Macrophages are crucial immune cells for immune response, tissue repair, and elimination of cancer cells. Scientists see macrophages as promising living therapies. However, to be used effectively for therapeutic purposes, macrophages must be grown in large numbers in laboratory culture without losing their particular functions. Until now, it was unclear if this was even possible. […]
Month: February 2022
Age Cymru tests Culture Club in Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
AGE Cymru is looking for volunteers with a passion for cultural sites to join its new cultural club. The scheme, funded by the Welsh Government and piloted in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, aims to help isolated older people visit and enjoy cultural sites such as museums, public art and parks. The objectives of […]
Immune Cells Forget (Cell) Culture Shock – ScienceDaily
Macrophages are crucial immune cells for immune response, tissue repair, and elimination of cancer cells. Scientists see macrophages as promising living therapies. However, to be used effectively for therapeutic purposes, macrophages must be grown in large numbers in laboratory culture without losing their particular functions. Until now, it was unclear if this was even possible. […]
Immune Cells Forget Culture (Cell) Shock
image: Alveolar macrophages are the immune cells that specifically live in the alveoli of the lungs, seen here as red dots in an otherwise transparent mouse lung. to see Continued Credit: Sara Gholamhosseinian Najjar and Michaela Burkon Macrophages are crucial immune cells for immune response, tissue repair, and elimination of cancer cells. Scientists see macrophages […]
Covid travel can mean a whole new kind of culture shock
After two years to stay largely close to home, it felt good to be new. I walked into an eastern Oregon steakhouse, the kind of small-town independent restaurant I had missed so much during Covid, whose sign promised “A Bit of Country Cook’n.” Two separate people had recommended it. But what was written […]
Hard work pays off for Orana fitness club to national titles | Liberal Daily
news, local news, The national fitness titles at Sydney Olympic Park saw representatives from across Australia compete for coveted medals, certificates and rankings over two recent weekends. The Orana Culture Physique club celebrates the achievement of Semi-Finalist status for two of its members in this highly competitive arena. Giaan Cubby and Emma Malouf can now […]
UK culture secretary accused of endangering UK media in Russia
Britain’s culture secretary has been accused of endangering British news outlets in Russia after she called on the media regulator to review the presence of Moscow-based TV channel RT in the country. Nadine Dorries has said Ofcom should take action against the broadcaster over fears it was spreading disinformation during the Ukraine crisis, prompting a […]
Culture Shock Miami Presents, “The Real James Bond… Was Dominican”
Dominican diplomat Porfírio Rubirosa, the “real James Bond” and actress Zsa Zsa Gabor passing through Miami en route to the West Coast to play opposite each other in a film (circa 1960). Culture Shock Miami will present The real James Bond… was Dominican, Friday and Saturday, February 25 and 26 at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium. […]
“A polar bear on a shrinking ice cap”
Nadine Dorries’ views on the UK’s beleaguered national broadcasting corporation have been polarized since she was promoted to Culture Secretary in September 2021, but in an interview with the Sunday Times she underlined her wish to protect the BBC in the future. “Our responsibility is to save the BBC from itself, because it’s this polar […]
Culture shock! Why Delhi’s auditoriums can’t open if cinemas can, organizers ask | Delhi News
NEW DELHI: The city’s cultural calendar is buzzing through the winter months, but a spike in Covid-19 cases has meant no performances or events have been able to take place this season. However, even though the Delhi Disaster Management Authority has relaxed infection soaking bans, cultural centers remain closed as auditoriums have not been allowed […]
Good Good Culture Club: Liholiho is no longer missing!
Bon Bon Culture Club is brought to you by the people who just took Liholiho Yacht Club from us, but luckily we can now forgive them. Where Liholiho served a mix of Hawaiian/Californian dishes, drawn from chef/owner Ravi Kapur’s own culinary lineage, the Good Good Culture Club brings us the whole Asian diaspora: Filipino, Laotian, […]
Cultural Club – MiningMonthly.com
Cultural Infusion has developed the Diversity Atlas which can provide miners with the baseline data they need to better design cultural diversity programs. CI CEO Peter Mousaferiadis said mining companies need to recognize that diversity can benefit them as an organization. “Mining companies work in some of the most diverse places in the world,” he […]
BBC: UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries’ attack on public service broadcasting shows she is unfit for such a high office – Christine Grahame MSP
Christine Grahame However, it still does a good job providing decent radio, including World Service. Telly brings us The Green Planet and, for me, BBC 4’s Montalbano, a great detective series set in Sicily. Pay attention, that is, if you can handle the subtitles. Anyway, the decision of Nadine Dorries, the British Culture Secretary, to […]
SNP culture secretary accuses BBC of ‘very controversial’ reporting on independence referendum
The Scottish Culture Secretary has accused the BBC of failing to meet its standards of impartiality in the independence referendum. During a debate at Holyrood called to defend the broadcaster, Angus Robertson claimed there had been some “very controversial” reporting during the campaign. Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole Hamilton criticized Robertson: “The SNP are […]
UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries signs arts deal with Saudi Arabia
The British government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Saudi state intended to strengthen cultural ties between the two countries. Nadine Dorries, Britain’s Culture Secretary, attended the signing ceremony at the Diriyah Biennale in the Jax neighborhood on the outskirts of Riyadh. Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan Al-Saud, Minister of […]
Why the A-League is such a culture shock for the NPL champions
A Set small text size A Set default text size A Set large text size It’s been a long time since Lachlan Barr stepped onto the hallowed turf at Coopers Stadium last Friday night.
