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  • Telecom firm received stimulus funds, sold U.S. surveillance equipment to Iran

    07/13/2012 6:18:32 PM PDT · by Frankusa · 2 replies
    ZTE USA, a U.S. subsidiary of the Chinese telecom firm, ZTE, has allegedly sold banned U.S. surveillance equipment to Iran, essentially bypassing current U.S. trade restrictions and embargoes imposed on Iran. ZTE USA reaped substantial profits from the stimulus funds. In January of 2010, US regional operator, Commnet Wireless contracted with ZTE USA to build broadband infrastructure network covering parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. And, at the time, ZTE USA and the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority were reportedly in discussions for additional US Broadband Stimulus funding from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. And, indeed, the National Telecommunications...
  • Human ( embryonic stem) cells used to make paralysed rats walk (UC Irvine, Geron)

    07/02/2003 5:16:49 PM PDT · by FairOpinion · 22 replies · 786+ views
    UK Independent ^ | July 3, 2003 | Charles Arthur
    Cells from human embryos could be used to help some people with spinal injuries to walk again, successful work involving rats has indicated. Scientists from the University of California at Irvine college of medicine said that paralysed rats walked again after being injected with stem cells from "early-stage" human embryos. They hope that the breakthrough will prove to American policy makers that the use of human embryonic stem cells and therapeutic cloning - presently banned in the US - are justified. The team, led by Hans Keirstead, took stem cells from early-stage human embryos, and altered them in the laboratory...