Monday, February 17, 2014
Human lung made in lab for first time
(CNN) -- For the first time, scientists have created
human lungs in a lab -- an exciting step forward in regenerative
medicine, but an advance that likely won't help patients for many years.
"It's so darn cool," said
Joan Nichols, a researcher at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
"It's been science fiction and we're moving into science fact."
If the lungs work -- and
that's a big if -- they could help the more than 1,600 people awaiting a
lung transplant. Lungs are one of many body parts being manufactured in
the lab -- some parts, such as tracheas and livers, are even further
along.
"Whole-organ engineering
is going to work as a solution to the organ donor shortage," said Dr.
Stephen Badylak, deputy director of the McGowan Institute for
Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh.
The ‘Missing’ $20bn Abomination By Peregrino Brimah
By Peregrino Brimah
There are several points being discussed and necessary to review in the case of the missing dough.
‘Snake Salvation’: Meet The Pastor Who Grabs Deadly Serpents In His Services (PHOTOS)
A grand jury in Tennessee has exonerated Pastor Andrew Hamblin, the star of the National Geographic reality show “Snake Salvation,” but wildlife officials say that doesn’t mean he will get back the 53 snakes they seized from his church last November.
A grand jury may have decided not to indict Pastor Hamblin of the Tabernacle Church of God in LaFollette, but the snakes are illegal, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency spokesman Matt Cameron tells the Knoxville News Sentinel. “So we can’t return them.”
Reality TV Show Snake-Handling Pastor Dies… Of Snakebite (PICTURED)
Coots, known for handling poisonous rattlesnakes and featured on the Snake Salvation, was bitten on his right hand and died in his home after refusing medical treatment, NPR’s John Burnett tells our Newscast unit.
Coots was a pastor at the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name in Middlesboro, Ky.
Sexy Or Trashy? Rihanna Reveals Toned Body In A Maxi Jacket
Rihanna stepped out in an oriental-style maxi jacket over a sexy black
super-short playsuit and gold heel as she dined at one of her favourite
Los Angeles eateries on Sunday night . Sexy Or Trashy?
see more below
Photos:- Olamide Performs For Free At Oshodi On Valentine's Day
Badoo had a free performance on valentine's day at Oshodi, Lagos state.
Another photo below
Abia Governor’s Son 'IKUKU' Kills His P.A In Broad Day Light [PHOTOS]
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| Photo Credit: CKN Nigeria |
CKN Nigeria reports today:
Son to Governor T.A Orji of Abia State, Chinedu Orji aka “IKUKU” yesterday displayed another level of his usual unruly and criminal behavior at the Okpara square, Umauhia, venue of the official declaration of his father’s senatorial ambition ahead of the 2015 general elections.
Son to Governor T.A Orji of Abia State, Chinedu Orji aka “IKUKU” yesterday displayed another level of his usual unruly and criminal behavior at the Okpara square, Umauhia, venue of the official declaration of his father’s senatorial ambition ahead of the 2015 general elections.
see more belowViewer Discretion: OMG! Giant SNAKE cut open to reveal pig it had eaten (WATCH)
The man carefully carved the snake, obviously to preserve it’s very expensive and well sought after skin, and brought out the consumed prey.
The villagers stood around in awe at both the sight of the snake and its prey. Watch video below:
Click to watch
Juliet Ibrahim & Omowunmi Akinnifesi cover Fashion &Lifestyle mag
Israel builds detention center in the desert for African Asylum seekers
In
this new facility which is situated in the desert, the immigrants will be locked down at night, and forced to
check-in with
the Israeli authorities three times per day. They will also be barred
from working outside the centre. Continue...
Depressed man offers himself as food to white tigers in Chinese zoo
Yang Jinhai, 27, had posted several online messages about how optimistic he was about starting a new life after getting a job as a security guard in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province.
