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Daily Record
a day ago
- General
- Daily Record
Irvine mum convinced three-year old son has 'lived before' after 1800s recollection
A mum from Irvine, North Ayrshire has shared the unusual tale of how her son left her convinced he had lived a past life after he appeared to correctly identify an old friend from 1800s America A mum from Irvine has shared the eerie moment her three-year old son convinced her he had a past life in the 1800s. Laighanne McLaughlin was taken aback when she went to collect her child from nursery and was pulled aside by his key worker for a private word. Taking to TikTok, she recounted how the nursery staff member quizzed her about a John Wilson, a name her son had repeatedly mentioned that day. "I was confused and she [key worker] told me he was playing outside with flags and started speaking about John Wilson. I looked at her puzzled and told her I don't know anyone of that name," Laighanne explained. Yet, the tale was about to take an even stranger turn. The key worker then informed Laighanne that her son claimed John Wilson was himself - the "flag man in America on a mountain" and also his friend. "Myself and his key worker were stumped," she continued. "She fetched the iPad and suggested we Google it to see if anything came up. My son was only three and hadn't begun using iPads, let alone being able to read properly." Laighanne admitted they were utterly unprepared for what they found next. "Both of us were in disbelief at what we saw next and it left us feeling flabbergasted," she said. She then shared an old black and white photo, adding: "This is Captain John Wilson of Co. C, 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Union)." In another photo, Wilson was seen with fellow soldiers which led Laighanne to reveal: "He was the first Union soldier to plant his regiment's battle flag on the summit of the Lookout Mountain (during the Battle of Lookout Mountain during the American Civil War on 24th November 1863)." Bewildered for over a decade, Laighanne from North Ayrshire confessed her son's insights still leave her puzzled: "No three-year old could have known that information. Was my son actually there? There's no explanation I can think of why he would say he knew him and he was his friend." She concluded her tale with an enigmatic detail that only fuels the theory of reincarnation further. "What makes it more strange is John Wilson lived four miles from Irvine, Kentucky - and we live in Irvine, Scotland!" she remarked. An obituary from Irvine at the time called 'Death of a hero' reported Wilson died at 74 due to cancer in his Station Camp, Kentucky home. Others on TikTok reacted to the story by recounting their related experiences. One person recalled: "Lost my 25-year old brother when I was eight months pregnant with my 1st daughter. When she was three, she pointed at an old school photo of my late brother and said, 'that's me when I was your brother'. She wouldn't have even known who was in the photo. She used to say similar things that he did and she has one dimple, just like him." Another shared: "My son when he was four said his name was Peter (it's not) and he died on a hot air balloon when he was 57." Amazed, a third individual declared: "This is amazing, makes me wonder! My three-year old keeps telling me about in 1965 he had a brown dog called Jack and he talks about him all the time and said he misses him." Whilst a fourth recounted their experience: "My son talked about his life in France (we've never been nor has anyone we know). He said his dad died in a drowning accident near their house. Named the place and a nearby castle too!"
Daily Mirror
a day ago
- General
- Daily Mirror
Mum convinced three year old has 'lived before' after nursery conversation
Laighanne McLaughlin says she was called in to speak to a key worker at her young son's nursery who told her something he had said which was truly bizarre - and had stumped them both A mum has recalled the eerie moment her then three-year old son revealed something that convinced her he'd lived before in the 1800s. Laighanne McLaughlin revealed she went to pick the youngster up from nursery one day when she was summoned for a private chat by his key worker. She continued the story on TikTok, adding that the member of staff questioned her about the identity of a John Wilson, whom her son had mentioned on several occasions that day. "I was confused and she [key worker] told me he was playing outside with flags and started speaking about John Wilson. I looked at her puzzled and told her I don't know anyone of that name," Laighanne said. But soon the story was to take a bizarre twist. The key worker then told Laighanne that her son had actually identified John Wilson himself - the "flag man in America on a mountain" who was his friend. "Myself and his key worker were stumped," Laighanne admitted. "She went and got the iPad and said we would look on Google if anything comes up. My son was only three years old and hadn't started using iPads and obviously couldn't read very well." Then, Laighanne said nothing could prepare them for what they discovered. "Both of us were in disbelief at what we saw next and it left us feeling flabbergasted," she confessed. Sharing an old black and white photograph of a man of that name, she explained: "This is Captain John Wilson of Co. C, 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Union)." A second snap followed, this time of Wilson accompanied by other members of his regiment, as Laighanne added: "He was the first Union soldier to plant his regiment's battle flag on the summit of the Lookout Mountain (during the Battle of Lookout Mountain during the American Civil War on 24th November 1863)." Still baffled to this day 11 years on, Laighanne pondered: "No three-year old could have known that information. Was my son actually there? There's no explanation I can think of why he would say he knew him and he was his friend." Closing her post, Laighanne shared another piece of ghostly information, only fuelling the possibility of a reincarnation further. "What makes it more strange is John Wilson lived four miles from Irvine, Kentucky - and we live in Irvine, Scotland!" she said. Indeed, an Irvine obituary from the time of Wilson's death titled 'Death of a hero' revealed he passed away aged 74 from cancer at his home in Station Camp, Kentucky. Writing in response, other TikTok users shared similar scenarios they had experienced. "Lost my 25-year old brother when I was eight months pregnant with my 1st daughter," one person shared. "When she was three, she pointed at an old school photo of my late brother and said, 'that's me when I was your brother'. She wouldn't have even known who was in the photo. She used to say similar things that he did and she has one dimple, just like him." Another replied: "My son when he was four said his name was Peter (it's not) and he died on a hot air balloon when he was 57." A third added: "This is amazing, makes me wonder! My three-year old keeps telling me about in 1965 he had a brown dog called Jack and he talks about him all the time and said he misses him." Whilst a fourth said: "My son talked about his life in France (we've never been nor has anyone we know). He said his dad died in a drowning accident near their house. Named the place and a nearby castle too!"