Culture Secretary: Says new laws will prevent Netflix from airing offensive comments after Jimmy Carr uproar
VS Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has suggested the government could pass legislation that would stop steam services from showing offensive content. The Minister was speaking in reference to jokes made by comedian Jimmy Carr in which he sheds light on the deaths of the traveling community during the Holocaust. The segment sparked a furious reaction […]
Culture Secretary says MPs attacking PM are Remainers who want to ‘reverse Brexit’
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries dismissed the growing number of censorship letters submitted to the chairman of the 1922 committee as politically motivated. She said Times Radio“There are a small number of voices, whether people who were ardent supporters of Remain, who see this as their last opportunity to reverse Brexit.” Also appearing on BBC breakfast […]
Boris Johnson ‘feeling positive’, says Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries in BBC interview about ‘car crash’
BBC viewers described a minister’s TV appearance as ‘painful’ and a ‘car accident’. Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Nadine Dorries appeared on BBC Breakfast today (5 February). Ms Dorries, who appeared on the morning news show from her home in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, was interviewed by Gloucester-born presenter Charlie Stayt. READ […]
Jimmy Carr’s Netflix Holocaust special remarks condemned by UK Culture Secretary and anti-hate groups
Jimmy Car faces criticism from UK politicians and anti-hate groups for part of his latest Netflix special Its dark materialsin which he evokes the Nazi genocide of the Roma during the Holocaust. During the special which aired on the streamer on December 25, 2021, Carr makes remarks on dwarfism, Boy Scout sexual abuse, Bill Cosby […]
Food is love and fairness is universal at the Good Good Culture Club
Have you already eaten? The words, a neon doodle on the back wall of the Good Good Culture Club, are not a question. For anyone who has ever had a mother, father or grandparent who struggled to say “I love you”, they are an expression of love. So does this sophomore effort from chef Ravi […]
Culture secretary was embarrassing to defend PM, festival boss says
J The Parklife co-founder has slammed the Culture Secretary for standing up for Boris Johnson instead of focusing on the industry, saying it was ’embarrassing’. Sacha Lord, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) night economy adviser, said Nadine Dorries should spend less time “in the media to save Boris’s job” and called on her to […]
Culture Secretary was embarrassing to defend PM, says festival boss
The Parklife co-founder has slammed the Culture Secretary for standing up for Boris Johnson instead of focusing on the industry, saying it was ’embarrassing’. Sacha Lord, overnight economics adviser for the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), said Nadine Dorries should spend less time “in the media to save Boris’s job” and called on her to […]
UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries announces major creative industries review – Deadline
The UK’s Department of Culture plans to conduct a colossal review of the country’s creative industries, incorporating film and television. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries today revealed that the book will be published this summer and is titled Sector Vision. Opening the Creative Coalition Festival 2022, Dorries said the review will have four objectives, including “how […]
UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries prepares in-depth report on UK creative industries | News
The UK Department for Culture, led by Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries, is embarking on a wide-ranging review of Britain’s creative industries and has launched a call for input from creative businesses, including the film and TV sectors. Speaking at the Creative Coalition Festival this morning (February 1), Dorries said the report will be called Sector […]
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries announces review of ‘sector vision’
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has unveiled a ‘sector vision’ review to be released this summer as part of the government’s commitment to get up to speed. At the Creative Coalition Festival 2022, Ms Dorries revealed she intended to provide “nearly £50m” to support creative businesses across the UK. The investment includes a £21m UK Global […]
UK Culture Secretary highlights music industry regulation
UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries opened the Creative Coalition virtual festival on Tuesday with a rallying speech on the creative industries, but remained silent on all questions relating to the future of broadcasters Channel 4 and the BBC. In what appeared to be a pre-recorded segment, Dorries spoke of the music industry as examples of […]