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Encyclopédie / Vocabulaire médical - Le langage médical à la portée de tous 

Encyclopédie / Vocabulaire médical - Le langage médical à la portée de tous  | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it

Le langage médical à la portée de tous
Le langage médical utilise deux types de termes : des mots techniques, dont la signification est très précise, et que les patients connaissent en général mal ou pas du tout (à chacun son métier) ; et des mots du langage courant, des mots de tous les jours, dont les médecins se servent dans un sens qui leur est propre.

Tout ceci fait que, lorsqu’un médecin donne des explications à ses patients, ceux-ci risquent de ne pas tout comprendre, ce qui est une source fréquente d’angoisse. C’est pour cette raison que ce site a été créé : il est conçu pour vous donner les clés nécessaires à la compréhension du langage des médecins, de leur vocabulaire, et de la façon dont ils s’en servent.

 

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Le langage médical à la portée de tous
Le langage médical utilise deux types de termes : des mots techniques, dont la signification est très précise, et que les patients connaissent en général mal ou pas du tout (à chacun son métier) ; et des mots du langage courant, des mots de tous les jours, dont les médecins se servent dans un sens qui leur est propre.

Tout ceci fait que, lorsqu’un médecin donne des explications à ses patients, ceux-ci risquent de ne pas tout comprendre, ce qui est une source fréquente d’angoisse. C’est pour cette raison que ce site a été créé : il est conçu pour vous donner les clés nécessaires à la compréhension du langage des médecins, de leur vocabulaire, et de la façon dont ils s’en servent.

 

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Tardive Hämangiome: Das steckt hinter den roten Leberflecken | Galileo | 

Tardive Hämangiome: Das steckt hinter den roten Leberflecken | Galileo |  | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it

Tardive Hämangiome: Das steckt hinter den roten Leberflecken

Ohne Vorwarnung erscheinen sie auf deiner Haut: blutrote Pünktchen. Doch was steckt dahinter? Im Video erklären wir, was es mit den sogenannten tardiven Hämangiomen auf sich hat.

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Tardive Hämangiome: Das steckt hinter den roten Leberflecken

Ohne Vorwarnung erscheinen sie auf deiner Haut: blutrote Pünktchen. Doch was steckt dahinter? Im Video erklären wir, was es mit den sogenannten tardiven Hämangiomen auf sich hat.

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Computerbrille für Sehbehinderte | #Research #3D #Eyes #Blind

Computerbrille für Sehbehinderte | #Research #3D #Eyes #Blind | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it

Das Headset eSight 3 soll Patienten, die etwa an Makuladegeneration, diabetischer Retinopathie oder Morbus Stargardt leiden, zu verbesserter visueller Wahrnehmung verhelfen, ohne ihre Mobilität einzuschränken.

 

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Das Headset eSight 3 soll Patienten, die etwa an Makuladegeneration, diabetischer Retinopathie oder Morbus Stargardt leiden, zu verbesserter visueller Wahrnehmung verhelfen, ohne ihre Mobilität einzuschränken.

 

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Functional human heart tissue grown from skin cells | Research

Functional human heart tissue grown from skin cells | Research | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it
The need for heart transplants will always exceed the number of donor hearts available for transplant. Thanks to research just out from Massachusetts General Hospital, though, this may not continue to be a problem for much longer. Researchers there have just succeeded in growing fully contractile heart tissue by recellularizing a collagen scaffold, and they’re hoping to refine the method so that it can be used as a “functional myocardial patch” for cardiac injuries.
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The need for heart transplants will always exceed the number of donor hearts available for transplant. Thanks to research just out from Massachusetts General Hospital, though, this may not continue to be a problem for much longer. Researchers there have just succeeded in growing fully contractile heart tissue by recellularizing a collagen scaffold, and they’re hoping to refine the method so that it can be used as a “functional myocardial patch” for cardiac injuries.

