UP student develops 3D bio-printing alternative to skin grafts – The Witness | Your compass in the community
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Research by a University of Pretoria (UP) PhD graduate has led to the development of a skin replacement product that paves the way for 3D bioprinting of “natural” skin replacement products, offering an alternative to traditional skin grafts.
Dr Hafiza Parkar, a lecturer in UP’s Department of Pharmacology, received her PhD in Pharmacology during UP’s Spring Graduation season in the first week of September.
She said her research is particularly significant for treating secondary intention wounds, which are wounds left open to heal by themselves rather than being stitched together, such as ulcers and burns.
“Creating advanced dermal substitutes that replicate human skin offers a promising solution for treating secondary intention wounds,” Parkar said.
Alzheimer’s breakthrough: Simple blood test hailed as ‘game-changer’ for diagnosis – Kursiv Media
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A clinical trial in the U.K. is evaluating a new blood test that could reshape how Alzheimer’s disease is diagnosed, according to The National.
Participants showing early signs of dementia are being recruited through NHS memory clinics to evaluate the test’s effectiveness. Researchers expect to have conclusive results within the next three years.
The project, led by University College London, focuses on whether measuring levels of the protein p-tau217 in blood samples can lead to faster and more accurate detection of Alzheimer’s disease. Early studies indicate that the test can identify individuals with cognitive decline with about 80 percent accuracy as being likely to have the disease.
First identified in 1906 by German physician Alois Alzheimer, Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia in older adults and is marked by a progressive decline in cognitive abilities.
Alzheimer’s is associated with the accumulation of amyloid and tau proteins in the brain. P-tau217 is considered a particularly strong biomarker because it signals the presence of both.
Researchers from ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute and the University of Delaware believe they have figured out why it is that as our dead cells are replaced by new ones, the new ones retain the same organ shapes we had before. Their study in the journal Biology of the Cell shows there are five basic rules that keep the new cells forming the same organ shapes.
Bruce Boman, M.D., Ph.D., senior research scientist at ChristianaCare’s Cawley Center for Translational Cancer Research, said, “This may be the biological version of a blueprint. Just like we have a genetic code that explains how our genes work, we may also have a ’tissue code’ that explains how our bodies stay so precisely organized over time.”
New study cracks the “tissue code” — just five rules shape organs– www.sciencedaily.com
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Every day, your body replaces billions of cells — and yet, your tissues stay perfectly organized. How is that possible?
A team of researchers at ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute and the University of Delaware believe they’ve found an answer. In a new study published in the scientific journal Biology of the Cell, they show that just five basic rules may explain how the body maintains the complex structure of tissues like those in the colon, for example, even as its cells are constantly dying and being replaced.
This research is the product of more than 15 years of collaboration between mathematicians and cancer biologists to unlock the rules that govern tissue structure and cellular behavior.
“This may be the biological version of a blueprint,” said Bruce Boman, M.D., Ph.D., senior research scientist at ChristianaCare’s Cawley Center for Translational Cancer Research and faculty member in the departments of Biological Sciences and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Delaware. “Just like we have a genetic code that explains how our genes work, we may also have a ’tissue code’ that explains how our bodies stay so precisely organized over time.”
The Philadelphia Federal District Court awarded Pennsylvania and New Jersey a judgment in defiance of a Supreme Court ruling that protected a catholic charity from being forces to pay for the murder of unborn children. The organization, Little Sisters of the Poor, has vowed to appealed the overtly unconstitutional and immoral decision.
Mark Rienzi, president of Becket and lead attorney for the Little Sisters, said of the ungodly and un-American ruling, “The district court blessed an out-of-control effort by Pennsylvania and New Jersey to attack the Little Sisters and religious liberty. It’s bad enough that the district court issued a nationwide ruling invalidating federal religious conscience rules. But even worse is that the district court simply ducked the glaring constitutional issues in this case, after waiting five years and not even holding a hearing. It is absurd to think the Little Sisters might need yet another trip to the Supreme Court to end what has now been more than a dozen years of litigation over the same issue. We will fight as far as we need to fight to protect the Little Sisters’ right to care for the elderly in peace.”
Court Issues Ruling Forcing Catholic Nuns to Pay for Abortions – Lifenews
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In a nationwide ruling against a Trump Administration religious conscience rule, a federal district court in Philadelphia today sided with Pennsylvania and New Jersey in their years-long effort to force the Little Sisters of the Poor—an order of Catholic nuns who care for the elderly poor—to either provide abortion and contraceptives in their healthcare plan or pay tens of millions of dollars in fines.