But he quickly found the job boring and monotonous and moved instead to a job in a printing factory where he also then resigned, saying that he felt there was more to life. Continue...
Goats and yams register for SIM cards
SIM card registration agents across the country are using pictures of goats and foodstuff instead of human beings during the registration process, Efosa Idehen, the Head, Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement of Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), said on Monday.
He said: “It may interest you to know that after the telephone operators might have completed their own part of the registration and forwarded it to us as the regulators; we sometimes find pictures of goats and yams. We also do find pictures of women with men’s name and vice versa.
“When information got to the NCC that some people were buying SIM cards without their biometrics, it became worrisome to us because the main purpose of SIM card registration was going to be defeated.”According to Idehen, investigation by the regulator showed that SIM cards that were not registered were used by criminals like kidnappers.
Our Fourth Child Is Not Yours! Wife Confesses To Husband After Giving Her Life To Christ
The confession of a mother of five that her former boss was
the biological father of her fourth child is now threatening her 25-year-old
marriage. Her husband, 57-year-old
Isaac Jemibola, a civil servant,
has approached an Ikole Customary Court in Ekiti State, seeking the dissolution
of his marriage to the woman, 48-year-old Olayemi.
Jemibola based his divorce plea on the ground that the
respondent confessed committing adultery
in 2002.
He urged the court in the petition filed on January 21, to grant him custody of the five children from
the marriage.
I Apologise + Meet The Female Singer Who is Dying To Kiss Alex Ekubo
Back to the matter, Alex Ekubo done hear am. Check out the girl(above) who says she is dying to kiss his lips. Quick intro, they say she’s a musician,
but I know she is just coming up. The young girl has a crush on Alex Ekubo and
Davido, but says she prefers Alex more because he is cute and one in a million. Check
out her interview after the cut (by the way, I culled the one that concerns us
here), lol. See you in the morning guys! Pls don’t call me lazy. I am worn out!
Governor Orji’s Son Escapes Assassination As Aide Was Killed
But his Personal Assistant, Mr John Ndubuka, was not so
lucky, as the bullet aimed at Chinedum hit Ndubula below the neck. He was
pronounced dead by doctors at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), where he was rushed to after the shooting.
OP MESA Soldier Goes Berserk Shoots Father Of Four & Colleague To Death Over N500
Mother of the deceased
On the first Monday of February 2014 when many looked
forward to the new month with aspirations, tragedy struck at Ayinla Junction in
Agbado area of Ijaiye Ojokoro Local Government Area of Lagos: the life of a
36-year-old tricyclist, Richard Samuel, was allegedly terminated by a
trigger-intoxicated OP MESA official, simply identified as Mohammed, over the
tricyclist’s failure to pay an illegal daily levy of N500.
Events surrounding murder
According to Adegoke Samson, Chairman of the Agbado/Dalemo
unit of the Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria, TORA, who narrated the
event to Sunday Vanguard, when two OP-MESA officials approached him around
10.am with vehicle number plate KJA 971 AR and inscription ‘OP MESA 039’ for
the usual N500, he summoned Samuel, popularly known as Small Sunday, being
their Financial Secretary, to hand them the sum. But there were only N1,000
notes with Samuel and he asked to be excused to go and get smaller denomination
of the notes.
Veteran Sports Broadcaster Mr Walter Oyatogun Is Dead
Veteran sports broadcaster Mr Walter Oyatogun is dead. He
died over the weekend after a long battle with his health due to the stroke he
suffered from few years ago. His daughter, Moyo Oyatogun who is a broadcaster at Star Fm,
Lagos has released a press statement on behalf of the Oyatogun Family;
With deep hearts, we the family of Oyatogun, announce the
death of our loving father, husband, grandfather and friend, Walter Oyatogun, a
sport man, boxer and a wonderful person. A man that has held the sport world
for a very long time and also trained so many athletes. Truly you have created an
impact in our lives and you will always be in our hearts.
Good Bye Daddy.
