With a global shortage of organs suitable for transplant, some researchers are looking at 3D printing of living tissue as a solution – but to do it they might need to go into orbit.
3D bio-printing is the most promising technology for solving the problem of donor organ and tissue shortage needed for transplantation. Scientists and medics worldwide are striving to make artificial organ transplantation a widely used practice.
Researchers have made huge strides in ensuring that red blood cell substitutes – or artificial blood – are able to work safely and effectively when transfused into the bloodstream. The key is to make the artificial blood molecules big enough so they don’t leak from blood vessels into tissue an... Read more
Scientist Doris Taylor explains how she and her team are creating bioengineered human hearts in their lab with the goal of one day eliminating the need for heart transplants.
Google engineer Ray Kurzweil thinks that advances in technology will quickly lead to age-reversing ‘nanobots’. MailOnline takes a look at the ways humanity could attain eternal life.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia. Although its exact cause is unknown, for many years scientists have believed that a protein called beta-amyloid was responsible. Recently, this amyloid hypothesis has been questioned, and there has been a huge upsurge in dementia research. H... Read more
Researchers from the University of Toronto (UoT) and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre have developed a handheld device capable of 3D bioprinting sheets of skin that can heal burn wounds. Described as a “handheld 3D printer”, the device deposits sheets of material formed by a bioink that covers ... Read more
Smart pills can be a great idea, but there are several challenges, such as hacking and the risk of failure. Proper regulation is needed before they are released for public use.
“Smart” pills are here and we need to consider the risks | CNN
Pharmaceutical companies have already released digital “smart” pills containing computer chips. This raises a number of concerns when it comes to privacy and security, writes Robert Klitzman.
Smart-pill maker Proteus Digital Health has launched an oral chemotherapy equipped with its ingestible sensor, which aims to help oncologists track treatment effectiveness and adherence in their ca | Smart-pill maker Proteus Digital Health has launched an oral chemotherapy equipped with its ingestib... Read more
Patient specific implants, anatomical models and surgical guides for bone reconstruction or augmentation. Perfect fit, unique fixation and suture system.
The 2021 3D Printing Industry Awards shortlists are open for voting, have your say now. Scientists from the Nakayama Lab at Saga University and Kyoto University in Japan have fabricated 3D printed cartilage constructs from stem cells which could potentially be used to repair large cartilage defec... Read more
The US military has been researching health implant sensors to be used by soldiers in combat. They theorize it could even help prevent pandemics by detecting and stopping diseases before they spread. Check out this video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEnwETRLKpk
Implant health sensors are the future of biomedical technology. They remain in your body without being obvious and annoying like other tech wearables. They also help monitor your health and detect illnesses at their earliest stages.
The Big Idea: injectable, health-monitoring implants
It isn’t called alternative or even alternate medicine, it is an alternative to medicine, so it is correctly called complimentary medicine. It may or may not help, but it still gets the name medicine, urr, somehow.
Alternative medicine describes any practice which aims to achieve the healing effects of medicine, but which lacks biological plausibility and is untested or untestable. Complementary medicine (CM), complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), integrated medicine or integrative medicine (IM), and h... Read more
You can buy something similar! A company in the UK has a breath sampler, which collects exhaled air, which is then analyzed using medical machines for diagnosis. Hope they can sell breathalyzers that offer an instant diagnosis soon! In the meantime, you can order the sample here https://www.owlstonemedical.com/products/reciva/
Scientists are researching the technology and reckon you can use it to diagnose several diseases at early stages, including cancer, TB, hypertension, neurological disorders, and more.
Scientists have developed a breathalyzer to diagnose 17 diseases with one breath from a patient
The sad story in the comments on this video… their old mom was charged for blood-letting sessions to make her better. Shameful, similar to charlatans who claim they can speak to your dead parents.
Sorry to let you know, but you have been paying for this for the last few years. Not sure when the public asked for it, or if it just seemed a good idea for a bunch of ladies that like this stuff and need a job.
UK’s only NHS-approved complementary therapies training school celebrates first year - Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
The only training school in the UK approved by an NHS trust to offer complementary therapy courses to help people with a diagnosis of cancer is celebrating its first successful year with more than 140 students from across the country enrolling on courses. NHS Natural Health School is based at Harrog... Read more
Treatments like acupuncture can help relieve the symptoms of chemotherapy. What’s wrong with that? Read on before you judge others and what you assume they want for free.
