▶ Intubation and Mechanical Ventilation
– YouTube. You may receive endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation if you are in an emergency situation involving severe respiratory problems or if you are having general anesthesia during a surgical procedure. If you have severe respiratory problems, the oxygen levels in your blood may drop too low, or the […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - December 12, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Healing Damaged Hearts With Stem Cell Implants Gets New Technique
We’re much better at saving the lives of those who suffer a heart attack these days. Sadly, many people survive a heart attack only to later succumb to heart failure from the damage it caused. Modern methods help heal the heart somewhat after a heart attack, but cardiologists think stem cell therapy might one day […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - November 4, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Predicting the fate of stem cells
University of Toronto researchers have developed a method that can rapidly screen human stem cells and better control what they will turn into. The technology could have potential use in regenerative medicine and drug development. Findings are published in this week\’s issue of the journal Nature Methods. “The work allows for a better understanding of […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - October 27, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
How Staph Toxin Disables the Immune System
Scientists at the NYU Langone Medical Center report the discovery of a novel mechanism by which Staphylococcus aureus bacteria attack and kill off immune cells. They say their findings “Staphylococcus aureus Leukotoxin ED Targets the Chemokine Receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 to Kill Leukocytes and Promote Infection”, published today in the journal Cell Host & Microbe, […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - October 20, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Monaco and humanitarian aid for a heart surgery
In this compassionate video, the monaco humanitarian aid organization describes a 12 year old girl, Aminata Keita who lives in Barnako, in the African country of Mali with a heart condition. Aminata suffers from cardiomyopathy, which results in failure of the heart and requires complicated and dangerous open heart surgery. Cardiomyophathy results from the deterioration […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - October 16, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Could A Dopamine Gene Be the Answer to a Longer Life?
A study published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that a version of a gene coding for a receptor for the brain chemical dopamine was 66% more common among people who lived to be 90 or older than among a group of younger people who were otherwise similar. The variant leads to a weaker response to […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - September 16, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
▶ Atherosclerosis
This 3d medical animation illustrates the story of how the buildup of cholesterol plaque causes a heart attack myocardial infarction from a blocked coronary artery due to atherosclerosis, which is chronic inflammation of the blood vessels. Beginning with damage to the endothelial arterial wall, the animation shows how a white blood cell entering the wall […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - September 15, 2013 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Development of a fly embryo in real time
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Source: Biosingularity - September 11, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