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
ScaleReady Announces a G-Rex® Grant has been awarded to Immuneel Therapeutics
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ScaleReady, in collaboration with Wilson Wolf Manufacturing, Bio-Techne Corporation and CellReady, today announced that Immuneel Therapeutics has been awarded a $150,000 G-Rex® Grant to support process development aimed at enhancing the scalability and cost-effectiveness of CAR-T cell manufacturing in India. "The blood cancer burden on India's population is substantial, around 120,000 new cases of lymphoma, leukemia, and multiple myeloma are diagnosed each year. Unfortunately, almost 70,000 Indians will die every year from these afflictions, devastating the lives of their families and communities. To afford access to all Indian patients in need, and to capitalize on the immense commercial potential of our pipeline, we need to think prudently and practically about our manufacturing approach. In the short term, our manufacturing demands are almost 200 drug products per day, and this may increase as CAR-T cell therapies move closer to front line treatment. The only practical way for us to industrialize our production and produce a supply of drug product commensurate with total patient demand is to transition to G-Rex," said Dr. Lakshmikanth Gandikota, Head of R&D, MSAT Intellectual Property, and Translational Research, at Immuneel Therapeutics Limited. "We are extremely impressed by the speed, resourcefulness, creativity, discipline, and entrepreneurialism of the team at Immuneel and are happy to see that India, as a whole, is making significant strides toward CAR-T availability. It gives us a great sense of satisfaction to be in a position to help bring hope to cancer patients in India, one G-Rex at a time," said John Wilson, CEO of Wilson Wolf and co-inventor of G-Rex. As part of Immuneel's G-Rex Grant, they will perform process development, qualification, and validation of a G-Rex based CAR-T cell therapy production approach to dramatically increase the throughput capacity of their state-of-the-art, 12,000 square foot GMP facility. Located in Bengaluru and opened in 2021, Immuneel's Integrated Cell Therapy Development and Manufacturing Facility was the first of its kind in India and is designed to bring breakthrough cell and gene therapies to millions of patients in India. Lastly, Immuneel's G-Rex Grant will support the requisite comparability studies necessary to support a post-CAR-T approval manufacturing change from their difficult to scale low throughput all-in-one manufacturing equipment to a much simpler high throughput G-Rex centric approach. The high popularity of ScaleReady's G-Rex Grant Program led ScaleReady to increase award funds from the original amount of $20M to a total of $30M directed towards saving recipients significant time and money by expediting the path to optimized cell and gene-modified cell therapy manufacturing. Two hundred grants have already been awarded with over 50 new applications in the queue. Each G-Rex Grant recipient can obtain up to $300,000 and gain access to exclusive support from ScaleReady's growing consortium of G-Rex Grant Partners who bring best-in-class tools and technologies as well as unparalleled knowledge and expertise in the areas of cGMP manufacturing, quality and regulatory affairs, CGT business operations, and more. For more information about the G-Rex® Grant Program, please contact info@ About ScaleReadyScaleReady provides the field of cell and gene-modified cell therapy (CGT) with a G-Rex centric manufacturing platform that enables the world's most practical, flexible, scalable, and affordable CGT drug product development and manufacturing. The G-Rex manufacturing platform is currently used by a rapidly growing list of over 800 organizations and is producing drug products for approximately 50% of CGT clinical trials as well as 5 commercially approved CGT drugs. CGT entities relying on the breadth and scope of ScaleReady's expertise can expect to save years of time and millions of dollars on the path to CGT commercialization. For more information about the ScaleReady G-Rex® Grant Program, please contact info@ About Wilson Wolf ManufacturingWilson Wolf ( is dedicated to simplifying cell and gene-modified cell (CGT) therapy research, process development, and manufacturing. This is being accomplished through its scalable G-Rex technology, which is used throughout the world in CGT applications ranging from basic research to commercial drug production. Wilson Wolf's mission is to create hope for cancer patients, one G-Rex® device at a time. About Bio-Techne CorporationBio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) is a global life sciences company providing innovative tools and bioactive reagents for the research and clinical diagnostic communities. Bio-Techne, in partnership with Wilson Wolf, is creating products such as media and cytokines that are specifically tailored to G-Rex® Bioreactors, including right-sized reagent quantities in containers that are tailored to high throughput closed-system manufacturing. For more information on Bio-Techne and its brands, please visit or follow the Company on social media at: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter or YouTube. Contact: David Clair, Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate