How vulnerable are you?
How vulnerable is your company? If there’s a cyberhit on your firm today, what will you do? What can you do? … Continue readingHow vulnerable are you?
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Illegal organs biz worth US$1.7b?
The global trade in illegal human organs was worth between US$840 million and US$1.7 billion last year, according to a study released by Global Financial Integrity in March 2017. … Continue readingIllegal organs biz worth US$1.7b?
Will Computers Decide Who Gets Organs?
Will an algorithm – instead of a human – decide who gets a replacement kidney or a liver or a heart? Yes. Not just any algorithm, but one using AI (artificial intelligence). … Continue readingWill Computers Decide Who Gets Organs?
A Heart-Warming Story
This is the story that needs to be told. It’s about a little British boy named Max Johnson, age 10, at the door of death, waiting for a heart. This is also the story of a little British girl named Keira Ball, age 9, with a heart of gold. She saved the lives of Max and three other kids. … Continue readingA Heart-Warming Story
Teach Organ Donation in High School?
Should high-school students be taught about organ and tissue donations? Yes, according to a Bill that’s currently being debated in the state of Maryland in the US. … Continue readingTeach Organ Donation in High School?
Consciousness in a Coma
He was in a clinically certified comatose state for 23 years! But he was conscious all, or most of the time. This is the strange story of Mr Rom Houben, a Belgian who was born in 1963 and suffered a car crash in 1983 that left him in a coma. Or did it? … Continue readingConsciousness in a Coma
Organ Gang in Pak Nabbed
Police in Islamabad busted a gang involved in trading in human organs when a gang member promised an ailing patient a fresh kidney for the equivalent of US$16,500 (2m Pakistan rupees) and scooted off. … Continue readingOrgan Gang in Pak Nabbed
Viet Cops Nab Two Organ Brokers
On Aug 24, 2018, police in Vietnam arrested two human organ brokers who were conning kidney patients into parting with up to US$24,000 for kidneys. … Continue readingViet Cops Nab Two Organ Brokers