The Lovering Health Center in New Hampshire is using the “American Girl Doll” to hawk transgenderism to children. The center tweeted, “Tag yourself! This American Girl Doll gets their sexual healthcare at the Lovering! Lovering provides sexual and reproductive healthcare in a queer and trans-inclusive, disability-inclusive, and anti-racist environment. Whether you’re looking for abortion care, gender affirming care… (etc.) we’ve got you covered!”
Abortion Clinic Uses American Girl Dolls to Indoctrinate Little Girls About Sex Change Operations– www.westernjournal.com
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A New Hampshire abortion clinic is under fire for using American Girl dolls to indoctrinate little girls about everything from “sex change” operations to birth control to “routine” STI screenings.
The Lovering Health Center, which explicitly “welcomes people of all genders, ages, and sexual orientations,” published a social media post in early June featuring the dolls:
German scientists have identified the reason young Covid-19 vaccinated are dropping dead from heart attacks. Led by Dr. Rolf Schreckenberg, the team has discovered the spike protein from the mRNA Covid-19 vaccine create clusters. These clusters unpredictably cause inflammation. When that happens in the heart, it triggers a cardiac arrest.
Scientists Identify Deadly Mechanism Behind Sudden Cardiac Arrest Surge Among Covid-Vaxxed– slaynews.com
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A groundbreaking new study has identified the mechanism used by Covid mRNA “vaccines” to trigger a sudden cardiac arrest in people who have received the injections.
A group of leading scientists in Germany found that the spike protein from the mRNA shots enters the cells and forms “clusters.”
These clusters, when they form in the heart cells, cause inflammation, which triggers a deadly cardiac arrest without warning.
The findings of the study appear to have identified the root cause of the global sudden cardiac arrest surge that has been raging since the “vaccines were first rolled out for public use in early 2021.
The bombshell study was conducted by Dr. Rolf Schreckenberg and his team from Justus-Liebig University Gießen and Hannover Medical School.
Breakthrough lung cancer treatment supercharges immune cells with mitochondria– www.sciencedaily.com
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While chemotherapy remains a cornerstone of lung cancer treatment, it often weakens the immune system it relies on for long-term control. Now, researchers have found a way to turn this weakness into strength — by transplanting healthy mitochondria into the tumor environment. In advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), combining mitochondrial transplantation with cisplatin not only enhanced immune cell infiltration but also reversed tumor metabolism and improved the drug’s effectiveness. This innovative approach transforms mitochondria from mere energy suppliers into active allies in cancer therapy, showing potential to reshape how we treat aggressive lung tumors.
Lung cancer causes more deaths than any other cancer worldwide, with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounting for 85% of cases. Chemotherapy is the first-line treatment for advanced NSCLC, yet its effectiveness is hampered by toxic side effects and emerging resistance. Moreover, chemotherapy damages immune cells and reduces their presence in the tumor microenvironment, limiting long-term control. Adding to this challenge, tumors can hijack immune cell mitochondria through nanotube-like structures, further dampening immunity. Immunotherapy has improved outcomes for some, but many patients still fail to respond. Due to these limitations, there is a pressing need for strategies that restore immune power and metabolic balance during chemotherapy.
Howard M. Saal, 73, a geneticist and dysmorphologist, was prosecuted by the FBI for possession of child pornography, with over 153,000 pictures and 470 videos of cp on his computer. Some of the victims were as young as newborn. Saal was a former pediatrician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Parents of children he treated are rightly concerned their child might be one of his victims.
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A former physician at one of the nation’s most respected pediatric institutions faces federal charges for allegedly amassing one of the largest personal collections of child sexual abuse material in recent history.
Howard M. Saal, 73, a former geneticist and dysmorphologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, appeared in federal court this week after investigators uncovered more than 153,000 images and 470 videos of child sexual abuse material, with victims reportedly as young as newborns.
The cyborg future is coming: Lab-grown humans are being made NOW – The Blaze
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Nicole (Shanahan) points to transhumanist companies that are currently manufacturing human eggs in a lab “without any input from a female ovary” and then fertilizing them with either “real sperm or synthetic sperm, which can also be grown.” In other words, pseudo-human beings are being created by machines in laboratories.
Trying to stop this, she says, is “impossible” — as is halting the development of organoids or the implantation of brain chips.
“That leaves us with the fact that the transhumanist cyborg machine human is going to exist,” she says frankly, calling it a new attempt at the age-old ploy to steal the human soul.