Why people use complementary or alternative therapies | Cancer in general | Cancer Research UK
More people would enjoy the benefits of complementary therapies if they were available free on the NHS. One of the big advantages of our health service is that you can go to the doctor and receive treatment free of charge, but while you may be given a prescription for drugs or referred to a speciali... Read more
They don’t work. And they should be called complementary treatments, not medicines. Medicine has a specific meaning to those who work in medicine. Watch this and believe whichever bit you like.
The unprecedented shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has severely influenced the delivery of regular healthcare services. Most non-urgent medical activities, including elective surgeries, have been paused to mitigate the risk of infection and to dedicate medical resources to managing the pandemic... Read more
Just wow! I just googled it. Things are progressing quickly. I bet lots or surgeons would prefer to keep their hands clean and help more people in the process. Amazing.
Yeah, if they can help AIDS like viruses, then why not make an app that contains all the most important problems the world needs to be solved? Great idea.
Gamers solve molecular puzzle that baffled scientists
A new generation of online games don’t just provide entertainment – they help scientists solve their trickiest puzzles. Dara Mohammadi picks 10 of the best
Why there isn’t a standard NHS app, I don’t know. Look at the faff they make on the site when it could all just be in an app everyone can get for free.
Check out the list of top 10 mobile apps for personal medical records which allow the users to carry their complete medical history in their pocket. The users can track medical history of different family members as well share medical history with different physicians without any paper hassle.
The Pope could buy Galileo’s thumbs to torture him more for the damage done to their once full grasp of the world. Linking to this as it lists historic body parts for sale.
10 Human Body Parts Offered For Sale At Auction - Listverse
You can find almost anything for sale at auctions. Some incredible items, including human remains, have been sold. Whether at traditional auction houses
Ever contemplated selling an organ on the black market just to make rent? Depending on what you’re selling, you could make as much as US$650,000 (£425,000), according to the infographic below, created by Buddy Loans.
Gutt feeling…. “A small 2013 study reported in the journal Gastroenterology found that women who ate yogurt with a mix of probiotics, twice a day for four weeks, were calmer when exposed to images of angry and frightened faces compared with a control group. “
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A GM tomato has been portrayed in the world’s media as a major cancer fighter, as well as having other important health-enhancing properties. And some media commentators suggest that this is the “breakthrough” that will convince people of the benefits of GM foods. But the health claims are
by Deepa Gosine, MD, Anuradha Seshadri, MD, and Usha Malhotra, MD Esophageal cancer (EC) is the eighth-most-common cancer worldwide, with two common sub-types — squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma (AC). Several risk factors have been associated with this cancer, including smoking, a... Read more
According to this study in the journal Nature Biotechnology, pave the way for a new generation of “functional foods” that could potentially offer protection against serious diseases.
Not sure how the NHS will recover these ones you swallow, but I wouldn’t like the job of fishing them out and cleaning them back up ready for the next patient. heh
Thousands of patients to swallow tiny cameras to find cancer early
Free-form fabrication techniques, often referred to as ‘3D printing’, are currently tested with regard to the processing of biological and biocompatible materia
There is a popular notion that anger should be expressed rather than repressed. Encouraging people to express anger is a surprisingly old idea. Anger was promoted by some medieval and early modern societies as a means to kick-start or revive a flagging, exhausted body, with physicians purposefully g
Pills that contain no active ingredients appear to reduce exam anxiety in students even when they know they are taking a placebo, research suggests.The study was the first to use healthy participants
This is spectacular, and with remote robots the surgeon doesn’t even need to be near the patient, meaning the best surgeon could do dozens of procedures around the world each day, using the latest AU tech.
Philips is piloting HoloLens in the domain of image-guided minimally invasive procedures, during which physicians rely on live X-ray, ultrasound and other so...
Augmedics developed the pioneering xvision spine system, the first augmented reality guidance system for surgery, allowing surgeons to “see” the patient’s anatomy through skin and tissue as if they have “x-ray vision,” and to accurately navigate instruments and implants during spine proced... Read more
Christ! 355 bucks for a non-powered frame with wheels – using the same materials as a 20 dollar shopping bag trolly. Crazy. Imagine what this guy would charge for a powered one.
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None of those that get called the best are electric or have power-assist in any form. Suprised to be honest as some people would spend everything to help their dog get about.
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The idea of folding DNA to create arbitrary two- and three-dimensional shapes at the nanoscale just blows my mind. Not sure who thought of it first but this idea and it’s future applications are going to go a long way. More info about it here.
Applications of DNA origami in science, medicine, and engineering
DNA origami nanotechnology can be used to construct nanorobots, to study molecular interactions, to develop drug delivery methods, and for many other purposes.