 

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The need for heart transplants will always exceed the number of donor hearts available for transplant. Thanks to research just out from Massachusetts General Hospital, though, this may not continue to be a problem for much longer. Researchers there have just succeeded in growing fully contractile heart tissue by recellularizing a collagen scaffold, and they’re hoping to refine the method so that it can be used as a “functional myocardial patch” for cardiac injuries.

 

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The World's First 3D-Printed Titanium Rib Cage Is a Medical Marvel | #3DPrinting

The World's First 3D-Printed Titanium Rib Cage Is a Medical Marvel | #3DPrinting | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it

It sounds like something straight out of a comic book, but after losing his sternum and part of his rib cage to cancer, a 54-year-old Spanish man received the world’s first 3D-printed chest prosthetic made from lightweight, but incredibly strong, titanium.


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It sounds like something straight out of a comic book, but after losing his sternum and part of his rib cage to cancer, a 54-year-old Spanish man received the world’s first 3D-printed chest prosthetic made from lightweight, but incredibly strong, titanium.


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How many body parts can be replaced in one human being?
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Cocoa antioxidants boost the aging brain | Science News

Cocoa antioxidants boost the aging brain | Science News | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it
High doses of cocoa flavanols can improve some types of brain function in older individuals, a new study shows.
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High doses of cocoa flavanols can improve some types of brain function in older individuals, a new study shows.


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The Truth About The Safety Of E-Cigarettes

The Truth About The Safety Of E-Cigarettes | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it
By Christopher Wanjek, Columnist Published: 11/22/2013 08:44 AM EST on LiveScience At first, electronic cigarettes were a novelty -- something a braggart in a bar might puff to challenge the established no-smoking policy, marveling bystanders with...


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Study: Most radiologists don’t notice a gorilla in a CT scan

Study: Most radiologists don’t notice a gorilla in a CT scan | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it
Researchers added a dancing, waving gorilla to a standard CT scan of the lungs. Most radiologists totally missed it.

 

Most radiologists, however, did not see him. When asked "Did you see a gorilla on the final trial?" 20 of the 24 radiologists tested said they did not. It wasn't for lack of looking.


As the researchers write, in a forthcoming paper in Psychological Science, "eye-tracking revealed that, of the 20 radiologists who did not report the gorilla, 12 looked directly at the gorilla’s location when it was visible."


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Most radiologists, however, did not see him. When asked "Did you see a gorilla on the final trial?" 20 of the 24 radiologists tested said they did not.


It wasn't for lack of looking. As the researchers write, in a forthcoming paper in Psychological Science, "eye-tracking revealed that, of the 20 radiologists who did not report the gorilla, 12 looked directly at the gorilla’s location when it was visible."


Gust MEES: This is a SHAME and lack of RESPONSIBILITY as a 6cm TUMOR was ALSO ONLY found after I asked and insisted for a SCINTIGRAPHY!!! ONLY after that SCINTIGRAPHY they analysed again the scans (there were 3!!!) and discovered the tumor!!!



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Elle se retrouve avec des asticots mangeurs de chair dans l'oreille

Elle se retrouve avec des asticots mangeurs de chair dans l'oreille | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it
C'est la mésaventure d'une touriste britannique dont un conduit auditif a été parasité par des larves de mouches.
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3-D Map of Human Brain Gives Unprecedented Detail

3-D Map of Human Brain Gives Unprecedented Detail | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it
The new map, a work of classic anatomy called BigBrain, is 50 times as detailed as previous efforts and will be available to researchers everywhere.
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The three-dimensional reconstruction could help distinguish the many small areas of the brain with greater accuracy.


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The finished product, which is part of the European Human Brain Project, a €1 billion effort to make a computer model of human brain function over the next 10 years, will soon be available for free through a web portal called CBRAIN

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Uni Luxemburg: Forscher finden körpereigenes Antibiotikum im Hirn

Uni Luxemburg: Forscher finden körpereigenes Antibiotikum im Hirn | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it
Wissenschaftler des Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine haben herausgefunden, dass Immunzellen im Gehirn eine Substanz herstellen können, die Bakterien am Wachstum hindert. Dies sei ein bahnbrechendes Ergebnis.
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Very interesting...

