Scientists in Britain have been able to create O -ve Red Blood Cells from embryonic stem cells. This technology, scaled up through the use of industrial bio-reactors will overcome blood shortages and also eliminate the risk of infectious diseases being transmitted from the donors to the recipients.
Marc Turner, Director of the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service at Edinburgh, led the project. He hopes the technology can be further developed to create other human tissue like liver as well.
This research would be ready for clinical trials in a period of about five years.
To create synthetic blood scientists used more than 100 spare embryos left over from treatment at fertility clinics.
The haemoglobin in the synthetic RBC’s resembles that of babies rather than adult humans and a major challenge is to make these RBC’s to lose their Nuclei, as is the case with natural RBC’s.
News Source : Independent
Scientists at the National Institute for Health and Medical Research in Paris have come up with a new treatment to help decayed teeth regrow. They have developed a new gel which stimulates cells in decayed teeth to regrow within weeks!
The major ingredients of this gel are MSH (melanocyte stimulating hormone) and poly-L-glutamic acid.
The procedure to apply the MSH gel is painless and will provide a permanent solution to teeth decay. The gel is undergoing trials right now and is expected to be available for commercial use in a period of three to five years.
The findings of this study have been published in the American Chemical Society journal ACS Nano.
Once the MSH gel hits pharma shop shelves – it will signal an end to painful teeth fillings. Surely a boon for tens of millions of people worldwide who suffer from teeth decay and dental cavities.
News Source : Daily Mail
Body Odour can be an embarrassment and cause displeasure to self and those around us. Inventor Steve Rawlings and his son Tom Rawlings have come up with a novel solution to eliminate body odour.
They employed a secret ingredient used during the World War II to create tea bag sized Odegon (Odour Gone) patches. These patches are ironed or sewn into clothes and can be washed and ironed!
The secret ingredient was an important component of gas masks and absorbed toxic gases used in chemical warfare. The composition of this anti body odour material is not known to the public. While the Odegon patches eliminate body odour – they do not have the capability to absord sweat. These anti-odour patches are long lasting and once sewn into the clothes you can just forget about them.
According to Rawlings, “I thought that if it can stop sarin and mustard gas and all those other terrible gases, surely it can stop body odour.”
Great news for people who’d like to fight body odour without using deodorant.
Odegon Odour Tags are very comfortable. They have a soft outer fabric that does not irritate and cannot be felt against the skin and in most cases cannot even be felt.
Odegon Odour Tags are available in packs of 6 right now. Price of a pack – US $ 18.42 … UK Pounds 11.95 … Euros 14.23
Visit Odegon to order Odegon Odour Patches.
News Source : TOI Press Edition
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