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.

Fat Is Beautiful

  I like fat women because to me  at least fat women have all the pre-requisites of beauty.They say when a person marries a fat woman he profits by the pounds.

  Speaking lightly,a fat woman gives a person everything and is your mattress,your pillow and your lover.
  Generally a fat woman eats a lot to meet the deamd of her body size and she will not be difficult to please when food is concerned.A husaband brings home food and she will eat anything as everything can be swallowed.

  For a Man,a fat woman prefer to be at home and this gives the Man to move freely without incurring the wrath which most women would pour.In certain parts of Africa, a young girl has to become fat to secure a husband.

   Unfortunately I am married otherwise I would have the chance to go to Ayuthaya,Thailand where they hold a fat is beautiful contest and I can watch the most beatiful women in the world parade in front of me.

The Heavenly Fruit

   The prickly outer skin of the durian fruit belies the taste of the fruit in so as the people of S E Asia which includes Indonesia,Malaysia,Thailand,Singapore,Myanmar,Laos and  Cambodia are concerned and is regarded as the king of fruits. The fruit emits a smell which excites the appetite  of S E  Asians and are enthralled by its delicious taste.However,such opinion is not shared by foreigners. The smell  it appears is nauseating to foreigners and it is believed one foreigner commented that eating the fruit is like eating  pudding in a public toilet. That is the reason why airlines including all S E Asian Airlines and even hotels forbid bringing the fruit as it  will cause foreigners to complain of the " nauseating " smell.The smell is so strong that even if the fruit is packed in thick layers of plastic the smell will flow out .
   Personally I cannot understand the noses of foreigners as to us the smell is heavenly and no fruit in the world can match its smell and taste.
  There are foreigners who have tried to eat once and begin to love the fruit. Tourists who visit S EAsia must try to taste the fruit which however is seasonal and available only in November to January depending on the eather .

Breast is Beautiful

The breast in women is an embodiment of beauty. Other than its role of providing milk for infants during the post pregnancy ,Nature has created it to ensure the process of breeding in human progresses smoothly for posterity.
 Men never fail to oogle at a women with beautiful breast Just as a peacock shows its feathers to attract the opposite sex ,frogs croak and cats meow ,Nature has carve out this beautiful figure so that the opposite sex is magnetized to ensure the survival of the human specie.
While Nature has  given this gift ,it is Man that has obliterated the environment with his activities that has created environmental pollution by carbon emissions and gases that caused the proliferation of diseases of which cancer is one.
It is now for Man to reinvent and reduce the pollution levels and also find ways to cure this terrible disease in breast cancer.

Whiskey in Cancer

Can whisky really be a weapon to help fight cancer or is it just a source for intoxication and addiction.Todate there has been no scientific evidence to support this theory.
However, Dr. Jim Swan a consultant in the whisky industry maintained that the antioxidant in whisky especially ellergic acid can reduce the risk of developing cancer and prevents the rapid growth of the cancerous cells.
Ellergic acid is a polyphenol antioxidant found in numerous fruits and vege-
tables.Accoring to him ellergic cells which are present in larger numbers than in wine prevents the harmful radicals in the body to block the rapid growth of the cancerous cells.
The concept is interesting but remains untested and while regarded by drinkers as a noble idea more to justify their crave and addiction than to acknowledge the theory as a scientific or medical discovery.

Advances on P 53 in Cancer Research (including Breast Cancer)

22 million people in the world suffer from cancer, and any advance in cancer research is welcomed by all. P 53 the tiny molecule which was discovered 30 years ago has given several openings for scientists in their research to uncover avenues for cancer treatment and cure.Cancer emerge when mutations, or abnormal changes, in the genes that control the growth of cells keeping them healthy happens. The genes embodied in the cell’snucleus, regulates each cell which replace itself through an orderly process of cell growth: healthy new cells take over when old ones die out.
However mutations can “switch on” certain genes and “switch off” others.
That changed cell provides itself with the power to keep dividing without control or order producing more cells just like it and resulting in the formation of a tumor. Scientists are discovering drugs that can reactivate P53 to its normal function, and like manner kill the cancer cells without affecting the good cells which happen in chemotherapy treatment. P 53 is a guardian in several areas too such as in metabolism, fertility and in the ageing process providing the discovery into a multi fold gain.We expect that within a period of four to five years , treatment and the production of drugs to deal with cancer would be made available