Okay, so in my last post i chatted a bit about biohacking, and how it could be a good thing. However in the wrong hands, it could be a dangerous thing, most likely to the user.
Field of Science
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Change of address1 year ago in Variety of Life
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Change of address1 year ago in Catalogue of Organisms
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Earth Day: Pogo and our responsibility1 year ago in Doc Madhattan
Biohacking, Brilliant
It's been a long time since I posted, been busy doing science and other such things.
There has been some hoo-ha recently as to the relatively new fad of "Biohacking". The concept itself is quite interesting. Many different technologies have in the past benefited from experiments developed by amateurs. The thing that immediately springs to mind is the clockwork radio.
There has been some hoo-ha recently as to the relatively new fad of "Biohacking". The concept itself is quite interesting. Many different technologies have in the past benefited from experiments developed by amateurs. The thing that immediately springs to mind is the clockwork radio.
Coughs and Sneezes Spread.....Schizophrenia ?
There has been a recent article in Scientific American which links schizophrenia to Infection by a disease, such as influenza. Now this may seem strange to you, but it is not completely bollocks.
It is already well known that if a mother gets especially stressed during preganacy, her stress hormones can cross the placenta and this can cause problems for the baby.
It is already well known that if a mother gets especially stressed during preganacy, her stress hormones can cross the placenta and this can cause problems for the baby.
Hearts without cells? What is this Madness?
Nature medicine has (or is about to, I can never really tell with Advanced online publishing) come out with the news that a group of scientists have made a breakthrough in regenerative heart medicine
What they have done (in simple terms) is take out the heart of a dead rat, removed all the cells, leaving this ghostly shadow of an organ, and then added a fresh batch of stem cells to the mix, thus creating (as if by magic) a new heart.
What they have done (in simple terms) is take out the heart of a dead rat, removed all the cells, leaving this ghostly shadow of an organ, and then added a fresh batch of stem cells to the mix, thus creating (as if by magic) a new heart.
Focus on Obesity
Okay, last night, I saw a programme, called the Half ton mum (oh my f#cking god I linked to the daily mail... how much lower can this blog get?)
It was about an extremely fat woman, although she wasn't half a ton (more like 70 stone..... The combined weight of me and my family isn't that much)
but anyway, this documentary left me with the indelible question in my mind. How can someone let themselves get so fat that they cannot walk? or in her case, it got to the point where she literally couldn't move. She had weeping sores (which she never saw) and if she tried to roll over or move her legs, her skin would rip apart. And I'm not even going to start on the bedsores.
She had been stuck in her house for the past five years. I tend to go a bit crazy if I've been in the house for five days, so I cannot imagine the hell this woman was exposed to.
Not to mention that this documentary was helpfully followed by another, called "half ton man" this was about a man, who was actually half a ton in size.
It was about an extremely fat woman, although she wasn't half a ton (more like 70 stone..... The combined weight of me and my family isn't that much)
but anyway, this documentary left me with the indelible question in my mind. How can someone let themselves get so fat that they cannot walk? or in her case, it got to the point where she literally couldn't move. She had weeping sores (which she never saw) and if she tried to roll over or move her legs, her skin would rip apart. And I'm not even going to start on the bedsores.
She had been stuck in her house for the past five years. I tend to go a bit crazy if I've been in the house for five days, so I cannot imagine the hell this woman was exposed to.
Not to mention that this documentary was helpfully followed by another, called "half ton man" this was about a man, who was actually half a ton in size.
Stem Cells Get Rid of Graft vs Host Disease
A New story has just broke in new scientist (yes, that is where i get all my science news... but for f*#ks sake it's the only news outlet that makes the effort to cite their original article sources.)
A clinical trial has just been done in which stem cells have been used to combat graft vs host disease.
A clinical trial has just been done in which stem cells have been used to combat graft vs host disease.
Fake Blood? This Is a Hospital NOT a Horror Movie
Yesterday, New Scientist broke the story about a company, known as HemoBiotech which has come up with a more realistic form of fake blood, called HemoTech. I don't mean that they've finally realised that cherryade is too pink for use in movies. No, I mean fake blood that can keep people alive.
Vampires around the globe are now at the edge of their seats (or coffins..or whatever..who cares, they don't really exist)
Vampires around the globe are now at the edge of their seats (or coffins..or whatever..who cares, they don't really exist)
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