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Researchers from the £12 million Developing Human Connectome Project have used the dramatic advances in medical imaging the project has provided to visualise and study white matter pathways, the wiring that connects developing brain networks, in the human brain as it develops in the womb.
Published today in
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, the study used magnetic resonance images (MRI) with unprecedented resolution from more than 120 healthy fetuses across the second and third trimesters of pregnancy to define how the structural connections in their brains first develop.
This is the largest and most detailed publicly available fetal MRI data set which will be released through the developing Human Connectome Project with other state-of-the-art fetal MR data including anatomical and functional images.
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Health secretary Matt Hancock tweeted a photo of himself being given the coronavirus vaccine by Boston s Jonathan Van Tam. | Image: @MattHancock
Boston’s own Jonathan Van Tam was the one to give health secretary Matt Hancock his first dose of coronavirus vaccine on Thursday.
Mr Hancock tweeted an image of him and England’s deputy chief medical officer “JVT” at the Science Museum.
In a post on Twitter, he said: “Brilliant! Got the jab. In & out in 8 minutes. Didn’t hurt at all.
“Massive thanks to JVT & the @sciencemuseum team. When you get the call, get the jab!”
During a press conference on Wednesday, the 42-year-old had said he was “delighted” to have received the call-up and that he was “looking forward to it”.
Knife-wielding man threatened to kill outside Lincoln chip shop
It was over a money dispute
The man chased the victim down Baggholme Road in Lincoln and threatened to stab him. | Photo: Google Street View
A man armed with a knife chased his victim down the street threatening to stab him, Lincoln Crown Court was told.
Peter Boswell approached Gary Woodcock as his victim walked with his partner along Baggholme Road in Lincoln.
Kevin Jones, prosecuting, said Boswell spoke to Mr Woodcock about a money dispute between them.
Boswell then produced the knife and shouted: “I’m going to stab you, you dirty rat”.
Coningsby farm shop and 149 new homes approved
Nine for, one abstained
A farm shop and 149 homes in Coningsby have been approved by East Lindsey councillors.
G.S. Gaines & Sons submitted an application to build the farm shop and homes on the land south of Leagate Road, Coningsby which will sit on 5.87 hectares of flat agricultural land split over two separate fields.
All homes will be two storey in height with 25 one bed, 36 two bed, 58 three bed and 30 four bed homes. 30% of the homes will be affordable (45) and there will be three local play areas on the site.
Developers said: “The affordable units have been placed around the site in small groups in order to blend with the overall scheme.”