30May/18

Scientists have 3D printed the most advanced artificial cornea ever using human cells – The Verge


The Verge

Scientists have 3D printed the most advanced artificial cornea ever using human cells
The Verge
Right now, the damaged corneas are replaced with healthy ones from deceased donors, but there aren’t enough donated corneas to go around. Nearly 5 million people around the world are blind because infection scarred their corneas, according to the …
Scientists Have Figured Out How to 3D-Print Part of the Human EyeLive Science
Scientists create the first 3D-printed cornea using human cellsIndustry Leaders Magazine
3D printed artificial cornea might help people seeTech World Herald (blog)
ClickLancashire –YouTube –Newcastle University –National Eye Institute – NIH
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30May/18

Lowcountry woman couldn’t have beaten stage 4 childhood cancer without blood donation – ABC NEWS 4


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Lowcountry woman couldn’t have beaten stage 4 childhood cancer without blood donation
ABC NEWS 4
Imagine spending nearly three years of your life in the hospital as a child. That was the reality for a Lowcountry woman, diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma when she was in second grade. Doctors told Leigha Martinelli she had only weeks to live and a

30May/18

Pruitt’s Defense Fund Draws Ethics Complaint: Critics Call It His ‘Tip Jar’ – InsideClimate News


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Pruitt’s Defense Fund Draws Ethics Complaint: Critics Call It His ‘Tip Jar’
InsideClimate News
At the time, he said he would promise not to accept donations from lobbyists or entities with business before the EPA, and he said that the identity of the donors would be made public “pursuant to the requirements of disclosures.” But the new complaint

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30May/18

Walker High students participate in Film Fest for Life to educate about organ donation – The Advocate

Walker High students participate in Film Fest for Life to educate about organ donation
The Advocate
WALKER — Students enrolled in Walker High School’s digital production class this past semester put their newly learned video skills to use for a good cause: to educate and increase awareness about becoming an organ donor. As part of the Film Fest for

30May/18

Franklin Blood Donor Day Grill Out Set for June 6 – The Tennessee … – tntribune.com


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Franklin Blood Donor Day Grill Out Set for June 6 – The Tennessee …
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FRANKLIN, TN — The American Red Cross and Suburban Propane are teaming up to help increase awareness of the constant need for blood this summer.
The need for blood is on the riseThe Edwardsville Intelligencer
Red Cross In Need Of Blood To Fight Summer ShortageWHMI

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