Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Chinese Chicken Factory?

So apparently there was a poultry processing factory in China that had caught fire the other day. The fire and release of ammonia gas in the factory lead to the deaths of over 100 employees. This poultry factory was praised and also supported by the Chinese government as being a model enterprise. At first government officials believed that a leak in ammonia gas used for preserving the poultry could have caused the explosion. After being inspected the factory showed no signs of ammonia storage problems or containment. If there wasn't an ammonia leak than what caused the explosion? That's what I'm wondering right now.

New Cancer Drugs?

In Chicago a new test on a new line of Cancer fighting drugs has produced very successful results, raising the hopes of the world's top cancer specialists who see this as maybe a new milestone in the fight against cancer. All the buzz on these new drugs has also started to influence wall street. Shares in the companies Merck and Bristol Meyers Squibb, the companies developing the new drugs, have risen three percent on monday after the results on the new drugs were released. These new drugs are still very new and require much more testing before they take things any further, but apparently these drugs work in a whole new way. The new drugs unleash the body's immune system to attack the cancer cells as they would bacteria. All this new research is giving everyone around the world new hope, lets just hope that this new medication isn't a total let down.