Sheila Says: Positive Things That Happened This Year

2016 has been a ground breaking year in many ways, besides a presidential year……….

1.  Scientists may have found the gene responsible for ALS.  And funding for the study came from the Ice Bucket Challenge.
2.  We figured out a new stem-cell therapy that can halt the effects of Multiple Sclerosis.
3. Solar panels in California started producing enough electricity to power six million homes, which is a new record.  And a solar-powered plane flew around the world.
4. Volunteers in India planted 50 million trees in less than 24 hours.
5.  The number of wild tigers, manatees, and giant pandas is up.
6.  The hole in the ozone layer finally started healing itself.  Scientists have been waiting for it to happen since we banned certain chemicals in aerosols 30 years ago.
7.  We’re closer to helping paralyzed people walk again.  Just this week, scientists in Switzerland said they used a brain implant to help a paralyzed monkey walk again.