D Tuesday, August 4, 2009 METRO SayCheese:ThemiceteeththatweregrowninthelaboratoryPicture: National Jackos doctor owed more than half-a-million in debtsMICHAEL JACKSONS doctor was in deep financial trouble when he started to work for the popstar earlier this year. Dr Conrad Murray owed at least 550,000 when he signed on as Jacksons personal physician earlier this year at $150,000 (105,000) a month. The Las Vegas cardiologist owed the money in judgments against him and his medical practice, outstanding mortgage payments on his house and delinquent stu- dent loans, child support and credit cards. BykenriTTer Authorities searched his home last week as part of a manslaughter investigation into Jacksons death, as the revelations of his financial woes could help prosecutors establish a motive if he is charged. Dr Murray, 56, was taken on by Jackson as he prepared to get in shape for a series of comeback concerts in London in July. Investigators into the stars death at his rented Los Angeles Mansion on June 25, believe the medic gave the star a fatal dose of the powerful anaesthetic Propofol to help him sleep. Propofol is commonly used for surgery and should be only be administered by a trained anaesthetist. Dr Murrays lawyer, Edward Chernoff, has said the doctor did not prescribe any- thing that should have killed Jackson. Neither Jackson nor AEG Live, the pro- moter for the London concerts, paid the doctor for the two months he worked for the pop star, according to Mr Chernoff. indeep:DrMurray Haggis not Scottish... HAGGIS makers in Scotland have jumped to the defence of the dishs origins after claims the first recipe for the food was published in an English book. Food historian Catherine Brown said she found references to the dish in a book called The English Hus-Wife, dated 1615, but she said the first mention she could find of Scottish haggis was in 1747. But Falkirk butcher Robert Patrick said: I find it hard to believe. I think we can still call it Scottish. The things that go in it are Scottish. Haggis is made from oatmeal, liver, heart and lungs. Thats a mice set of false teeth you haveSCIENTISTS have grown teeth in mice a breakthrough that could lead to the end of dentures. They developed a tooth germ in the lab, the tiny bud that appears before you grow a tooth, and transplanted it into the jawbones of the animals. The seed-like tissue which contains all the cells and instructions necessary to grow a tooth, regularly grew into normal-looking teeth with all the usual structures including enamel and blood vessels. The Japanese researchers say the technique could enable a whole host of new organs to be grown inside the body. They used a fluorescent protein to track the expression of genes in the transplanted bud and found all those normally triggered in tooth development were active during the replacements growth. The bio- engineered tooths hardness was comparable with natural teeth, and nerve fibres could respond to pain stimulation. Technology already exists to develop limited tissues in the lab that can be transplanted into animals, but this is the first time a new three- dimensional organ has been grown in a living animal from just a few cells. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html