National Sickle Cell Awareness Month Sickle-cell disease (SCD), or sickle-cell anaemia (SCA) or drepanocytosis, is a hereditary blood disorder, characterized by red blood cells that assume an abnormal, rigid, sickle shape. Sickling decreases the cells' flexibility and results in a risk of various complications. The sickling occurs because of a mutation in the haemoglobin gene. Individuals with one copy of the defunct gene display both normal and abnormal haemoglobin. This is an example of … [Read more...]
WOMAN of ACTION™ – Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu
August 31, 2012 by
A Celebration of Women™ is elated to Celebrate the Life of this powerful female presence that graced our earth, living her life ahead of her times. WOMAN of ACTION™ Chien-Shiung Wu "I was a senior research scientist that changed the accepted view of the structure of the universe. I disproved one of the then widely accepted "laws" of physics, 'the conversation of parity', by proving that identical nuclear particles do not always act … [Read more...]
