Archive for November 11th, 2009

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Ireland: Handicapped parking crackdown

The Irish government is finally working on increasing the penalties for parking in a handicapped parking spot. Presently drivers only have to pay 80 Euros for parking in a handicapped spot, assuming that most police don’t write parking tickets for this because of the low penalty and no points against the driver. If the changes [...]


FDA approves embryonic cellular procedure

The FDA has approved the first human treatment using embryonic stem cells. The procedure only gave permission to test the cells in patients with thoracic spinal cord damage. This type of damage occurs below the neck and usually creates a situation where the person has use of their arms and hands, but nothing below the [...]