In the 15 years since the technique was first reported the field has grown massively. Nature Video finds out how DNA origami works and what has been achieved so far. Watch this video from a while back.
Here’s the problem in a nutshell, but the answer isn’t to give them pain instead… “There really isn’t anything we can do. The only time she’s going to get help is if they put her in the hospital, and the only way they’ll put her in the hospital is if she’s a danger to self or others,”
How do you treat someone who doesn’t accept they’re ill?
Some people suffering psychoactive disorders such as schizophrenia have no idea they are ill – and refuse to seek treatment. Is it right to force them to seek treatment?
Careful what you wish for, imagine being the victim of future blood mugging crime – “The global market – worth $23.6bn in 2016 – is predicted to almost double to $44.3bn by 2023.”
You do get paid in the UK. “You will be paid up to £100 for donating 600 mls of blood or a proportional amount if less blood has been donated, i.e. £50 for 300 mls.”
Blood Donation | UK Paid Medical Research and Clinical Drug Trials
BTW, Oligos are short, synthetic strands of DNA or RNA. The word oligonucleotide is derived from the Greek word olígoi, meaning “few” or “small”, and nucleotide, which are the building blocks of nucleic acids, such as those in DNA.
Oligonucleotides (or oligos for short) are one of the most important tools in modern day molecular biology. Without oligos, today’s biotechnology, diagnostic, and pharmaceutical industries simply couldn’t exist.
What is an Oligo?
To understand what is so special about oligos, we should firs... Read more
For the serious hobbyist, I guess…”If you are designing primers, cloning your genes or Do It Yourself CRISPR gene editing in Basic Research, Immuno-Oncology, Drug Discovery or any other application, check out our new custom DNA oligo prices.”
Our custom DNA Oligos are made to your specifications with rigorous quality control and validation for use in a variety of applications from PCR and sequencing to probes for gene detection.
The handheld device is used after operations to detect pieces of equipment most commonly left behind after surgery, and is now being tested in a trial in Iowa involving 27,000 patients.
3D printing of human organs could be the solution for treating critically ill patients during space exploration missions.
Check this out! These scientists want to test out a 3D human-printed heart in a pig.
https://www.freethink.com/science/3d-bioprinting-organs-on-demand
This is a fantastic concept! It would mean patients will not have to wait for months on organ transplant waitlists.
3D printing is the future of organ transplant and medicine
Genetic engineering might offer a cure for diseases, but it’s also a controversial and hotly debated topic.
Gene editing has the potential to cure the world’s diseases, but it can also be deadly when used in the wrong way.
Genetic engineering has the potential to end killer chronic disease like cancer an AIDS.
https://www.labiotech.eu/best-biotech/crispr-technology-cure-disease/
Scientists are already running human trials for synthetic blood. This is huge!
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/07/lab-grown-blood-transfused-to-people-in-world-first-clinical-trial.html
With synthetic blood, doctors won’t have to worry about blood types during transfusion, which can improve patient safety.
Artificial blood can save lives during medical emergencies in case of blood shortage.
Gene editing can replace modern medical therapies, leading to universal cures.
Check out this crazy story about scientists growing human kidneys in pigs.
https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-just-tried-growing-human-kidneys-in-pigs/
Lab-grown organs can help fix the growing organ shortage crisis and save many patients on the organ transplant lists.
Growing organs in the lab can revolutionise medicine and healthcare.
Stem cell therapy has much potential, but it’s still largely unproven and could be dangerous if not used carefully.
Besides curing diseases, stem cell therapy could help humans achieve the elusive quest for immortality.
Check out this news story about a woman who was cured of HIV using stem cell treatment.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/03/16/new-york-woman-cured-of-hiv-with-new-treatment/?sh=328b95025486
Stem cell therapy is a promising treatment that could be used for chronic diseases like Alzheimer’s.
Yeah cos that BIOPen looks like a faff tbh.
3 grand a pop – make their money back quickly
… and for tattooists that need to cover over old naff tatts.
Christ, didn’t realise this existed already – scraped your knee, just patch it up with some spare you skin. Amazing (if it works).
Smart pills can be a great idea, but there are several challenges, such as hacking and the risk of failure. Proper regulation is needed before they are released for public use.
There are already smart pills being researched for cancer drug delivery. With such technology, you can even receive cancer treatment at home.
https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/proteus-launches-its-first-digital-cancer-chemotherapy-pill
Smart pills could completely revolutionize how doctors diagnose and treat diseases.