About CellReady LLCCellReady is the world's first and only G-Rex centric contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in G-Rex based cell and gene-modified cell therapy development and manufacturing. The company offers a wide range of services to support the development and commercialization of these therapies. CellReady's mission is to create hope for cancer patients, one G-Rex® process at a time. About Immuneel therapeutics Private LimitedImmuneel Therapeutics Private Limited is a cutting-edge biotechnology company based in Bangalore, India, at the forefront of advancing cell and gene therapies, as well as personalized immunotherapies, for cancer patients in India. As a research-driven and fully integrated organization, Immuneel is dedicated to making next-generation cancer treatments accessible and affordable, with a strong focus on innovation and clinical impact. The company's mission is to democratize advanced therapies by developing and commercializing breakthrough solutions tailored to the needs of Indian patients. As part of its growing portfolio, Immuneel has licensed and commercialized Qartemi® (varnimcabtagene autoleucel), a CD19 CAR-T cell therapy approved by India's Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) for the treatment of adult B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma a novel therapy for blood cancer, further demonstrating its commitment to transforming cancer care in India. Immuneel has a robust pipeline of CAR-T therapies for various indications in Oncology and AutoImmune diseases For more information, please visit: View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Bio-Techne Corporation
CBS News
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Boston artist John Wilson's work now the subject of Museum of Fine Arts exhibit celebrating humanity
A late Boston artist that got his start in the Roxbury neighborhood now has his work gracing the walls of the Museum of Fine Arts as part of a new exhibition. Welcome to Roxbury: the geographic center of the city, the heart of Black Boston, and the birthplace of artist John Wilson. "His life came out of that community very deeply, and it produced this—at least for me—this magnificent representation of human beings," said Roy Wilson, John's son. Importance of family John Wilson was born in 1922, to immigrants from British Guyana. Although his career took him to many places, Including Europe and Mexico, family was always important to him. He went on to marry his wife Julie and they had three kids: Erica, Rebecca and Roy. Roy Wilson invited WBZ-TV into his childhood home in Brookline. "I just have this vision of him doing anything to protect us. And I always knew that about him - that he'd be there in the end for you - whatever it took," said Wilson. John Wilson passed away in 2015 at the age of 92, but the memories that Wilson made with his father are still very much alive. "Well - one thing is - he was upstairs working a lot. When I went to the show, it was kind of impressive… seeing all the stuff that he had been working on in his studio for so many years—to see it all in one place!" said Wilson. New MFA exhibit That place? The walls of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. One hundred and ten of his works grace the walls; paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures and illustrated books—all on display in the exhibition "Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson." "The self-portrait was an incredibly important part of John Wilson's work and throughout his six-decade career, so much of his work is focused around portraits of himself, his family, and his friends," said co-curator Edward Saywell. "And a lot of that has to do with his reclaiming, the dignity and the gravitas of the portrait for Black Americans." Saywell, one of the four co-curators of the John Wilson exhibit, told WBZ-TV that as an art student, Wilson never got to see himself in art history books or exhibitions. "And when he did see representations of Black Americans, all too often he described them as caricature-like or dehumanized. And one of the threads that you see throughout the entire exhibition is incredible humanity and empathy that he imbues in all his portraits—whether it's a portrait of himself or a portrait of a family member or a friend," Saywell explained. John Wilson spent more than six decades creating artwork that challenged viewers to not just see. "The works speak to, not only key political and civil rights moments over those six decades, but they speak to what life was like in Roxbury growing up in the 1940s," Saywell said. Works displayed in Roxbury Long before Wilson's works were in the MFA, they were on display in the neighborhood that helped shape him. One of those works sits on the campus of Roxbury Community College, called: "Father and Child Reading." A 7-foot tall bronze sculpture that honors the fond memories John Wilson had of his father reading to him. "Father and Child Reading," a sculpture by John Wilson. CBS Boston "I know that he was very dedicated to the idea of being a father, in acculture, that in some ways, made it difficult to be an upstanding man," said Wilson. The other work, a very well-known piece called "The Eternal Presence", more affectionately known as "The Big Head." The monument, described