In one of the biggest advances against leukemia and other blood cancers in many years, doctors are reporting unprecedented success by using gene therapy to transform patients’ blood cells into soldiers that seek and destroy cancer.
University of Florida professors are researching how to use pig kidneys as a framework for human kidney transplants, which could possible shorten the length of time kidney failure patients will have to wait for a new organ in the future.
Will Lake was singing from the heart as he belted out the lyrics to “Special Wings” last Thursday at Coleman Sound Studios in Holley. Unfortunately, Lake was also singing from personal experience as he and friend Ken Rousseau recorded the tune about children suffering overseas.
Two arrests were made after officers discovered a methamphetamine lab in a residence on the 8300 block of Segura Street, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.
For those who want to get a little more hands-on with their Christmas tree selection this holiday season, the north end of the county may be the place to go.
The new year will bring a new management team to the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier. Santa Rosa County Commissioners stumbled through a revised proposal selection process on Tuesday, picking TC’s Coastal Porch to operate the county pier starting in 2014.
NEW YORK (AP) — A tiny book of psalms from 1640, believed to be the first book printed in what’s now the United States, sold for just under $14.2 million on Tuesday, setting an auction record for a printed book.