Iran: Persecution of Baha’is
(Beirut) – Iranian authorities’ decades-long systematic repression of Baha’is amounts to the crime against humanity of persecution, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Francis Angevine
Phenotypic and genomic characterisation of performance of tropically adapted chickens raised in smallholder farm conditions in Ethiopia
Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, 80% of poultry production is on smallholder village farms, where chickens are typically reared outdoors in free-ranging conditions.
Ireland: Sinn Féin drops its support for “hate speech” bill
The largest opposition party in the Republic of Ireland, Sinn Féin, has changed its stance on proposed hate speech laws, which signals a political shift in the country and means the bill is unlikely to be passed this side of a general election.
Let’s not lose touch…Your Government
The Carlyle Group: An example of how the Global Public Private Partnership works
In 2009, a documentary revealed how The Carlyle Group’s power and influence in America and around the world became significantly stronger after 9/11 and the Persian Gulf War. It is an example of how public-private partnerships operate to achieve their goals and a warning of what the Global
People do not want war
Hatred is born of fear and raised by ignorance.
A matter of time: how musical training affects time perception
Musical training has been linked to changes in early attentional and perceptual processing.
The relationship between infectious agents and juvenile dermatomyositis: a narrative update from the pediatric perspective
Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is the most common inflammatory myopathy affecting children, being marked by chronic inflammation which mostly impacts on both skin and skeletal muscles; diagnostic criteria of JDM include an unforeseeable mixture of clinical features, while treatment modalities commonly require corticosteroids or immunosuppressant agents. Although the pathogenesis of JDM
Under the guise of biodiversity, they want to genetically manipulate all living things
Last week, a paper was published which describes that scientists have developed a new method to “create” artificial human chromosomes. The hope is that this will revolutionise gene therapy and other biotechnology applications.
We should be extremely concerned but not surprised.
The aim since the Earth Summit in 1992 has
Clinical and immunological comparison of COVID-19 disease between critical and non-critical courses: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Introduction: Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which appeared in 2019, has been classified as critical and non-critical according to clinical signs and symptoms.
Associations between sex hormones, receptors, binding proteins and inflammatory bowel disease: a Mendelian randomization study
Background: Gender differences existed in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).
Using SCENTinel® to predict SARS-CoV-2 infection: insights from a community sample during dominance of Delta and Omicron variants
Introduction: Based on a large body of previous research suggesting that smell loss was a predictor of COVID-19, we investigated the ability of SCENTinel®, a newly validated rapid olfactory test that assesses odor detection, intensity, and identification, to predict SARS-CoV-2 infection in a community sample. Methods: Between April 5, 2021,
Decision Day: “In Democracies This is Called Journalism” – A Major Piece by former Assange Associate Holger Stark.
Back in January what has been call a “major German piece” on Assange was written by one of his former associates, Holger Stark who was with SPIEGEL magazine back in the 2000s and was involved in the publication of WikiLeaks. “The essence of a democracy is to allow criticism, even
Use of tetraethylammonium (TEA) and Tris loading for blocking TRPM7 channels in intact cells
Tetraethylammonium (TEA), a quaternary ammonium compound, is a well-known blocker of potassium channels belonging to various subfamilies, such as KV1-3, KCa1, 2 and prokaryotic KcsA.
US health authorities quietly removed Americans’ right to informed consent that was codified in the Nuremberg Code
In a concerning development, informed consent has been quietly revoked, marking a blow to patient autonomy.
Case report: Concurrent intrathecal and intravenous pembrolizumab for metastatic melanoma with leptomeningeal disease
Leptomeningeal disease (LMD) is a serious cancer complication associated with poor prognosis.Approximately 5%–25% of patients with melanoma develop LMD.
