Stem Cell Research On Various Types of Eye Diseases

We have heard a great deal about stem cell research and countries like America , Japan, China, Europe ,Thailand and Singapore are pursueing unabatedly to use its applications for curing several diseases in the world.

   China and Thailand have gone beyond the stage of research and even leapfrogged to the actual use of the method to  try and cure despite the danger of side effects which can be determined only after several years of clinical trials.Many Westerners strickened with diseases that Western doctors have no cure at the moment braved the ordeal of using stem cells believing the method can provide the answer to their quest for a cure.

The West is more cautious and it could possibly be another 10 years before such operations can be performed on debilitating diseases like cancer, heart complications and liver problems due to the requirements imposed by the Health Authorities.

   However diseases like the loss of vision or blindness could possibly be carried out as such operation does not precariously cause the loss of lives. Blindness is an eye related disease that has affected millions in the world. While   some blindness can be cured like cornea infections or even glaucoma, doctors are dumbfounded when confronted with diseases like age-related  mascular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, diabetes and 100 other types that affect the eye as there is presently no cure. Doctors can only monitor the degeneration of the eyes.

                   

   However, stem cell research have given some hope to people who are blind caused by diseases of the retina. Dr. Michael Young of the Schepens Eye Research Institute and Harvard University discovered from his experiments that stem cells can regenerate the damaged retina .In an experiment on rats caused by bad genes he injected neural stem cells in the retina .Once in the retina the stem cells begin to move over to the damaged retina and transform it to a normal looking retina cells complete with the nerve fibers which joins to the optic nerves.

  

   The experiment has not reached the final stage where the procedure can be adopted as the stem cells injected are not light detectors and until further advances are made to make the regenerated retina successfully transmit to the brain for an optical vision more experiments have to be conducted before the procedure is adopted.

   Dr.  Michael Young’s work when successful will help millions of people with eye related diseases in the world to see again giving them the vision and stop their suffering of living in the dark.

Tiger In The Woods

The Tiger Woods scandal was in everybody's lips notwithstanding whether he is a golfer,a golf fan or even a sportsman.It was the talk of the town not because of the golfing prowess of Tiger Woods which is so well known but more on the prowess of the Tiger's claw on women,11 so say the reports and probably counting.
   But what Tiger  Woods had done was nothing abnormal and even those who have scandalized the whole episode matter of fact ,could also themselves be involved in some kind of matrimonial misbehavior.
  Nature has designed the behavior of Man to extend his virility to the opposite sex because of the paramount objective of  ensuring the multiplication of the human specie.When one observe  animals  like tigers they have several encounters with the female during their lifetime following Nature's design to guarantee   posterity survives.
  Why then is there a taboo on Man who have more than one woman ,other than his wife? This is purely a religious edict to prevent promiscuity.But there are exceptions to the rule as some religion allows for more than one wife and in Africa tribal customs allow for multiple wives.
  The dilemma for Tiger Woods is as long as he wants to continue his golfing career and enter the golfing tournaments he will have to think in perpetuity how many more holes he has to play.
  The matter should not be overly criticized and meanful as if Tiger Woods had committed something beyond redemption. The Man should be given a chance to steer back his family affairs to normalcy peacefully.

Coffee

Coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world.It is believed that it was in Yemen and Ethiopia that the beverage was realised that drinking it had an energetic effect. Commonly known all over the world that if you want to stay awake a cup of coffee could do the work.For some,even in the loo they have to take to let go thus the beverage acts like a catalyst to free the bowels.
From Yemen it went to Saudi Arabia and subsequently coffee was then introduced to other parts of the world including Europe ,Indonesia and the Americas.

 Coffee is produced by seeds and traditionally 20 seeds are placed in a hole at the beginning of the rainy season .Of the 20 that was planted generally only half of the seeds would germinate.
Today coffee is consumed globally and many international companies have become household names for coffee drinkers.Even traditionally tea drinking nations like England and now China have turned to the beverage
 China with a vast population of 1.4 billion people ,when the vast majority begins to accept the beverage and change their drinking pattern could become the biggest coffee drinkers in the world.
  Several brands of coffee manufacturers have also produced coffee in packets which are ready- made such as 3 in 1 where the coffee powder,milk and sugar are already combined and all you have to do is to pour water and mix with the coffee.Manufacturers of chocolates , confectionaries and even restaurants have turned to coffee and introduced it to their products and deserts showing the popularity of coffee.

 However,even with the international brands of coffee in the market there are still coffee that are blended locally and I foresee when coffee is accepted as the common beverage in China, coffee will be blended locally and will vary from place to place to suit local taste.