“Now is the time that we have this very narrow window to create a fork for the future of humanity,” she tells (Joe) Allen.
As terrifying as sharing the world with transhumanist creations is, Allen says there are two pieces of good news: One, the “god-like” AI we’ve been told is coming down the pike is likely a “sales pitch” that overexaggerates the actual product. Yes, humans will regard these technologies as “digital deities,” and yes, “they [will] have real power,” but they likely aren’t as superhuman as we’ve been told.
Secondly, “if we believe that we are intended to be more human than machine, and if we believe that there are realms far beyond this one to which we’re accountable, then we’re going to fight for it, and it’s going to be across the world,” says Allen.
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), the Chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has released an interim report that claims the Biden administration intentionally “withheld crucial health information from the Subcommittee and the public.”
Johnson said the report is based on a review of 2,473 records obtained from the Biden administration. According to Johnson, these records “contain evidence of the Biden administration’s efforts to downplay and delay warning the public about the risk of myocarditis associated with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.”
Under Democrat Rule, US Officials Delayed Warning Public About Heart Inflammation Risk from COVID Shot: Report– gellerreport.com
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U.S. health officials knew about the risks of myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccines but downplayed the concern and delayed informing the public about the risks of taking the jab — that is according to a new Senate report released by Sen. Ron Johnson Wednesday.
Johnson, R-Wis., chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, has been investigating the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines. Earlier this year, he subpoenaed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for records relating to COVID-19 vaccine safety data and communications about the pandemic.
The interim report, spanning 55 pages, obtained and reviewed by Fox News Digital, revealed that Biden administration officials “withheld crucial health information from the Subcommittee and the public.”
Since 2021, Johnson has sent more than 70 oversight letters, which he says were “either completely ignored or inadequately addressed.”
The report highlights the records Johnson has obtained pursuant to the subpoena from the new, Trump administration-led health agency. Specifically, the report focuses on HHS’ awareness of and response to cases of myocarditis—a type of heart inflammation—following COVID-19 vaccination.
Chinese gangs are allegedly running illegal marijuana farms in Northern California through which they are smuggling in dangerous pesticides that threaten the flora and fauna of the region, including humans themselves. The intent behind it seems two-fold, to efficiently grow their cash crops and ruin the American ecosystem. Operations have also been reported in Maine, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.
Lt. John Nores Jr. of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said, “These criminal organizations use such a deadly, potent, toxic chemical because it absolutely keeps everything off their cash crop.”
Chinese Orgs Smuggling Dangerous Pesticides Into US, Authorities Warn– dailycaller.com
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Chinese criminal organizations have infiltrated California’s black-market marijuana industry, smuggling toxic pesticides that authorities warn could cause decades of environmental damage, NewsNation reported Sunday.
The illegal pesticides are killing wildlife and destroying ecosystems across northern California, where Chinese cartels operate large-scale marijuana growing operations using trafficked migrant workers, authorities told NewsNation.
“A lot of the chemicals that are being used are hazardous to humans,” Matt Kendall, Mendocino County Sheriff, stated.
Kendall confirmed authorities have identified a pattern of Chinese cartels controlling these operations and potentially using violence to protect their enterprises, the outlet reported. The criminal organizations allegedly rely on migrant workers trafficked into the United States specifically to cultivate black-market marijuana.
Global pandemic “experts” from the U.S to the UK to China are all raising red flags over the recent doubling of “vector-borne” diseases in one year alone. One particular threat is the Chukungunya virus, which has increased 170% in the UK in the last year. The plandemic leaders may be preparing the ground for the latest assault or the forced mass migration of peoples around the world is causing viral mutations, leading to more “outbreaks.”
Health officials warn of epidemic threat as cases of dangerous virus more than double: ‘We’re seeing a worrying increase’ – yahoo.com
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Dozens of cases of a potentially debilitating vector-borne disease have been identified in the United Kingdom this year, the BBC reports, almost twice as many as last year.
What’s happening?
On the surface, this uptick in cases of chikungunya virus might not appear to be concerning in scale.
In all, 73 people in the U.K. contracted chikungunya, up from 27 in the same span of time in 2024 — a 170% increase in cases.
Chikungunya is a vector-borne illness, infecting humans through mosquito bites. Although it’s rarely fatal, chikungunya’s symptoms are not unlike dengue fever and Zika, including joint swelling, rashes, and fatigue.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), outbreaks tend to emerge in tropical or subtropical regions, and chikungunya cannot spread from person to person. In the U.K., the cases diagnosed in 2025 were all associated with trips abroad.
