From BBC: 'Spare part heart' beats in lab:
The stripped-out shell of a heart has been made to work again - using brand new cells planted inside it.
Scientists removed all the muscle cells in a rat heart, leaving just a "scaffold" of other tissues such as blood vessels and valves.
When the University of Minnesota team added heart cells, they quickly grew and produced a pumping action.
In just four days, the cells had multiplied and spread to such an extent that the researchers could see contractions in the new muscle tissue.
By the eight day, the home-grown hearts were capable of pumping, albeit at only 2% of the power of a normal rat heart
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have shown that a person's enjoyment of wine can be heightened if they are simply told that it is an expensive one.
Wine expert Jancis Robinson says she was not surprised to see that the research was carried out in California.
She argues that American attitudes to wine can be very different to those of the British wine-buying public.
"At least seven years ago, I was told by a sommelier at a top restaurant in California that he couldn't sell wine that was priced at under $100 at bottle," she says. "He was able to sell the same wine when he raised the price to more than $100."
Appreciation
She says that while the Americans love to spend and expensive wine is seen as a regular "reward" purchase, the British are always looking for a bargain.
"We have an innate fear of being fleeced," she says.
A police report has been lodged against Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) legal adviser P Uthayakumar by the movement’s secretary T Vasanthakumar over allegations of misuse of funds.
Certain individuals have been collecting money in the name of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) – but not channelling it back to Hindraf.
In a statement, Hindraf chairman P. Waythamoorthy (currently in London) said unauthorised persons were collecting funds meant to aid the five leaders of Hindraf who were arrested under the Internal Security Act last month.
If what Loh Mui Fah said was true, there are many questions can be asked:
ReplyDelete- Why did the PM mum over Loh’s letter and his appeal for protection?
- Same question to Tan Sri Haidar who had insisted that nobody came forward to offer information, why did he keep silent?
- What was the role of the ACA? Did the ACA act on the tip off from VK Lingam?
In short, it is obvious that the authorities knew that the clip was genuine and have already had the means to tract down the maker of the video not long after Anwar released the clip.
While in actual fact, the members of the investigation panel need no further evidence on the authenticity of the clip.
Even when the Royal Commission was formed, Tan Sri Haidar continued to be silent on the identity of the video maker. If Mr Loh Mui Fah did not voluntarily present himself to the public, I wonder he would ever be called for the inquiry.
http://www.tianchua.net/en/2008/01/13/nobody-came/