Want fancy horns or cheap muscles? get your purse out and get in line…
Better is the idea to print the tissue in-situ as dicussed here.
aka bioprinting, its a thing already https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/scientists-3d-bioprint-articular-cartilage-protheses-from-stem-cells-196713/
Wow! These mad scientists are growing human hearts in the lab!
Lab-engineered lungs that have been successfully implanted in a pig. Talk about human ingenuity!
Spare parts for human beings! Lab-grown transplant organs are the future of the medical industry.
The greatest challenge of artificial organs is ensuring they are compatible with the recipient’s body.
https://www.drugtargetreview.com/news/81080/new-tissue-engineering-process-brings-lab-grown-organs-one-step-closer/
There is a global transplant crisis due to a shortage of transplant organs. Lab-grown organs can solve this problem!
These have so much potential. Check out this article on implantable sensors that could detect early onset cancer and heart attacks. They could save so many lives! https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20247-implantable-sensor-tracks-cancer-in-the-body
The US military has been researching health implant sensors to be used by soldiers in combat. They theorize it could even help prevent pandemics by detecting and stopping diseases before they spread. Check out this video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEnwETRLKpk
Implant health sensors are the future of biomedical technology. They remain in your body without being obvious and annoying like other tech wearables. They also help monitor your health and detect illnesses at their earliest stages.
MEET ROBOSPERM THE DRUG DEALER!
OMG never thought of that
Had to google this as i thought it was a fake picture, but no, Check this video out. they exist already!
Treatment or medicine, its still just a scam https://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/alternativemedicine/66316
It isn’t called alternative or even alternate medicine, it is an alternative to medicine, so it is correctly called complimentary medicine. It may or may not help, but it still gets the name medicine, urr, somehow.
You can buy something similar! A company in the UK has a breath sampler, which collects exhaled air, which is then analyzed using medical machines for diagnosis. Hope they can sell breathalyzers that offer an instant diagnosis soon! In the meantime, you can order the sample here https://www.owlstonemedical.com/products/reciva/
Scientists are researching the technology and reckon you can use it to diagnose several diseases at early stages, including cancer, TB, hypertension, neurological disorders, and more.
Breath analysis can be a better and non-invasive diagnosis technique, replacing traditional blood and urine analysis. Check out this research paper which has more on the topic. https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/the-great-exhale-using-breath-analysis-to-detect-disease/
The sad story in the comments on this video… their old mom was charged for blood-letting sessions to make her better. Shameful, similar to charlatans who claim they can speak to your dead parents.
Sorry to let you know, but you have been paying for this for the last few years. Not sure when the public asked for it, or if it just seemed a good idea for a bunch of ladies that like this stuff and need a job.
Treatments like acupuncture can help relieve the symptoms of chemotherapy. What’s wrong with that? Read on before you judge others and what you assume they want for free.
Do you mean so other people can pay for your massage and reflexology sessions? I don’t think so. Read and learn why this is not a good idea. Sorry.
They don’t work. And they should be called complementary treatments, not medicines. Medicine has a specific meaning to those who work in medicine. Watch this and believe whichever bit you like.
Yup!
Could AI do this stuff for us one day?
Just wow! I just googled it. Things are progressing quickly. I bet lots or surgeons would prefer to keep their hands clean and help more people in the process. Amazing.
Yeah, let gamers loose on false vacuums and dark energy. That would save a fair bit of brain power in Universities.
Yeah, if they can help AIDS like viruses, then why not make an app that contains all the most important problems the world needs to be solved? Great idea.
Reminds me of the story about people solving protein folding puzzles mentioned here https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/25/online-gamers-solving-sciences-biggest-problems
This?
Why there isn’t a standard NHS app, I don’t know. Look at the faff they make on the site when it could all just be in an app everyone can get for free.
Yeah, these exist and are likely a good idea. I have HEALTHVAULT but its more for your weight management rather than something your doctor can use and keep updated for you. Not sure if something like that exists, or what GPs use tbh. There are a few options though according to this list https://www.dr-hempel-network.com/digital-health-technolgy/top-10-mobile-apps-for-personal-medical-records/
The Pope could buy Galileo’s thumbs to torture him more for the damage done to their once full grasp of the world. Linking to this as it lists historic body parts for sale.
All the more reason to look after that heart.
Gutt feeling…. “A small 2013 study reported in the journal Gastroenterology found that women who ate yogurt with a mix of probiotics, twice a day for four weeks, were calmer when exposed to images of angry and frightened faces compared with a control group. “
Don’t experiment at home kids!
Thought this was a joke until I googled it. Nice brain food.
Lol, auction? You could have a lottery and make more money. Delivered when no longer being used.
