The office of prosecutor Carol Chambers is considering whether to press for the dea…
New reports give details about James Holmes, the psychotic gunman who killed 12 people at a screening of the new Batman film on Thursday night. James Holmes, 24, was a PhD student who was described as “really smart” but was in the process of dropping out of graduate school at the University of Colorado Denver. He is said to have had few friends and barely any social life, instead spending hours i…
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US begin to mourn the 12 people killed by a gunman at a showing of the new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, and a candlelit vigil has been held in Aurora, Colorado. US President Barack Obama ordered flags flown at half mast. A man in a gas mask and body armour threw tear gas canisters at a midnight screening, then fired on the crowd, killing 12 and injuring 58. Suspect James Holmes, 24, was ar…
