 Dinosaur footprints on the beach in Bexhill, East Sussex – By Vicky Ballinger / SWNSFamily Discovers 8 Huge Dinosaur Footprints While Walking on Eroded Beach (Photos): A family was strolling along an eroded beach at sunset when they discovered a trove of eight huge dinosaur footprints Vicky Ballinger and her two kids were stunned by the sight in East Sussex, England, after high tides and heavy rains had worn away the sand, exposing the rock underneath. The area from Bexhill-on-Sea to Fairlight has become known for its track casts and prints of dinosaurs. “I grew up in Bexhill and I’ve never seen these ones before,” says Vicky. “I believe they are iguanodon footprints. They’re not T-rex tracks (because) they weren’t in England.” Vicky went to the local Bexhill Museum with her discovery, and they’re investigating further this week. She also uploaded her video to YouTube (see below). “The kids loved that they could see the track of a dinosaur and walk where it walked. It was very exciting.”  In 2018, more than 85 footprints from the Cretaceous period made up of at least seven different species were uncovered by the cliffs between Hastings and Fairlight—including the fine detail of skin and scales. Another fossil discovered on Bexhill beach was confirmed as a ‘pickled’ dinosaur brain. The Bexhill site dates back to around 140 million years ago and contains the remains of dinosaurs that used to roam in the freshwater surroundings of the period. “It’s quite beautiful to find these amazing dinosaur footprints when we came on a walk.” Over the years, the fossils of several dinosaur species have been found including Iguanodon, Megalosaurus, Baryonyx, Polacanthus, and the tooth of a Velociraptor-type animal, many of which are on display at the Bexhill Museum.Check out her lovely video below…Family Discovers 8 Huge Dinosaur Footprints While Walking on Eroded Beach (Photos) |
New discovery to make cancer less painful
Toronto: Scientists have discovered the trigger behind the most severe forms of cancer pain that can potentially lead to better pain management in cancer patients. The study identified the culprit — a gene that is also responsible for some of the most aggressive forms of androgen-fuelled cancers. Visible on the surface of the cancer cells, the gene TMPRSS2 comes in contact with the body's nerve pain receptors, which then trigger the pain, the study found. “Prostate cancer research already knows that if you have the TMPRSS2 gene marker, the prostate cancer is much more aggressive. They have also shown that this is androgen (male hormone) sensitive,” said lead researcher David Lam from the University of Toronto. In this study, Lam found that this gene was not only present in patients suffering from head and neck cancers, it was also prevalent in much greater quantities in prostate cancer. The more TMPRSS2 that comes into contact with nerve pain receptors, the greater the pain, found the researchers. Lam and colleagues followed up this observation by looking at different types of cancers with known pain associations. According to clinical data, head and neck cancer are the most painful form of cancers, followed by prostate cancer, while melanoma, or skin cancer, is at the bottom of the pain scale. But what surprised the researchers was that the presence and numbers of TMPRSS2 in these cancer cell cultures stood in exact correlation with the known level of pain each cancer causes. The discovery of TMPRSS2's role in triggering cancer pain may lead to the creation of targeted cancer pain therapies that effectively shut down the expression of this gene or its ability to infiltrate pain receptors in the body. The study was published in the journal Pain. — IANS. Source: Article
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