Come on America, copy other countries legislation as well as products. The UK manages, why the problem?
Read this. they price high because they make money geddit?
Modern-day mediums feeding on the helplessness of victims, naive and otherwise according to this article.
Not a new idea but why is it hard lowering ANY prices? good video here though.
Nice idea but don’t believe everything you read. Check this article out. we’re fighting an information war at present.
This would be great but they don’t even know which “normal” foods are good or bad for preventing the different types of cancer. https://www.roswellpark.org/article/foods-help-fight-cancer-focus-esophageal-cancer
According to this study in the journal Nature Biotechnology, pave the way for a new generation of “functional foods” that could potentially offer protection against serious diseases.
Not sure how the NHS will recover these ones you swallow, but I wouldn’t like the job of fishing them out and cleaning them back up ready for the next patient. heh
grim
Google can see your heart rate, but not your heart,yet. They need to pay Facebook for that.
watch this, you probably don’t want to watch what is happening in your stomach now.
wow watch this.
This is in the early stages of being a big thing, not just an idea.
Many GPs swear by them nowerdays, and there are a few on the market.
These look pretty cool.
Not sure who this is supposed to fool. The idea has been around for a while, though the evidence says don’t bother. Cheer up or get professional help.
Placebos work even if you know they are placebos. Go for it.
No medication needed, go take a walk. This article gives some ideas for those who can’t control their moods effectively.
Fool yourself, for a price. Crazy you can buy placebo pills online. What type of person would buy these?
This is spectacular, and with remote robots the surgeon doesn’t even need to be near the patient, meaning the best surgeon could do dozens of procedures around the world each day, using the latest AU tech.
once an idea, now a reality, since the launch of ideamill.
Introducing Augmedics…
Christ! 355 bucks for a non-powered frame with wheels – using the same materials as a 20 dollar shopping bag trolly. Crazy. Imagine what this guy would charge for a powered one.
None of those that get called the best are electric or have power-assist in any form. Suprised to be honest as some people would spend everything to help their dog get about.
Blimey, they should buy this little guy a remote control car to sit on.
A deeper look, great video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek-FDPymyyg
Didn’t realise this was a thing. Amazing.
The idea of folding DNA to create arbitrary two- and three-dimensional shapes at the nanoscale just blows my mind. Not sure who thought of it first but this idea and it’s future applications are going to go a long way. More info about it here.
In the 15 years since the technique was first reported the field has grown massively. Nature Video finds out how DNA origami works and what has been achieved so far. Watch this video from a while back.
Pretty much an unrelated link but I used these instructions to make our school kids a double helix for educational purposes.
It’s already evolving to beat us in round 2. We need to catch up somehow so maybe this isn’t such a silly idea.
Good God. Covid-20 here we go.
Bound to bite you back once you start fiddling with it I guess.
NO, NO, NO – Forced treatment isn’t the answer – punishing them with pain for not complying is something only a sick NAZI would do.
Here’s the problem in a nutshell, but the answer isn’t to give them pain instead… “There really isn’t anything we can do. The only time she’s going to get help is if they put her in the hospital, and the only way they’ll put her in the hospital is if she’s a danger to self or others,”
Careful what you wish for, imagine being the victim of future blood mugging crime – “The global market – worth $23.6bn in 2016 – is predicted to almost double to $44.3bn by 2023.”
You do get paid in the UK. “You will be paid up to £100 for donating 600 mls of blood or a proportional amount if less blood has been donated, i.e. £50 for 300 mls.”
BTW, Oligos are short, synthetic strands of DNA or RNA. The word oligonucleotide is derived from the Greek word olígoi, meaning “few” or “small”, and nucleotide, which are the building blocks of nucleic acids, such as those in DNA.
For the serious hobbyist, I guess…”If you are designing primers, cloning your genes or Do It Yourself CRISPR gene editing in Basic Research, Immuno-Oncology, Drug Discovery or any other application, check out our new custom DNA oligo prices.”
How about those liquiglide bottles?
Glass windows that clean themselves
(5 upvotes)Spacecraft and aircraft coatings that prevent ice build-up
(1 upvotes)Phone cases that float
(3 upvotes)Waterfall road signs
(6 upvotes)Liquid medicine containers that leave no residual medicine
(3 upvotes)Non-stick ketchup bottles
(4 upvotes)Toy balls that bounce on water
(1 upvotes)Good idea, but won’t catch all the sponges and tubes left in there – which is quite common according to this https://www.thoughtco.com/objects-left-inside-body-after-surgery-4061352
Heard a few nightmare stories about this – would save lives no doubt if they made them mandatory.