The Newfoundland and Labrador government will close dozens of landfills and spend $200 million to reach a target of cutting in half the amount of garbage heading to landfills in the next eight years. The Robin Hood Bay landfill north of St. John’s will serve most eastern Newfoundland communities. (CBC) The plan which does not include a mandatory recycling component will emphasize three “super-dumps” on the island, with only about 40 smaller landfills remaining open by 2020....
Neuralstem’s cells reverse paralysis
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ROCKVILLE, Md., May 30 (UPI) — U.S. firm Neuralstem said Wednesday its human spinal stem cells reversed paralysis in a rat model of a spinal disorder.
The company, which said the finding has significant implications for humans because the condition the rats suffered from also afflicts people, plans to file an investigational new drug application later this year.
In the study, which is published online by the journal Neuroscience, three rats paralyzed from ischemic spastic paraplegia returned to near normal function six weeks after receiving Neuralstem’s human spinal stem cells.
Three other rats did not regain the ability to stand up but showed significant improvement in the mobility of their joints and muscle tone.
Ischemic spastic paraplegia, which is characterized by extreme spasticity and rigidity that leads to paralysis, sometimes results in humans following surgery to repair aortic aneurysms.
