Read more about the article OFF THE SCALE: Boffins Save Man From Losing Leg By Grafting Fish Skin Onto Foot
Photo shows Ali Adali Prado Valladares, 35, (left), a diabetic patient who got a tilapia skin graft on his foot, with the medical staff, undated photo. The Autonomous University of Queretaro (UAQ) carried out the tilapia skin graft on the foot of a diabetic man in Santiago de Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico. (Esteban Cornell, UAQ Press/CEN)
Health / Science

OFF THE SCALE: Boffins Save Man From Losing Leg By Grafting Fish Skin Onto Foot

A man was saved from having his leg amputated after boffins in Mexico grafted fish skin onto his foot.' Photo shows Ali Adali Prado Valladares, 35, (left), a diabetic patient who got a tilapia skin graft on his foot, with the medical staff, undated photo. The Autonomous University of Queretaro…

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November 18, 2022
Read more about the article PICASS COW: Bizarre Mutant Calf With No Eyes And Brain Just Under Its Skin
A mutant calf with no eyes and not fully formed skull was born on a farm in Elazig, Turkey. (Newsflash)
Animals

PICASS COW: Bizarre Mutant Calf With No Eyes And Brain Just Under Its Skin

These shocking images show a mutant cow with no eyes and its huge brain protruding under the skin due to a deformed skull. The mutant calf - resembling an abstract animal from a Picasso painting - was born in a village in the central-eastern Turkish province of Elazig. The farmer,…

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May 23, 2022
Read more about the article Hope For Boy, 11, Whose Skin Grew Over His Eyes Blinding Him After Skin Cancer Ate His Face
8-year-old Salih Igneci, who has skin cancer is starting to heal. (Newsflash)
Health

Hope For Boy, 11, Whose Skin Grew Over His Eyes Blinding Him After Skin Cancer Ate His Face

There is hope that this 11-year-old boy whose skin grew over his eyes effectively blinding him after cancer ate his face may one day be able to see again and even fulfil his dream of riding his bike, and seeing what his family looks like now. Salih Igneci was diagnosed…

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April 23, 2022
Read more about the article Child Dubbed Snake Baby Due To Rare Disease Making Skin Look Scaly Celebrates 1st Birthday
Gokdeniz Tuncer from Usak, Turkey who was born with Harlequin type ichthyosis, is 1 year old. (Newsflash)
Health

Child Dubbed Snake Baby Due To Rare Disease Making Skin Look Scaly Celebrates 1st Birthday

This miracle child dubbed 'Snake Baby' due to an incredibly rare disease that makes his skin scaly, has just celebrated his first birthday, allegedly becoming only one of two born with the condition last year to survive. Gokdeniz Tuncer, who was born in the district of Esme in the Turkish…

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February 16, 2022
Read more about the article Outrage After White Actor Darkens Skin To Play Genie In Aladdin Musical That Was Branded Blackfacing
Actor Maximilian Mann (left) with a colleague. (Stage entertainment/Newsflash)
General News

Outrage After White Actor Darkens Skin To Play Genie In Aladdin Musical That Was Branded Blackfacing

This white actor has caused outrage for darkening his skin colour to play the Genie in a theatre production of Aladdin. Maximilian Mann, 34, plays the Genie in an upcoming Aladdin musical in the city of Stuttgart, which is located in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, in south-western Germany. In promotional…

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November 1, 2021