Scientists have developed a new device to treat spinal cord injuries

PNP DeskMay 16, 2024September 20, 202403 mins

(Photo: University of Cambridge) Cambridge: Scientists have developed a small and flexible device that wraps around the spinal cord and could provide new ways to treat disability or paralysis caused by injury. Developed by a team of engineers, neuroscientists and surgeons at the University of Cambridge, these new implants will in the future be able…

First Person: ‘Immense psychological injuries’ following 2003 attack on UN Baghdad

PNP DeskAugust 18, 2023September 15, 202408 mins

Khaled Mansour, now a writer and journalist, was the WFP spokesperson in Iraq at the time and narrowly missed the massive explosion which killed 22 of his UN colleagues. On World Humanitarian Day which was established to mark the 19 August attack, he reflects on his life since and what he has learnt. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré…