Discarded kidneys could be recycled to produce replacement organs

Researchers have found that human kidneys discarded for transplant can potentially serve as a natural "scaffolding material" for manufacturing replacement organs in the lab using regenerative medicine techniques. According to the researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and colleagues, more than 2,600 donor kidneys are discarded each year in the U.S. "With about 100,000 people in the ...

Smartphone cloud based system to help detect counterfeits

A new London based system will allow consumers to verify directly with the brand if a product is real or fake before they buy, using their smartphone.The system, called Authicode, can even be set to share details like where and when a product was made or if the facility that made it was compliant. This in itself is a feature which in the wake of the horrific Bangladesh disaster is particularly ...

Richemont fashion and accessories head steps down

ZURICH | Tue May 21, 2013 1:54am EDT ZURICH May 21 (Reuters) - Richemont said Marty Wikstrom is resigning as chief executive of its fashion and accessories businesses, the latest in a string of recent management changes at the world's second biggest luxury group. The maker of Cartier watches said Wikstrom, who had held the position since 2009, was resigning from the position with ...

Bangladeshi police attack garment workers’ protest

, Karl Johan Persson, the CEO of the Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), said that the company is looking for locations in Central and South America or in Africa. The Hasina government faces a massive political crisis as working class opposition deepens. It is desperately trying to deflect discontent among workers and maintain cheap labour conditions. About 3.7 million workers, mostly young women, ...

SanDisk Advances Its Industry-Leading Manufacturing Technology

SNDK ), a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, today announced it has begun customer sampling of flash memory products based on its industry-leading 1Ynm process technology, which represents its second generation 19 nanometer (nm) manufacturing technology. SanDisk's achievement of this breakthrough in semiconductor manufacturing takes its memory cell size from ...