Daily Archives: August 25, 2006

Nimbuzz

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Nimbuzz is the new Skype for mobile phones – free phonecalls and text messages to other mobile phones connected to the Nimbuzz network (over GSM, not GPRS/UMTS/etc). It seems to be out for a lot of brands, including a version for the Palm Tungsten C as well as the usual crop of Nokias etc. It also comes for Windows PCs. Unfortunately I couldn’t get it for my Treo, so can’t tell you much more about it, but this looks worth following, as Skype isn’t looking at Palm at all yet.
It’s all still in alpha / beta and you download it using your phone’s browser.

Ethical Stem Cells

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Currently stem cell useage requires the embryo be destroyed, which is why it is termed unethical in the puritan United States.

Professor Robert Lanza, medical director of Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) in Massachusetts, US, and lead author on the paper, said: “We have shown for the first time you can create human embryonic stem cells without destroying the embryo and thus without destroying its potential for life.”

This is done by removing single cells from the embryo.

There’s some controversy about how Professor Lanza conducted his research to find this out and he claims the baby is undamaged, but I have no idea how redundant cells are in the emryonic stage.
At least something is being done to allow cancer sufferers the hope of research in this line of medical science from US clinics.