 

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Making axons branch and grow to help nerve regeneration after injury

Making axons branch and grow to help nerve regeneration after injury | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it
(Medical Xpress)—One molecule makes nerve cells grow longer. Another one makes them grow branches.
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One molecule makes nerve cells grow longer. Another one makes them grow branches. These new experimental manipulations have taken researchers a step closer to understanding how nerve cells are repaired at their farthest reaches after injury. 

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New Study Validates Longevity Pathway | HMS

New Study Validates Longevity Pathway | HMS | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it

 

A new study demonstrates what researchers consider conclusive evidence that the red wine compound resveratrol directly activates a protein that promotes health and longevity in animal models.


The researchers plan on continuing academic-industry collaborations with the goal of bringing to fruition drugs that treat diseases associated with aging.

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A new study demonstrates what researchers consider conclusive evidence that the red wine compound resveratrol directly activates a protein that promotes health and longevity in animal models.


Santé, Prost, Cheers with red wine ;)


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Operative Behandlung der Prostata-Erkrankungen | #Gesundheit #Health #Santé 

Mit zunehmendem Alter treten gut- und bösartige Erkrankungen der Prostata immer häufiger auf. Die Möglichkeiten der Früherkennung, Diagnostik und moderne Therapie Dr. Tobias Pottek, Cherarzt der Urologie im Asklepios Westklinikum, in diesem Video.

 

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Mit zunehmendem Alter treten gut- und bösartige Erkrankungen der Prostata immer häufiger auf. Die Möglichkeiten der Früherkennung, Diagnostik und moderne Therapie Dr. Tobias Pottek, Cherarzt der Urologie im Asklepios Westklinikum, in diesem Video.

 

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Bacterial communities in the gut an indicator for Parkinson’s disease? | #Research #Luxembourg #UNILuxembourg

Bacterial communities in the gut an indicator for Parkinson’s disease? | #Research #Luxembourg #UNILuxembourg | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it
Parkinson’s disease is an insidious disease: by the time it manifests as the typical motor dysfunctions such as tremors or muscle rigidity, portions of the brain have already been irreversibly destroyed. By this stage, the disease will have often begun already decades earlier.

In search of an early portent of the disease, researchers led by Prof. Paul Wilmes, head of the Eco-Systems Biology Group at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg, may now have found one in the gut: they have shown that the bacterial community in the gut of Parkinson’s patients differs from that of healthy people even at a very early stage of the disease. The researchers present their results in the scientific journal “Movement Disorders”.

 

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Parkinson’s disease is an insidious disease: by the time it manifests as the typical motor dysfunctions such as tremors or muscle rigidity, portions of the brain have already been irreversibly destroyed. By this stage, the disease will have often begun already decades earlier.

In search of an early portent of the disease, researchers led by Prof. Paul Wilmes, head of the Eco-Systems Biology Group at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg, may now have found one in the gut: they have shown that the bacterial community in the gut of Parkinson’s patients differs from that of healthy people even at a very early stage of the disease. The researchers present their results in the scientific journal “Movement Disorders”.

 

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http://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=University+Luxembourg

 

 

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Parkinson’s disease is an insidious disease: by the time it manifests as the typical motor dysfunctions such as tremors or muscle rigidity, portions of the brain have already been irreversibly destroyed. By this stage, the disease will have often begun already decades earlier.

In search of an early portent of the disease, researchers led by Prof. Paul Wilmes, head of the Eco-Systems Biology Group at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg, may now have found one in the gut: they have shown that the bacterial community in the gut of Parkinson’s patients differs from that of healthy people even at a very early stage of the disease. The researchers present their results in the scientific journal “Movement Disorders”.