Hot new couple alert - Uti Nwachukwu and Saeon
Dear LIB readers: Why are women not faithful? My girl is so cheap
But why are women like that? Why are women not faithful? Why? My girl friend is too cheap. To test her I opened another account on Facebook using my native names. I sent her request and we started chatting for some days without letting her know I was the one. I decided to test her faithfulness in the relationship the day before valentine (13th), I requested for her number, she asked 'for what', I told her I don't have a girl friend and I wanted her to be my val on the 14th. Without hesitation she sent the number. I asked for her address she sent her real address. I asked when and where we can meet, she said we could meet at a hotel close to her house. I asked if she was in a relationship, she said no.
Anyway we agreed to meet at the hotel. She knows my schedule that I would not be at home celebrating valentine with her. I told my friend to call her to come to the hotel which she did and my friend told me she was willing to sleep with him. Please friends what do you advise me to do? This is a girl I was considering marrying some day...
Photo: Check out Mrs Babangida's Val gifts
Kanye shares details about his sex life with Kim on remix of ‘Drunk In Love’
You will never need another loverSee the rest after the cut....
Woo! Cause you a milf and I’m a motherfucker
Told you give the drummer some, now the drummer cummin’
I’m pa rum pa pum pumin’ all on your stomach
Yeah, tonight I see some super freaky hoes
That could go from bein’ strippers to a super C.E.O
I don’t know the way you do it, but you do it to me though
And you always told your girlfriends you need you a TV show
Now you got your own money, you don’t need nobody else
But far as hell with all that ass, I think you gon’ need some help
Nigeria's youngest movie maker Chinneylove releases second movie, Maduka Daughters
MediaTakeOut clowns Kim K over photo with Basketmouth
LMAOOOO! Kim Kardashian thought she was hot shit..but some Nigerian dude curved the heck outta her!!! (Embarrassing)
A few months back, Kim was in Nigeria for an event. She tried to shake hands with a popular Nigerian comedian named Basketmouth . . and dude swerved!!!
Photos: Cossy Orjiakor at a sexy costume party on Val's Day
Photos from Ese Walter and Benny Ark's court wedding
Brandy parties with Kelly Rowland, others at Dare Art Alade's concert
Ailing Patience Jonathan secretly flown abroad - Sahara Reporters
Two reliable sources in Abuja have told SaharaReporters that First Lady Patience Jonathan was flown out to a German hospital for treatment.
One source stated that President Jonathan's wife was secretly moved out of Abuja almost a week ago. Earlier last year, SaharaReporters broke the story of Mrs. Jonathan's secret hospitalization in Germany for a series of serious health problems.
"She was flown out about a week ago," a source at the Presidential Villa told our correspondent. He added that he was not aware of the First Lady's immediate ailment.One source disclosed that Mrs. Jonathan had kept a low profile several weeks before her removal to a German hospital.
Lanre Nzeribe is just a friend – Monalisa Chinda
"That is a personal decision. Some things are private - they are not meant to be discussed on the pages of newspapers. Lanre Nzeribe is only a friend and I won’t say more than that." She tells Punch
Photos: President Jonathan visits traditional rulers
Photos: President Jonathan at RCCG, Olive Tree Parish, Ikoyi today
Photos from Dare Art Alade's Love Like A Movie 2014 Concert
The jaw
dropping show featured Kelly Rowland, Waje, Tiwa Savage, Eva, Muna, Timi Dakolo, JJC,
ariel dancers among others as well as multi concept costumes and a 250 feet
crane. See pics from the concert after the cut. Above are Munachi Abii and Sasha P...
New Music: ShiiKANE - Hold On, Im Coming Home (cover)
Photos: Simon Cowell shares first family pictures of baby son, Eric
Lupita Nyong'o stunning in green at the BAFTAs
Chiwetel Ejiofor wins best actor for 12 Years a Slave at the BAFTAs
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