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Apr22021 by adminNo Comments

Eddie Howe: Celtic manager talks at advanced stage with former Bournemouth boss

Sports

Eddie Howe is the clear favourite to become the next manager of Celtic, with talks between the two parties at an advanced stage.The former Bournemouth boss, 43, has held discussions with members of the club's board, including major shareholder Dermot Desmond.Howe left Bournemouth in August 2020 when the club's five-year stay in the Premier League came to an end.He has been linked with Sheffield United and Newcastle in recent weeks.Howe was in charge at Vitality Stadium for more than 450 games across two spells spanning more than a decade, guiding them to three promotions in six seasons and taking them from League Two to as high as ninth in the Premier League.He also had a stint with Burnley in the Championship from January 2011 to October 2012.Neil Lennon resigned as Celtic manager in late...

Jan32021 by adminNo Comments

Study: Modified immunotherapy may work in advanced breast cancer

Health

Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Women with advanced breast cancer may have a new weapon in their fight against the disease -- a modified form of immunotherapy. CAR-T immunotherapy, in which T cells from a patient's immune system are modified to target cancer cells, has been most effective in the treatment of B-cell leukemia or lymphoma, both of which are cell-based, rather than solid-tumor cancers like breast cancer. Advertisement Adding a molecule found in immune cells called cGAMP to standard CAR-T boosts its efficacy in breast cancer by encouraging the body's immune cells to attack solid tumors, according to the authors of a study published Thursday by the Journal of Experimental Medicine. The success of this boosted CAR-T in mice used for the study may be a potential "game changer," researchers said...

Aug272020 by adminNo Comments

Advanced Patriot missile fails in live-fire test

Business

Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army's most advanced Patriot missile misfired during a major test of the Army's Integrated Battle Command System, an Army official confirmed. A hit-to-kill Patriot Advanced Capability-2 Guided Enhanced Missile was used against a cruise missile target last week in alive-fire exercise at the Army's White Sands, N. M., Missile Range, but failed, Col. Phil Rottenborn, IBCS project manager, told Defense News on Wednesday. Advertisement Two interceptors were fired at a target missile, and although "the system did what it was designed to do," he said, the Capability-3 Patriot Missile Segment Enhancement missile misfired. An older variant of the Patriot missile brought down the target, part of the common test practice of firing two missiles at a target in the event the f...

Aug262020 by adminNo Comments

Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding reveals she has advanced breast cancer

Entertainment

Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding has revealed she has advanced-stage breast cancer.Posting on Twitter and Instagram, she wrote: "There's no easy way to say this and actually it doesn't even feel real writing this, but here goes. "Earlier this year I was diagnosed with breast cancer and a couple of weeks ago I received the devastating news that the cancer has advanced to other parts of my body." Hi everyone,I hope you are all keeping safe and well during these uncertain times. I’ve not posted on here for so long, thank you to everyone who has reached out to check in on me, it really does mean a lot. I feel now is the right time to share what’s been going on. pic.twitter.com/gxzOAl71vS— Sarah Harding (@SarahNHarding) August 26, 2020 The 38-year-old s...

Jul302020 by adminNo Comments

NASA’s most advanced Mars rover ready for launch

Science

ORLANDO, Fla., July 30 (UPI) -- The most advanced Mars rover yet -- with technology and tools to find signs of life on the Red Planet -- is ready to be launched Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Perseverance rover is encapsulated and stacked on a 197-foot-tall Atlas V rocket at Launch Complex 41, with liftoff set for as early as 7:50 a.m. EDT. Advertisement The mission, like any trip to Mars, comes with a lot of risks, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a press conference in Florida on Wednesday. "It's without question, a challenge. I mean we, there's no other way to put it, and it's not easy. ... That being said, we know how to land on Mars. We've done it eight times already," Bridenstine said.[embedded content] This year's mission to Mars b...