A slap on the wrist! 

Thusha Kamaleswaran a five-year-old girl is now paralysed because she was shot in a shop. She was shot in the chest last March. The bullet passed through the seventh vertebra of her spine. She had to go under two emergency surgeries to keep her alive. The three men are sentenced for life because of the attempted murder of rival gang member Roshaun Bryan. Not only was this an attack on Roshuan it was an attack on society as well. These men see themselves above the law and therefore did this terrible action. Fortunately, a team will raise money for the care and equipment Thusha now requires.

I cannot believe what those three men did. Who do they think they are? Not only did they shoot her but they also took her dream away!  She is now paralyzed and she will never be able to do what she loves which is dancing. Even the fact that they had not shown any remorse just shocked me. What kind of twisted people are these that they do not even shed a tear?  Those people should not only be sentenced to prison they should have a taste of their own medicine and be shot themselves so that they experience what this poor child went through. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17766713

The Gift of Seeing.

British scientists have made a step towards new treatments for patients with eye diseases. The scientists injected cells which were immature rod-photoreceptor cells from young healthy mice into the retinas of adult mice that had night-blindness. As a result of these transplantations the mice were able to find a hidden platform and got out of the water. In contrary to mice the mice that were treated it took the untreated mice a while before they were able to get out. These transplantations provided evidence of functional recovery in the eyes. Even though, this step forward appears to be promising when it comes to eye treatments it is still not suitable for humans and it will take a while and much research until it can be applied to humans.

I am really impressed by the scientists at University College London Institute of Ophthalmology. Instead of mice maybe they could have chosen chimpanzees to make the result more successful.  96% of DNA base sequences of humans and chimpanzees are the same and therefore the transplantation would be more successful. Nevertheless, they have discovered a great thing which hopefully can change mankind in a couple of years. Although, I do not know many blind people, I can imagine that it is really hard for people not to be able to see and having to rely on others. The result of this research is perfect and is worth developing.  Maybe one day there will be no more blind people in this world and the scientists can discover more cures for other diseases.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17748165