Japanese researchers found a new way to create reproductive cells. That’s so cool that through globalization and sharing of ideas they have been able to create something as sophisticated as that. The cells can be used for any part of the body so this is really the new frontier of medicine. Their main goal is to make human eggs without… Read more »
A team of Japanese researchers has used human iPS cells to create immature reproductive cells that can develop into eggs. This is the world’s first achievement of its kind. iPS cells can develop into any kind of body tissue. The team turned them into cells that are the origin of reproductive cells. The group also extracted ovarian cells from baby… Read more »
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says negotiations between the 2 Koreas will not work without progress in US-North Korea talks to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. Guterres spoke to reporters at the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday ahead of high-level events at the General Assembly next week. He said the results of the summit between the 2 Koreas were “positive.”… Read more »
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s first bullet train glides out of a sleek harborfront railway station bound for mainland China on Saturday, launching a new era of integration and raising fears for some for the territory’s cherished freedoms.
Taking candy from a baby: Russian lawmaker wants to ban children from buying sweets A Russian lawmaker has proposed fighting child obesity with radical measures – banning the sale of candy to children under 14 and marking foods which have a high sugar content with graphic warnings, similar to cigarettes.
The Russian Lower House has passed, in the second and main reading, a bill criminalizing the persistent spreading of false or illegal reports in mass media with punishments varying from heavy fines to up to one year in custody. The bill outlawing the spreading of fake news was drafted in May by several lawmakers from parliamentary majority party United Russia…. Read more »
War crimes court opens preliminary probe into Rohingya expulsions The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor announced Tuesday that she is launching a preliminary investigation into deportations of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar into Bangladesh.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in North Korea Tuesday for his third and possibly most challenging summit yet with leader Kim Jong-un in which he hopes to break an impasse in talks with the United States over the North’s denuclearisation. In what are by now familiar images of the two Korean leaders hugging and exchanging warm smiles, Kim greeted Moon at Pyongyang’s airport…. Read more »