A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
In 2014, it was hard to miss the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that set out to raise money to fund research for the disease. And it paid off. A new treatment was funded by $2.2 million of the funds raised.
Source: The Ice Bucket Challenge wasn’t just for social media. It helped fund a new ALS drug
It’s nice to hear such a positive follow up.
Its enzymes degrade polyethylene within hours at room temperature and could ‘revolutionise’ recycling
Source: Wax worm saliva rapidly breaks down plastic bags, scientists discover
“Worm spit” doesn’t sound appealing, but this is actually pretty cool.
Biogen and Eisai released their phase 3 trial results, showing new Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab slowed the rate of cognitive decline by 27%.
I know there have been a few setbacks in the Alzheimer’s research arena, so it’s encouraging to see progress continues to be made.
The driver had passed out behind the wheel near Harrisburg’s high school and was hitting curbs and traffic signs before Timothy White intervened.
Source: ‘Captain America’ jumps into wayward vehicle, saves driver from Dauphin County crash
Well done, cap.
The medication triggers cells of long spindly parts of the severed nerves called axons to regenerative themselves.
Source: Revolutionary Jab that Could Repair Spinal Cord Injuries Developed by Scientists
Still a ways off, of course, but a pretty exciting direction.
A Florida man was captured on camera rescuing a frightened cat during Hurricane Ian. The cat was trapped on top of an air conditioner in Bonita Beach when a neighbor came by to save him.
Source: ‘He Is Everyone’s Boyfriend Now’: Man Saves Cat Trapped On AC Unit In Hurricane Ian
Florida Man to the rescue!
(KRON) — Last week, KRON4 told you about the incredible international rescue effort to bring a cat to the Bay Area from Ukraine, so it could be reunited with a little girl who had to flee wit…
Source: Flying Tails: 10-year-old reunited with her beloved cat from Ukraine
Cute.
Igor Klymenko was selected from more than 7,000 students to win prestigious prize
Source: Ukrainian teenager wins $100,000 for work on detecting landmines
Great work!
School on Wheels is an organization that helps, assess the educational needs, and matches homeless kids living in six counties in California with tutors.
Source: This School on Wheels Delivers Tutoring — And Hope — For Homeless Students
What a cool idea.
When 2007 CNN Hero Aaron Jackson welcomed 17 dogs from Ukraine to the animal shelter his nonprofit is running in Poland, they were accompanied by two refugees with an amazing story of survival.
Amazing.