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MS patients turn to crowdfunding and mortgage draws to get disease-halting treatment overseas

This South Australian woman has less than two months to raise more than $90,000 to receive a bone-marrow stem cell transplant she hopes will halt the advancement of the disease.

ABC News

Math disparities start in kindergarten

Socioeconomic status greatly affects math scores, and this disparity starts in the first years of schooling

Salon

Calls for tougher fines after latest Telstra scandal

Australia's biggest telcos must be handed larger fine to stem a growing tide of failures by the likes of Telstra, a leading advocate says.

The New Daily

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I asked the world’s top CEOs if they’re taking diversity seriously. Here’s why their answers could change your life

Corporate culture has entered the fourth phase in its history: the integration of purpose and profit, writes Robert Reiss.

Fortune

Single mum with MS went from renovating her home to needing a mobility scooter in two years

Jade Taylor is hoping to raise £37,500 by February so she can go to Mexico for stem cell treatment

Wales Online

French riot police deployed to Mayotte as gang violence spirals out of control

France has sent a team of special riot police to the the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte to stem a wave of violence between rival gangs. One person has been killed and several injured during 10 days of clashes.

Radio France Internationale

Shunned by the West, Russia’s IT sector goes on the defensive

Russia has tried to stem a brain drain by offering IT workers new benefits, but some fear the industry is doomed.

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He was a young tech entrepreneur, and Kanye West wanted to partner with him. What could go wrong?

Alex Klein's tech inventions have passed through the hands of some of the most powerful people in government, music and business. Barack Obama, Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella, former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg have all touted the 32-year-old Londoner's music-creation devices,…

Los Angeles Times

Meet Newcastle uni's latest STEM superstar

The work of University of Newcastle physics lecturer Dr Karen Livesey will be highlighted in a national program designed to boost the visibility of women in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine) fields.

Newcastle Herald

Disparities in advanced math and science skills begin by kindergarten

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The Conversation

Schools need to start teaching AI as demand for tech skills will boom 40%

The research comes as Amazon launches the inaugural Alexa Young Innovator Challenge

Wales Online

World first: Two people get lab-grown blood cells

In a world first clinical trial, red blood cells that were grown in a laboratory have been transfused into two people.

The New Daily

Biden to discuss North Korea nuclear threat with Japan, South Korea leaders

President Joe Biden will meet Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan and South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol during an upcoming trip to Asia to discuss how to stem North Korea's nuclear program, a White House official said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Tunisia's once-vibrant democracy is on its deathbed: but it can be saved

One of the lessons the 21st century is bringing home is that the winners of elections can gradually kill democracies. Healthy democracies have institutional checks and balances which act as a restraint on elected governments. The key institutions include parliament and independent judicial systems.

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Nottingham Post

Sherwood Observatory hopes to bring in 20,000 visitors with new 'fantastic' attraction

The project aims to get young people interested in STEM subjects

Daily Record

Scots mum with MS 'begs' for life-changing treatment in Mexico so she can 'have life with kids'

Jade Taylor, 38, who once enjoyed 17-mile bike rides and the gym, now relies on her two children to help care for her.

ABC News

Patients receive transfusion of laboratory-grown blood in world-first clinical trial

Volunteers receive a transfusion of blood grown in a laboratory from stem cells of donors to see if it lasts longer than blood donated from a standard transfusion.

The Independent UK

Lab-grown blood used for human transfusion in world first

World’s first clinical test hailed as ‘huge stepping stone’

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Bristol laboratory runs first clinical trial which could 'revolutionise' treatments for people with blood disorders

Scientists say that if proved safe, manufactured blood cells could revolutionise treatments for people with blood disorders

Wales Online

‘Lab-grown red blood cells transfused into person in a world first’

This could transform care, says consultant haematologist Cedric Ghevaert

The Guardian - UK

New hope for sickle cell patients as UK trial of lab grown red blood cells begins

World first clinical test could be good news for people with rare blood groups and those who need frequent transfusions

The Independent UK

‘Lab-grown red blood cells transfused in to person in a world first’

These red blood cells would mean people who require regular long-term blood transfusions could need fewer transfusions in the future.

Manchester Evening News

'Sorry doesn't cut it': Inside the 999 chaos infuriating Manchester Arena families - and what's changed since

The brother of Lisa Lees criticised the 'systemic failure' at the heart of the atrocity

Bangkok Post

Down goes the yen, as Japan draws inflation

On Sept 22, Japan's government purchased yen on the foreign-exchange market for the first time since 1998. The finance ministry was attempting to stem the yen's rapid slide, and for a while, the US$20 billion intervention seemed to be working: the yen's value rose from nearly ¥146 (755 baht) per…

WEKU

Men are struggling. A new book explores why and what to do about it

In his new book Of Boys and Men, Richard V. Reeves of the Brookings Institution argues that men must move into fields that are now dominated by women to reverse economic declines.

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