BAGHDAD James Daniels Bears Jersey , Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi security forces on Thursdayliberated the town of Aana and nearby areas in Iraq's westernprovince of Anbar from Islamic State (IS) militants, the Iraqimilitary said.


The Iraqi army troops and armored vehicles, backed byparamilitary tribal fighters, fully liberated the town of Aana,some 280 km northwest of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad Anthony Miller Bears Jersey , and raisedIraqi flags over some of its buildings, Lt. Gen. Abdul AmirYarallah from the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) said in abrief statement.


The announcement came two days after security forces and alliedHashd Shaabi brigades launched an offensive to drive out ISmilitants from Aana and nearby areas, including the nearby smalltown of Rayhana.


On Saturday, Iraqi forces recaptured Akashat area and reopened anearby strategic road near the Iraqi-Syrian border in anotheroperation.


Iraqi security forces have dislodged IS militants from the keycities of Anbar Province, including Ramadi and nearby Fallujah Kevin White Bears Jersey , butthe areas near the border with neighboring Syria, including Rawaand al-Qaim as well as the vast rural areas across the province arestill under the control of the extremist IS militants.


Earlier in the day, Iraqi forces launched an anti-IS offensiveelsewhere in the country and recaptured up to 21 villages as theyare advancing to free the town of Hawijah in the oil-rich provinceof Kirkuk.


"With a new Iraqi dawn, we announce the launch of the firststage of an operation to liberate Hawijah," Iraqi Prime MinisterHaider al-Abadi said in a brief statement. Enditem


LONDON Adam Shaheen Bears Jersey , Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- For the first time researchers have used genome editing techniques to study gene function in human embryos, revealing the role of a key gene in the embryos' first few days of development, according to a study released on Wednesday by the Francis Crick Institute.


The results could help scientists better understand the biology of human early development.


The team led by researchers from the institute used genome editing techniques to stop a key gene from producing a protein called OCT4, which normally becomes active in the first few days of human embryo development.


After the egg is fertilized, it divides until at about seven days it forms a ball of around 200 cells called the "blastocyst." The study found that human embryos need OCT4 to correctly form a blastocyst.


"If we knew the key genes that embryos need to develop successfully Eddie Goldman Bears Jersey , we could improve IVF treatments and understand some causes of pregnancy failure," said Dr Kathy Niakan from the Francis Crick Institute, who led the research, "It may take many years to achieve such an understanding; our study is just the first step."


As well as human embryo development, OCT4 is also thought to be important in stem cell biology. Pluripotent stem cells can become any other type of cell Cody Whitehair Bears Jersey , and they can be derived from embryos or created from adult cells such as skin cells. Human embryonic stem cells are taken from a part of the developing embryo that has high levels of OCT4.


"We have the technology to create and use pluripotent stem cells, which is undoubtedly a fantastic achievement, but we still don't understand exactly how these cells work," said Dr James Turner, co-author of the study from the Francis Crick Institute.


The study has been published in the journal Nature.


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