Stem Cell Research Paper

I started the research paper today on stem cells. This is the research paper I was invited to write by medlink to further my chances of getting into medical school. The project is based upon stem cells, and the papers that pass, will be entered into a book. Katy and I are working together, as I thought it would be best if there were two points of view in the text.

Stem cells can be used in a variety of different ways that can benefit humankind, as they are undifferentiated cells and can be made to form into any cell in the body. This project will be very exciting and I shall keep you posted :)

Fashion Show

Last night, the other members of the Borneo team and I, hosted a fashion show, with the help of Travelling Trends to raise money for the Borneo expedition. Josh and I sold tickets on the door, and raised £150 from sales on the night alone.The other members of the audience had already paid. We raised £80 on the refreshments also, but the total figure is yet unknown. The night went very well, and well done to Darwin who sold the most tickets :)

Borneo Jungle Expedition 2013

http://www.campsinternational.com/images/stories/downloads/teamexpedition-borneo-jungle.pdf

I have decided to embark on a camps international expedition to Borneo in 2013. On this trip I shall live in a rural community and work on important social and cultural projects to improve the lives of local people, Take part in an important forest regeneration project and view wildlife along the Kinabatangan River and undertake a challenging trek in the dense jungles of Borneo. The trip shall be a month long. However due to the nature of the trip, it is very expensive. The full cost is £4000. I will have to do  lot of fundraising!!

Food, Fuels and Biodiversity

Today, I attended a cafe sci talk by leading scientist Professor Guy Poppy, about the impending problem of population growth and the need to preserve our planet. This has provided a problem, as the earth only has a certain amount of land suitable for arable growth. This land is needed to grow crops to feed the growing population and to grow crops to make bio fuels, which would reduce carbon emissions, and thus global warming, but both causes can not be accomodated fully at the same time.

Global Population

The current population stands at 7,018,103,164, and this is estimated to increase to 9.2 billion by 2050. Nearly half of the worlds population is in India and China alone. This drastic influx in the amount of people on the earth means that there are more mouths to feed, but the same amount of land to grow crops on as before.

BioFuels

Biofuels are a cleaner fuel, that reduce carbon emissions escaping into the atmosphere. This reduces the greenhouse gases and thus slows the rate of global warming, which would destroy the planet. However, Biofuels need arable land to grow.

This presents a dilemma. Which do we value more? Human life in our lifetime? Or the future of our planet and future generations?