 

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http://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=University+Luxembourg

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=Parkinson

 

 

 

Tom Maucotel's curator insight, January 2, 2023 9:32 AM
Cet article écrit par nos voisins luxembourgeois nous fait part d'un possible rapport entre la flore bactérienne de l'estomac et la maladie de Parkinson, et ce dès les premiers signes de la maladie. Si d'autres études viennent à confirmer cette piste, on pourrait alors imaginer une nouvelle manière de dépister précocement la maladie de Parkinson, et ainsi ralentir sa progression.
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Wie magnetische Nanobots bösartige Tumore vernichten sollen | #Cancer #Research #Nano

Wie magnetische Nanobots bösartige Tumore vernichten sollen | #Cancer #Research #Nano | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it
Kanadischen Wissenschaftlern der University of Montreal und der McGill University ist es gelungen, magnetische Bakterien (sogenannte Nanobots) als Transportmittel für Medikamente einzusetzen.

Die medikamentöse Behandlung von Tumoren gestaltet sich bis heute schwierig. Die verabreichten Mittel lassen sich selten in unmittelbaren Kontakt mit den bösartigen Krebszellen bringen. Die Wirkung auf die erkrankten Bereiche fällt deshalb oft wenig effektiv aus. Mithilfe der magnetischen Bakterien können schwer erreichbare Krebszellen gezielt behandelt werden und gleichzeitig bleiben gesunde Körperregionen verschont.

 

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Kanadischen Wissenschaftlern der University of Montreal und der McGill University ist es gelungen, magnetische Bakterien (sogenannte Nanobots) als Transportmittel für Medikamente einzusetzen.

Die medikamentöse Behandlung von Tumoren gestaltet sich bis heute schwierig. Die verabreichten Mittel lassen sich selten in unmittelbaren Kontakt mit den bösartigen Krebszellen bringen. Die Wirkung auf die erkrankten Bereiche fällt deshalb oft wenig effektiv aus. Mithilfe der magnetischen Bakterien können schwer erreichbare Krebszellen gezielt behandelt werden und gleichzeitig bleiben gesunde Körperregionen verschont.

 

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http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?tag=Cancer

 

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The race is on to build the world’s first total-body PET scanner | Research | Anatomy

The race is on to build the world’s first total-body PET scanner | Research | Anatomy | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it
A collaborative effort to build a whole-body PET imager of unprecedented scale has just been funded by the DOE to the tune of $15.5 million.
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A collaborative effort to build a whole-body PET imager of unprecedented scale has just been funded by the DOE to the tune of $15.5 million.


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'Glowing' new nanotechnology guides cancer surgery, also kills remaining malignant cells

'Glowing' new nanotechnology guides cancer surgery, also kills remaining malignant cells | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it

A new system developed at Oregon State University to improve cancer surgery uses a nanoparticle called a dendrimer to carry a drug into cancer cells, that can set the stage for improved surgery and also phototherapy. (Graphic courtesy of Oregon State University)


Technology such as this, scientists said, may have a promising future in the identification and surgical removal of malignant tumors, as well as using near-infrared light therapies that can kill remaining cancer cells, both by mild heating of them and generating reactive oxygen species that can also kill them.

Read more: 'Glowing' new nanotechnology guides cancer surgery, also kills remaining malignant cells 


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A new system developed at Oregon State University to improve cancer surgery uses a nanoparticle called a dendrimer to carry a drug into cancer cells, that can set the stage for improved surgery and also phototherapy. (Graphic courtesy of Oregon State University)


Technology such as this, scientists said, may have a promising future in the identification and surgical removal of malignant tumors, as well as using near-infrared light therapies that can kill remaining cancer cells, both by mild heating of them and generating reactive oxygen species that can also kill them.

Read more: 'Glowing' new nanotechnology guides cancer surgery, also kills remaining malignant cells 


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The Future of Implantable Technology

The Future of Implantable Technology | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it

The Near Future of Implantable Technology
An interesting Video about the Future of Implantable Technology.
It features Jennifer French the first woman to receive the implanted
Stand and Transfer system, an experimental device that uses
implanted electrodes and an external control device.

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The Near Future of Implantable Technology
An interesting Video about the Future of Implantable Technology.
It features Jennifer French the first woman to receive the implanted
Stand and Transfer system, an experimental device that uses
implanted electrodes and an external control device.


