Andre Mitchell

Cancer cure breakthrough? Scientists find way to turn cancer cells into healthy tissues

Scientists led by Scott Lowe, Ph.D., of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has developed a breakthrough way of combating cancer cells that may change cancer treatment forever. This is through the reactivating a single gene that will turn cancer cells back to healthy tissues.
Forgiveness can bring not just spiritual but also physical healing

Doctors recently found out that forgiveness may help relieve the body from physical difficulties and treat diseases.
No face, no problem: Facebook finds a way to recognise its users through their body shapes, hairstyle, clothes

Facebook's artificial intelligence lab has developed an experimental algorithm so advanced that it can recognise persons through their body shapes, clothes, hairstyles and even their poses.
Worst US cyber intrusion: Data of 18 million fed employees exposed

Personal data of an estimated 18 million current and past United States federal government employees may have been exposed due to a cyber intrusion believed to have been orchestrated by China.
$America\'s obesity problem: More Americans now obese than overweight, says study$
America's obesity problem: More Americans now obese than overweight, says study

Obesity is becoming a more serious concern in the United States, with obese Americans slightly outnumbering those who are overweight, a new study revealed.
$\'Sixth extinction\': Human race at risk of being wiped out, scientists warn$
'Sixth extinction': Human race at risk of being wiped out, scientists warn

Scientists from Stanford University, Princeton University and the University of California, Berkeley recently warned that the world is on the brink of a "sixth mass extinction" event, and human beings can be one of the species that can completely disappear from Earth.
$Back from the dead? Teen\'s revival triggers wave of healings in Missouri, interest in resurrection$
Back from the dead? Teen's revival triggers wave of healings in Missouri, interest in resurrection

A teenage boy's miraculous revival after falling from an icy lake in Missouri has triggered healings in his church, and a renewed interest in modern-day resurrection.
$\'Criminalising Christianity\': Mike Huckabee says legalising same-sex marriage threatens religious liberty$
'Criminalising Christianity': Mike Huckabee says legalising same-sex marriage threatens religious liberty

For Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, the possible legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States will in effect be similar to criminalizing Christianity.
Jeb Bush rallies Christians to defend traditional marriage as US awaits Supreme Court ruling

Republican presidential aspirant Jeb Bush rallied a group of conservative Christians on Friday to express unwavering support traditional marriage, as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on the legality of same-sex marriage in the United States.
$\'A gift of unity\': Pope Francis open to setting common date for Easter$
'A gift of unity': Pope Francis open to setting common date for Easter

During the World Retreat of Priests at the Basilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome attended by clergy from five continents, Pope Francis said "we have to come to an agreement" for a common date on Easter.
$In Kenya, grannies are targeted for rape, and they\'re fighting back ... or feigning madness$
In Kenya, grannies are targeted for rape, and they're fighting back ... or feigning madness

Grandmothers in Korogocho slums in Nairobi spend hours learning how to defend themselves against the most unimaginable threat: young men who believe that raping older women will bring them some kind of cleansing after committing a crime.
More guacamole please: Avocados may help treat leukaemia

Professor Paul Spagnuolo of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Waterloo discovered that a group of molecules or lipid in the avocado, called avocatin B, may provide a cure to acute myeloid leukemia (AML).