Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Wipe Out Malaria
trendhunter - Wiping out malaria with genetically-modified mosquitoes? Sounds so science fiction to me. According to press reports, we are coming ever-closer to realizing a global effort to eradicate this disease. In the next 10 years, scientists should be able to release these transgenic mosquitoes into the wild in “specific” areas known to have high concentrations of malaria parasites. The mosquitoes have neon green eyes due to a genetic gene being inserted into their DNA and are malaria-resistant creatures. US scientists have high hopes after conducting extensive laboratory research, DNA engineering, and tests. The work was done by a US team and appears in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal.
NOTE: a great innovation that causes another problem? Lon
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Video: Leopard Attack Recorded in India
ITN - A leopard has injured seven villagers, including two minors, in northern India.
The incident took place in Bhawaria village of the state, when villagers saw the big cat roaming in nearby fields, and tried to scare it away.
The locals chased the leopard to a field and set the grass on fire to smoke out the animal.
The leopard came out of the burning field and attacked the gathered people, and ran and hid in the nearby woods.
Forest officials and police personnel have been scouting the area to capture the animal. The officials have said the leopard came from a nearby forest reserve.
Scared villagers armed with sticks and other weapons have been patrolling the outskirts of the area where the leopard was last seen.
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Two-Headed Baby Born in India
According to AOL News, a TV9 news report said the boy was born Wednesday and people rushed to see him in the hospital in Tirupati, located in the southeastern part of the country.
The boy may have been part of a set of twins, and the second head may have formed after the second child stopped developing.
The video shows the baby, who may or may not be alive, before he is wrapped up by one man and handed to another.
In 2004, a baby was born in Cairo with a second head, which could blink and move its mouth. The second head, however, needed the child, Manar Maged, to survive, but it prevented Maged from sitting or crawling. Reuters reported in 2005 the child's second head was successfully removed.
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Argentina Air Force Forms UFO Unit
The Argentinean Air Force’s action to form a UFO investigation unit was confirmed by Sylvia Perez Simondini of the CEFORA (Argentinean Republic Committee for UFO Phenomena Studies), "an organization formed by various UFOlogy groups in Argentina. The main purpose is the declassification of all related UFO phenomena in Argentina. It was formed by serious Argentinean UFOlogists in Victoria, Entre Rios during a conference.”
In a public statement, Ms. Perez Simondini says,
"The Argentinean Air Force has just announced the formation of a commission to investigate the UFO phenomenon.
"The Director of Institutional Relations of the Argentinean Air Force confirmed on Telefe Newscast that it has recorded two UFO sightings it cannot account for by normal explanations. The Argentinean Air Force further stated that the mission of the Air Force is to guard the security of Argentinean air space.
"This is a message that all UFO researchers hoped for, filling us with satisfaction to hear that this will occur.
"In our last congress, especially in the Uruguay, which was conducted fairly by the Uruguayan Air Force, at that time, I received greetings from Commodore Robert Muller, Head of the Unit II Air Brigade Paraná, from Colonel Ariel Rios Sanchez, Head of Ricardo Bermúdez CRIDOVNI of CEFAA, the sister republic of Chile, from Ademar Gevaerd Director of the Brazilian UFO Magazine, who is the coordinator of the declassification of UFO phenomenon in Brazil, in order to urge the Air Force of Argentina toward a common goal of UFO disclosure.
"CEFORA, (Argentinean Republic Committee for UFO Phenomena Studies) was created for this goal, to put Argentina on a par with many countries where UFO files have been declassified. This news gives us some hope to believe disclosure is starting, and Argentina also can get UFO declassification. It is most reasonablebe that we assume a critical attitude on our part, so we will have the security of a good and responsible scientific research.
"We see that the struggle of many researchers over the years can have the reward of seeing a dream fulfilled, and we hope that when this [Air Force] Committee is formed, it will know how to accept and discuss the work of researchers that has been made with a lot of effort, through the will and vocation of those who have been following the phenomenon for so long.”