by the artist himself as, "an image of universal dignity." "For him, putting it in Roxbury was as important as the piece itself. And attaching it to the ground, no pedestal, in his home community—was as important as anything else about the piece. And the fact that people come once a year to polish it and to refinish it, was completely moving to the man. It was the highest compliment he could imagine being paid," said Saywell. That piece sits on the campus of the museum of The National Center of Afro-American Arts. "My sincerest hope is that any visitor is going to see an extraordinary Boston artist who should be on the national stage and are going to come away, hopefully seeing work that speaks to them in one way or another," Saywell shared. "That we are as magical, as strong, as thoughtful, as human, as any other people on the planet," Wilson said when asked about what he wants visitors to feel leaving his father's exhibit. John Wilson's impact is also still felt by students and staff alike at Boston University, where his inspiration and instruction as a professor continues to reverberate. The exhibition at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston will be on display through June 22 – and then it will travel to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in September.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Leaked memos show troubling shift at disaster agency just weeks before hurricane season begins: 'Kind of bizarre'
Reuters reported in mid-May that the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency had recently made notable cuts to some emergency training just weeks before the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is generally understood to begin. Leaked internal memos seem to indicate that FEMA is shifting many in-person training sessions online and reviewing staff engagements for approval. Local emergency managers who rely on hands-on disaster planning have said such changes raise concerns. FEMA has cut back face-to-face training as part of a move toward decentralizing disaster response. Workshops that typically covered community response plans, hurricane forecasting models, and evacuation routes are now set to be conducted virtually. Additionally, FEMA has restricted staff travel since February unless it's for "disaster deployment and other limited purposes." And since March, staff speaking engagements and any related materials have required a rubber stamp from the Office of External Affairs and the Office of Chief Counsel, according to Reuters. John Wilson, chairperson of the National Hurricane Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, told the outlet, "It was kind of bizarre to have a National Hurricane Conference without the National Hurricane Center director opening it up." Reuters also reported that about 2,000 FEMA staff have resigned since the start of the Trump administration this January, leading to what some have called a "brain drain" at the agency. With limited face-to-face training, emergency personnel may be less prepared for what's expected to be a busy Atlantic hurricane season — a time that typically lasts from June through November. Reuters noted that predictions for 2025 include 17 named storms, nine of which are expected to become hurricanes. The National Weather Service has also faced federal funding cuts, potentially complicating accurate storm forecasting. North Carolina emergency manager Steve Still told Reuters that while virtual instruction has its merits, it can be less effective than in-person learning. Given that the 2024 hurricane season was one of the deadliest and most expensive on record, any perceived loss of effectiveness this year might understandably prompt serious worries. In a separate issue, the Associated Press reported in early March that FEMA had canceled in-person classes at the National Fire Academy in Maryland. Though it's possible the NFA cancelations are only temporary, experts' reactions to the shuttering might offer a window onto the value of such training more generally. What would you do if natural disasters were threatening your home? Move somewhere else Reinforce my home Nothing This is happening already Click your choice to see results and speak your mind. Former Maryland fire chief Marc Bashoor told the AP, "It is the one avenue we have to bring people from all over the country to learn from and with each other." Despite federal cutbacks, some states are stepping in. To fill the gap, Reuters reported, the hurricane-vulnerable states of North Carolina and Louisiana are still planning to host onsite training sessions led by FEMA-certified staff. Meanwhile, legislation proposed in Florida seeks to boost readiness through localized training and post-storm coordination. And the American Red Cross continues to offer its own, if limited, in-person classes across the country. Local leaders and mutual aid organizations always encourage residents to keep hurricane survival kits ready and up to date and to learn safe evacuation routes. Knowing what not to do in a hurricane and collaborating with neighbors in advance can help to build community resilience in the face of critical climate issues and more extreme weather. Join our free newsletter for good news and useful tips, and don't miss this cool list of easy ways to help yourself while helping the planet.
