Saturday, January 15, 2011

Oklahoma cancer scientists pleads for return of laptop with years of data


The attached YouTube video shows a couple who lost a laptop computer that contains several years of data for cancer research.
University researcher, Sook Shin and her husband Ralf Jankecht, a professor of cell biology at Oklahoma University are leading cancer scientists at the institution, CNET News reports.

Introducing: Chickens that won't spread bird flu virus



The attached YouTube video shows a new breed of chickens that will not transmit the virus that causes avian flu.
Scientists at the University of Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom have developed genetically modified chickens that do not have the capability of spreading bird flu virus within poultry flocks.