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Have you been in China these past 14 years?

Oh no! Not again. It seems these guys are taking turn in tormenting innocent Nigerians from Book Haram to Militancy to Fulani herdsmen.

See as money don help her ministry

Because they are average Naija guys, look for above average guys and you won't need to borther your head.

That means more oil for the South West to drink while the North eats their yam according to what our Northern elder said the other day.

I will slap her, take the money and spoil her... cause most girls like her likes money a lot and need a lot of it.

That's some big piece of shit

Thank God I have a good woman.

I need the touching but only from the chosen one

May God help my country

justwise:
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good luck bro

Thank you bro

computerboy:
Android 5.0 is Lime pie. Already announced once. You are correct dude

See how time proved you wrong. Time settles all things but human beings are mostly impatient.

In most Islamic countries I think it is a crime to denounce the religion. But I know in some places like Iran, Pakistan etc they have some Christians and possibly atheists.

When MIT-trained engineer Todd Rider revealed his revolutionary idea for killing virtually any virus, everyone from fellow scientists to The White House praised him for his results, with some going as far as to call his discovery the most important medical breakthrough since antibiotics. Yet four years later, Rider is struggling to find funds for his research and has to turn to online crowdfunding for something that could save the lives of millions.

The story of Todd Rider’s quest to rid the world of viruses began over 15 years ago, when, while in the shower, he came up with a radical idea in his head – what if there was some way to kill viruses by flipping their biologic suicide switches leaving the patient healthy and infection free? For the next decade, he and his colleagues worked on the concept of Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Therapeutics, which proposed a whole new approach to tackling viruses. Instead of containing and preventing viral infections, their method actually killed virus-infected cells, without harming normal cells.

In early tests, this new weapon dubbed Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) Activated Caspase Oligomerizer (DRACO), eliminated 15 pathogens, from the common cold to H1N1 influenza to hemorrhagic fevers like the dengue virus. It proved effective across 11 human cell types, including heart, kidneys and liver, and mice infected with lethal doses of influenza virus were cured with DRACO treatments.

In order to make his DRACO molecule effective against viruses in general, and not just a certain type, Todd Rider first focused on the structure of these microorganisms. Ribonucleic Acid (RNA), an integral part of life, is found in healthy cells in single strands, unlike its cousin Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). But he knew that almost all viruses posses a piece of double-stranded RNA, the length of which makes them distinct from the few healthy cells that also have very short double-stranded pieces.

Rider realized that he could create a molecule able to identify infected cells carrying this viral signature and, most importantly, program this molecule to activate their kill switch after they attach to a virus, destroying the infected cells and the virus. “DRACO has the potential to revolutionize the treatment and prevention of viral illnesses, just as antibiotics revolutionized the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections in the mid-twentieth century,” Rider said four years ago.

He was able to create this molecule with funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). DRACOs were first tested on the common cold virus, by infecting human lung cells with a respiratory virus that causes colds and then injected DRACOs into the mix. The infected cells were destroyed, but the healthy cells were left unharmed. The same thing happened when the molecules were tested on the flu virus. In total, Rider and his team tested DRACOs on 15 different viruses.

In some cases, they tried injected DRACOs first and tried to infect the cells with viruses. The molecules displayed a protective effect that lasted up to three weeks. When used as a cure, DRACOs proved effecting in clearing the viruses in human cells and mice, as long as they were administered within three days of the initial infection.

DRACOs wouldn’t work on viruses that don’t produce double-stranded RNA, but the good news was is that most that infect humans do. So the initial results were impressive, to say the least, but soon after Rider’s study was published, garnering great peer reviews, support for his discovery started to falter, for reasons that remain unknown. Before he knew it, his project was stranded in what he describes as the “funding valley of death”. Big Pharma won’t touch this kind of early research until scientists can provide evidence that it will turn into a lucrative product, and Todd Rider has a long way to go to reach that point.

“It’s a barbaric system,” Dr. Ben Barres, a professor of neurobiology at Stanford and the founder of a startup called Annexon Biosciences, told Tech Insider. “By the time any VC [venture capitalist] or pharma will fund you, you have to have made a drug, shown efficacy, and … wrapped it up and tied it in a bow so they are sure they will make money.”

Last year, a director from the National Institute of Health told Tech Insider that they are still interested in his work and are willing to fund it, but they need to hear from him first. However, Todd Rider claimed he had tried applying for funding, only to get rejected repeatedly. “I have now spent nearly 16 years pursuing every avenue to get funding for this work, with only limited success previously and none recently. It can take a month or more of working round the clock to write an NIH proposal, and most are summarily rejected without much comment,” he said.

After proving the DRACOs’ efficacy against over a dozen viruses, the next logical step would be try it against other types, like the herpes virus, which is exactly what Rider plans to do if he can just get the funding. His promising molecules are still a long way from being tested on live humans, and if he can’t get the money to further his research, he may never reach that point.