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New Orcam device turns the world into speech for the blind

New Orcam device turns the world into speech for the blind | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it
OrCam is based on artificial intelligence and special algorithms built into a tiny computer that clips onto your eyeglasses.

 

Wearing an OrCam device clipped to her glasses, Negrin — who works for the company — can now do the smallest things that sighted people take for granted.


Just by pointing her finger at objects and listening to the device read the words and numbers, she can hand over money at the store without fear of being shortchanged. She can easily step on the right bus as it approaches her stop. And she can “read” the ingredients labels on products at the supermarket.


Costing about the same as a good hearing aid, the OrCam device is able to identify thousands of objects, including the faces of loved ones, dogs, buses, newspaper text and store signs, all with the point of the finger. Its voice system transmits the information to the wearer’s ear.




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Costing about the same as a good hearing aid, the OrCam device is able to identify thousands of objects, including the faces of loved ones, dogs, buses, newspaper text and store signs, all with the point of the finger. Its voice system transmits the information to the wearer’s ear.


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Eye Receptor Transplants May Restore Eyesight to the Blind

Eye Receptor Transplants May Restore Eyesight to the Blind | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it
Scientists at University College London have successfully transplanted photoreceptor cells into blind eyes, thus maybe finding a method for curing blindness
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Watch the video above to see how the process works. The lab-grown photoreceptor cells are planted into the eyes of mice, where they successfully connect with nerves that send visual signals to the brain. The scientists now hope to replicate this process in humans.

 

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Brain-penetrating nanoparticle attacks deadly tumors

Brain-penetrating nanoparticle attacks deadly tumors | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it
Brain-penetrating nanoparticle attacks deadly tumors

 

(Nanowerk News) Scientists have developed a new approach for treating a deadly brain cancer that strikes 15,000 in the United States annually and for which there is no effective long-term therapy. The researchers, from Yale and Johns Hopkins, have shown that the approach extends the lives of laboratory animals and are preparing to seek government approval for a human clinical trial.

 

“We wanted to make a system that would penetrate into the brain and deliver drugs to a greater volume of tissue,” said Mark Saltzman, a biomedical engineer at Yale and principal investigator of the research. “Drugs have to get to tumor cells in order to work, and they have to be the right drugs.


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Team develops new technique to track cell interactions in living bodies

Team develops new technique to track cell interactions in living bodies | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a new technique to see how different types of cells interact in a living mouse.

 

The process uses light-emitting proteins that glow when two types of cells come close together.

 

Using the technique, the team was able to pinpoint where in the body metastatic cancer cells ended up after they broke off from an initial tumor site, using readily available lab reagents. The team chose chemicals that are easily available in most life sciences laboratories because they wanted to develop a technique that could be widely used.

 

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Using the technique, the team was able to pinpoint where in the body metastatic cancer cells ended up after they broke off from an initial tumor site, using readily available lab reagents. The team chose chemicals that are easily available in most life sciences laboratories because they wanted to develop a technique that could be widely used.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-05-team-technique-track-cell-interactions.html#jCp

 

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Healing Gel Updates Centuries-Old Bandage Technology

Healing Gel Updates Centuries-Old Bandage Technology | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it
New York University student Joe Landolina has created a new gel that stops bleeding in a way very similar to a product in the video game Mass Effect.
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Innovative and very interesting, check it out...

 

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Dude Has 75 Percent of His Skull Replaced By 3D-Printed Replica

Dude Has 75 Percent of His Skull Replaced By 3D-Printed Replica | 21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)... | Scoop.it
A man has had the first ever 3D-printed skull-replacement fitted, swapping out a whole 75 per cent of the bone in his head for a man-made replacement.
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Oxford Performance Materials, the company behind the implant, thinks that there's no reason these 3D-printed bone replacements couldn't be used to repair other damaged areas, like limbs. Is this the start of the body-part replacement trend? Will we soon be upgrading our skeletons, Wolverine style? Who knows, but at least you know if you break your nut you'll now be able to just print out a replacement.


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