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Self Defense. Diet. 10 talks on the future of stem cell medicine. Will the next generation think about diseases like Alzheimer’s and diabetes the way we think about polio and the whooping cough? Susan Solomon, the co-founder of the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF), certainly hopes so. In this fascinating talk from TEDGlobal 2012, Solomon delves into the foundation’s work on research with stem cells, which she calls the “black boxes for diseases.” “[Stem cells] are our bodies’ own repair kits. They are pluripotent, which means they can morph into all of the cells in our bodies,” says Solomon. “Right now there are some really extraordinary things that we are doing with stem cells that are completely changing the way we model disease, our ability to understand why we get sick and even develop drugs.
But … this field has been under siege, politically and financially.” Currently, developing a drug takes an average of 13 years, costs $4 billion, and has a 99% failure rate. To hear more about the NYSCF, watch Solomon’s talk. Sleepyti.me bedtime calculator. Better information. Better health. Free Calorie Counter, Diet & Exercise Journal | MyFitnessPal.com. Newsletters. I dunno. How many do you wanna eat? Okay, so that was a joke, but eventually, it'll be the right answer. When all your hormones fire right and you're filling yourself with healthy, whole foods, your body will tell you the right amount to eat. Unfortunately, our culture has become particularly skilled at overriding our natural indicators, which is why 30% of us are obese.
(I've divided this answer into two parts. The part where I tell you what a calorie is and how it applies to you. A calorie (or kilocalorie, as it's officially called) is a unit of measurement given to the amount of energy your body generates from the food you eat. Nerdy aside: Calories can also be used to measure other expenditures of energy, including explosions. In the human body, this energy is used for all your daily functions, including breathing, talking, digesting, walking, heart-beating and, of course, working out. The part where I (finally) tell you how many calories are right for you. Microbiome. Depiction of the human body and bacteria that predominate A microbiome is "the ecological community of commensal, symbiotic, and pathogenic microorganisms that literally share our body space. "[1][2] This term was originally coined by Joshua Lederberg, who argued the importance of microorganisms inhabiting the human body in health and disease.
Many scientific articles distinguish "microbiome" and "microbiota" to describe either the collective genomes of the microorganisms that reside in an environmental niche or the microorganisms themselves, respectively.[3][4][5] However by the original definitions these terms are largely synonymous. The human body contains over 10 times more microbial cells than human cells, although the entire microbiome only weighs about 200 grams (7.1 oz),[6][7] with some weight estimates ranging as high as 3 pounds (approximately 48 ounces or 1,400 grams). Introduction[edit] Case studies[edit] Studies in humans[edit] Animal studies[edit] Plant studies[edit] Autism[edit] Human Microbiome Project. GermsAreUs.pdf (application/pdf Object) National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health.
Thomas Goetz: It's time to redesign medical data.