Yey, a cura para o cancer foi encontrada! Será simplesmente matéria de tempo antes deste procedimento começa documentado corretamente e usado worldwide curar povos com cancer.

Os cientistas no centro de pesquisa do Cancer de Fred Hutchinson em Seattle concentraram em um tipo de pilha do sistema imune chamada uma pilha de T de CD4+.

De uma amostra das pilhas de sangue brancas do homem, podiam selecionar as pilhas de T de CD4+ que tinham sido aprontadas especificamente para atacar um produto químico encontrado na superfície de pilhas do melanoma.

Estes foram multiplicados então no laboratório, e postos para trás em seus billions para ver se poderiam montar um ataque eficaz nos tumours.

Dois meses mais tarde, as varreduras mostraram que os tumours tinham desaparecido, e após dois anos, o homem remanesceu doença-livre. As pilhas novas persistiram no corpo por meses após o tratamento.

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Here’s a guy in Germany who gets his hips sawed off then a remotely controlled rod implanted in his legs as shown above to lengthen his legs.

I remember my mom telling me about these new hormones that could help kids grow taller about 20 years ago now you can do it with a simple (or should I say risky) surgery.

Only 4,000 people in the world have done this so far so there is no telling what kinds of side effects there are. If any, you should expect some pain when you age past 50.

Now, if this thing is successful for the next decade, we could even have NBA players who might get this surgery done to add couple more inches and edge to their game. Heck, there’d be thousands of other sports professionals who might take “advantage” of this.

For me and my golf game?

Heck no, I hit the ball longer than taller people all my life, I don’t need to cheat in life to get ahead.

In Germany, Jeff’s femurs (thighbones) were severed by a surgical saw. The surgeon inserted a rodlike telescoping implant in the bone canal of each leg, bridging the cut. He fastened each rod in place with four pins. The next morning Jeff stood up on his new legs and took a few steps on crutches.

He spent seven days in the hospital and the next 10 weeks, the lengthening phase, at a nearby residence. After the surgery, a sticky blood mass called a callus—the beginning of new bone—formed on each of his broken femurs. Jeff’s job was to click a remote control that signaled the rod to telescope out one millimeter a day, stretching the bone callus with it. He describes the feeling in pubescent terms, as “an intense growth spurt.” Then, during his last six to eight weeks in Germany, he waited for the bone to knit together and harden in its new, longer form.

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Wow, check out this surgery robot that fold origami bird the size of a penny!

What you see here is the da Vinci Surgical System, a pair of remote controlled arobotic arms design for keyhole surgery, folding an origami bird. This seemingly frivolous use for the kit is to demonstrate the ease and accuracy of operation.

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Here’s a great concept CPR resuscitation pad that might work if the pad itself was adjustable for people with different sizes. But yes, having one of these handy might be real useful for any heart attacks.

Proper application of CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) can increase the chances of a victim surviving by up to 50%. Designer Ryan Helps (yup, really his name) has addressed this issue with his “CPR-PAD” design. When applied to the chest, this monitor/aid shows the optimal way to push the chest correctly, clicks when proper pressure is achieved and flashes the power light for proper rhythm.

via yankodesign

UPDATE by Ryan Helps the designer:

It’s a product that would be used in a similar way to a fire extinguisher, mounted on posts or walls in shopping centres (wallmart’s), in public places, and easily accessible during an emergency.

im also exhibiting at New Designers London 9-13th July.

http://www.coroflot.com/ry

Car manufacturers have not taken advantage of the in-car navigation system, which can do far more than give directions to people who can’t drive by feel but here’s a good concept for a diabetes monitoring system.

Heck, you could put a whole operating system in there if it isn’t there already.

With Medtronic’s “M-Powered Concept Car,” drivers can get blood glucose readings through the dashboard.

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Great news for all you drinkers, alcohol now is an essential part of your daily healthy life.

I am gonna go chug a 40 now.

Continue reading ‘Alcohol reduces rheumatoid arthritis risk!’

Wow, this IS mind-numbing and also way too cool to watch…

Holy shit, now he’s showing a video of a guy using the arm using only his MIND. He learned this technique in two days, but Dean says it was more like the system learned how to interface with the human.

Looking at what he’s doing, the guy drinks and people applaud. It’s been two days. But the amazing thing is that he’s put the cup down so it’s become a lower brain stem function in two hours of doing cup functions.

via gizmodo

Brain computer interface might change the way we think.  (sarcastic)

Here is how Wolf describes the project. “Our approach consists of implanting a small robotic device (and accompanying control algorithm) with many individually-motorized electrodes that each autonomously locate, isolate, and track a neuron for long periods of time. To further complicate matters, we wish to find signals only from neurons dedicated (’tuned’) to a particular task, say controlling an ‘arm reach.’ While the primary aim of such technology is for a neural interface for neuroprostheses, such a device may also advance the state-of-the-art experimental techniques for electrophysiology.”

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Check out this new bionic hand which allows the user to control each finger independently. Sci-fi just became real! A lot better than this one over here.

Imagine not being able to do something as simple as hold a cup or a newspaper, or shake someone’s hand. These are all daily activities which are now possible for a local vet, for the first time in four decades, CBS station WBZ-TV in Boston reports.

Karl Chapin, 59, demonstrated his new state-of-the-art bionic arm at Hanger Prosthetics in Leominster.

Unlike his previous electronic hand, this new “I-limb” actually has tiny sensors which allow Karl to move each finger independently. “The fingers wrap around it like a regular hand.”

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Here’s a new underwear that senses blood pressure.  Maybe there’s some nice uses for this in the medical field.

However, researchers have recently found that a person’s “pulse wave velocity” is closely linked to blood pressure. This is the rate at which the pulse pressure wave passes through the blood circulatory system.

Sensors sewn into the waistband of a person’s underpants can measure the rate of this wave, consumer electronics company Philips has discovered, and could be used to calculate blood pressure for as long as the garment is worn.

via NewScientist