Snappr is an Australian startup that matches customers with professional photographers for sessions ranging from a product shoot to a wedding, including profile photos, family and your favourite pet photos. Photographers offering their services on the platform have been checked in terms of their equipment, portfolio and level of experience. Because you're ordering on a group site prices are competitive. www.snappr.co
At this spa in Houston, Texas, babies aged between two weeks and eight months are put in waterproof nappies then fitted with a double-circle flotation device to support their head and neck. The floats allow the babies to move their arms and legs in the water as the bob and play for about 25 minutes. Mothers say the experience helps their babies relax and sleep better. www.floatbabies.com
As well as CCTV cameras more undercover police are now helping to watch for danger in major cities. A friend recently had her wallet stolen from her bag, without her knowing, near a Paris train station. An undercover policeman saw what happened, ran after the thief and retrieved the wallet.
The Garvan Institute has launched Australia's first clinical whole-genome sequencing service. This new service will help hundreds of thousands of Australians who currently live with a genetic condition, many of which are rare and challenging to diagnose. It will increase the diagnosis rates of these conditions from around 20 per cent to 40 - 60 per cent. One test will put an end to the long and complicated journey to diagnosis that many families currently endure. www.genome.one
Three human trials of a "universal cancer vaccine" have been successfully conducted by scientists at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. They are now progressing to larger clinical trials which will take a few years. Their research is based on recent developments in medicine which have given us new ways to fight back?including using our own immune system, known as immunotherapy,