Last year, left with very few options, Todd Rider gave crowdfunding a try, starting a campaign for $100,000, managing to raise just $60,823 in a month. Refusing to abandon his life’s work, the persistent scientist recently launched his second Indiegogo campaign, on May 3rd, with the same financial goal as the first. With a month to go, the campaign has raised just $16,889 from 117 backers. But that’s just the first set goal, one that would allow him to rent lab space and supplies to continue his research. To actually test DRACOs on herpes virus cells, he would need $1 million, and to test it on multiple herpes virus strains, including CMV and HSV, $2 million. Yeah, this work is pretty expensive.
I’m pretty sure Mr. Rider will not give up on DRACOs even if this second crowdfunding campaign fails, but it must be frustrating seeing the most trivial inventions drawing in insane financial support, while his potentially game-changing molecule struggles in obscurity.

As Rider puts it, the world needs DRACOs to go viral, so let’s hope that coverage like this helps raise awareness about his amazing work. Please share his story, not this one necessarily, but at least his crowdfunding campaign, so we can finally get the virus killer moving again. It could one day save your life, or that of a loved one.

www.odditycentral.com/news/scientist-creates-possible-cure-to-all-viruses-needs-it-to-go-viral.html

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's social-media accounts were hijacked late Sunday, with the attackers posting messages from them showing off their access.

Thankfully his Facebook account was not affected.

The hacker(s) managed to get into Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest accounts, and they also claimed to have broken into his Instagram account, though Facebook denied this to VentureBeat and there doesn't seem to be any evidence of it.

The hackers have also revealed his password - "dadada."

 It looks as if Zuck made a basic security mistake: He reused passwords.

The group called Ourmine, which has more than 40,000 Twitter followers, claimed responsibility.

The group bragged about the alleged hacks in a tweet and invited Mr Zuckerberg to contact them.

"Hey @finkd we got access to your Twitter & Instagram & Pinterest, we are just testing your security, please dm us."

Engadget posted a screengrab of the alleged hack of the Facebook chief executive's Twitter account:

Zuckerberg isn't a big Twitter user. He sent his most recent tweet in 2012, and the rogue tweets sent by the hackers have since been deleted.


http://www.emirates247.com/news/world/mark-zuckerberg-s-social-media-accounts-hacked-2016-06-06-1.632231

Good news, they should also make plans to start re-issuing lost, stolen or damaged passports abroad.

judebebo32:
I was in Iran few days ago, trust me it's the best place to be. Peaceful, kind and loving people, nice cuisine above all beautiful country.

You are absolutely right, lots of Iranians are so friendly and the ladies very beautiful. As for the Syrians I have worked with in the past, they are all nice and fun loving people. The same way we see these countries are almost the same way most foreigners see Nigeria and Nigerians when judging by the news of book haram, militants, murders, corruption and crime but things seem different on a closer view.

About the post, OP it sometimes seems difficult and challenging to be a Nigerian but God has always been our strength with the hope that it will get better... by the way I miss Lagos life

You have lots of choices with such an amount. What would you like to be doing abroad? Would you mind going back to school? Are you educated? Can you startup and run a business? Are you married? Must it be English speaking countries? All these will streamline your options and help people in answering you.

We shall get there someday.

Kingzy4pep:
Do you mind sharing your experience?

I wouldn't mind to do so when the right time comes.

igboboy3:


You can't leave us hanging like that. Tell us your experience and share tips for those coming after you

I will share my experience but not now, the right time will come, for now I'm still exploring.

Determination is the key to success. I'm really grateful I left Nigeria at the end. I haven't arrived yet but I'm far better than I used to be. Life is a journey and my journey continues. Almost two years abroad and still counting, seen 3 new countries and looking forward to fulfil my greatest expectation.

Thanks for your polite feedback. Studying in the UK is above my budget except if i can get a good Tier 4 college with a low tuition of about 2,000 Pounds and i don't know how easy getting a student visa will be with admission from such college. I may be able to afford tuition fees in Poland with an estimate of about 2,000 - 3,000 Euros however you know how difficult the Polish embassy may be especially when my funding is not coming from the same source. I will welcome suggestions on any other country where i can enter on a visit visa get an admission and apply for students visa without coming back to the country

justwise:

You know as much as i do that there is no way you can get a resident permit with visiting visa in any European country. You still have to come back to Nigeria if you want to marry somebody then reapply to re-enter.

You talked about going to school and stuff...if you have the money to study in the UK or Poland why not apply for student visa straightaway rather than using visiting visa? The UK is the last place you should come now with visiting visa and dreaming of over staying then convert to resident permit.

icon8: Yeah, I'm back. Thanks Justwise for rising to the ocassion!

What are you insinuating? Please stop being a shadow and get a face for your self.

Thank you Justwise, I really understand what you mean. I was a bit skeptical on posting it here in the first place. I haven't taken any of the actions yet but it must not be the illegal ways that people will suggest. I disclosed the UK visit visa overstay because that's my basic plan as a result of the little information available to me. I can be criticized with good reasons, in fact i have not really make up my mind on over staying, but i have made up my mind on leaving the country. I still have my fears, doubts and worries hence the need for my questions here. I made a reference to my uncle overstaying in the UK and gaining residence in Poland after five years of marriage because those are the information i have.

I was expecting some other suggestions such as places where i can enter on a visit visa, convert to students visa and have better opportunities after my study. And other suggestions i don't have an idea of.

Justwise, thank you once more. If you have suggestion on how to modify my original post or links to other threads that you feel will be helpful to me