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3D PRINTED ORGANS. "In 2013, Chinese scientists found ways of printing ears, livers and kidneys, with living tissue. Researchers at Hangzhou Dianzi University invented their own 3D printer for the complex task, dubbed the “Regenovo.” Regenovo’s developer, Xu Mingen, said that it takes the printer less than an hour to produce either a mini liver sample or a four to five inch ear cartilage sample."" " http://lnkd.in/bNKinV7 View in LinkedIn

EU SUMMIT. "One of the key initiatives of the European Commission is its Digital Agenda for Europe, which it says "aims to reboot Europe's economy and help Europe's citizens and businesses to get the most out of digital technologies. Council officials say investment in the digital economy is vital to boost growth. They want to address market fragmentation and a perceived shortage in IT skills."" " http://lnkd.in/bJaT-ux View in LinkedIn

NEED AN ORGAN? 3D PRINT IT!! Various organs have been 3D printed to date. "Using stem cells as the “ink” in a 3-D printer, researchers in Scotland hope to eventually build 3-D printed organs and tissues. A team at Heriot-Watt University used a specially designed valve-based technique to deposit whole, live cells onto a surface in a specific pattern."" " http://lnkd.in/be7PuBS View in LinkedIn

WIDESPREAD USE OF METHYLMERCURY FOR SEED DRESSINGS in the past. "Expanded use of mercury fungicides and improper labeling paved the way for a series of food poisoning incidents during famines in several countries. Large numbers of poisonings and deaths occurred, but the emergency circumstances during a famine made data collection difficult."" " http://lnkd.in/b2NesnY View in LinkedIn

HUMAN ORGANS GROWN IN PIGS. "Experiments building up to organ farms have been carried out in pigs, mice and rats in Japan. So far, regulations there have made the next stage impossible – using human stem cells to make human-animal chimeras. But last week, the Japanese government announced new rules which should allow Hiromitsu Nakauchi and his group at the University of Tokyo to grow animals that are partly human." (July 16, 2013). " " http://lnkd.in/bNKinV7 View in LinkedIn

SPARE PART FACTORY. Genetically Perfect Replacements for Diseased Cells (2013). "the methods detailed . . . would allow researchers to fashion human embryonic stem cells that are custom-made for patients with Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and others, these stem cells could be used to grow replacements for a wide variety of diseased cells—that would not risk rejection by the patient’s immune system."" " http://lnkd.in/b5ZFtg7 View in LinkedIn

CLONING HUMANS FOR SPARE PARTS. "Sir John Gurdon, whose work cloning frogs in the 1950s and 60s led to the later creation of Dolly the sheep by Edinburgh scientists in 1996, said that progression to human cloning could happen within half a century." The logical applications are fresh human organs for transplantation. " " http://lnkd.in/bQNJsd9 View in LinkedIn

CLONING USING BLOOD. "For the first time, a donor mouse has been cloned using a drop of peripheral blood from its tail."" " http://m.phys.org/news/2013-06-donor-mouse-cloned-peripheral-blood.html View in LinkedIn

DURABLE DNA. DNA from prehistoric man thousands of years ago, or from wooly mammoths, has survived intact and enabled genetic studies. But the other implication is that, when J Craig Venter's prototype matures, that of taking a DNA sequence and 4 bottles of amino acids, and "creating life", or by cloning into a related cell, it is feasible we can bring back early hominids and mammoths. " "" " http://lnkd.in/bmEVhKi" " http://lnkd.in/baT3cde View in LinkedIn

CATALAN FIESTAS are numerous and often ancient. In general they love to dress up and to party. Carnival is dramatic. Every town also offers their annual fiesta. The Colles Castelleres is where they make human towers 10 men high; Correfocs is about devils playing with fire; in the nativity they have a Caganer figure near the crib, defacating; most of the festivals are seasonal and often accompanied by seasonal culinary delights. There is a strong tradition of seasonal foods and local produce. Strong old traditions that have not weakened. View in LinkedIn