Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - Mind - StumbleUpon. Scientists turn scar tissue into beating heart muscle. Scientists have successfully transformed the sort of scar tissue caused by heart attacks into living, beating heart muscle. It's been done before in a petri dish, but this marks the first time that it's been managed in living animals - in this case, mice. "The damage from a heart attack is typically permanent because heart-muscle cells - deprived of oxygen during the attack - die and scar tissue forms," says Dr Deepak Srivastava of the Gladstone Institutes.
"But our experiments in mice are a proof of concept that we can reprogram non-beating cells directly into fully functional, beating heart cells - offering an innovative and less invasive way to restore heart function after a heart attack. " In laboratory experiments with mice that had had a heart attack, the team delivered three genes that normally guide embryonic heart development - together known as GMT - directly into the damaged region.
Injected Oxygen Particle Allows You to Live Without Breathing. September 22, 2012 “A team of scientists at the Boston Children’s Hospital have invented what is being considered one the greatest medical breakthroughs in recent years.” From TechWench.com, "Scientists Invent Oxygen Particle That If Injected, Allows You To Live Without Breathing. " By Damien S. Wilhelmi A team of scientists at the Boston Children’s Hospital have invented what is being considered one the greatest medical breakthroughs in recent years. This finding has the potential to save millions of lives every year. Microparticle Composition The microparticles used are composed of oxygen gas pocketed in a layer of lipids. These microparticles are around two to four micrometers in length and carry about three to four times the oxygen content of our own red blood cells....
Read entire article ... Breathing is not just getting oxygen in our bloodstream but also getting rid of excess CO2 and residual oxygen plus other gases… Thanks for this info, the possibilities are endless. There Was Once a Woman Who Had Immortal Cells. Today I found out there was once a woman who had immortal cells. These immortal cells have multiplied to the point that if you were to weigh all of them that live today, they’d weigh about 50 million metric tons, which is about as much as 100 Empire State Buildings. So who was this woman and why are scientists keeping about 50 million metric tons of her cells supplied with fresh nutrients so they can live on?
The woman was Henrietta Lacks and her immortal cells have been essential in curing polio; gene mapping; learning how cells work; developing drugs to treat cancer, herpes, leukemia, influenza, hemophilia, Parkinson’s disease, AIDS… The list goes on and on and on. If it deals with the human body and has been studied by scientists, odds are, they needed and used Henrietta’s immortal cells somewhere along the way.
Her cells were even sent up to space on an unmanned satellite to determine whether or not human tissue could survive in zero gravity. Bonus Facts: Fasting is beneficial to the immune system: Study shows it triggers stem cell regeneration. Fasting can re-boot human immune systems, according to a new study from USC. (Photo : Public domain image by Petr Kratochvil) Fasting as little as eight days a year could help bodies become healthier, according to new research from the University of Southern California.
People undergoing chemotherapy treatment often suffer damage to their immune system, leading to additional health complications. Similar challenges are faced by the those experiencing autoimmune deficiencies and some seniors. These effects could be treated simply by not eating. Fasting two to four days at a time every six months causes stem cells to awake from their normal dormant state, and start re-generating. In mice and humans, white blood cell counts were significant lowered after long periods without food. Going without food for 48 to 96 hours shifts human bodies to consumes stores of fat, glucose (sugar), and ketones (created when fats are broken down for energy)
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