Tiny ‘anthrobots’ built from human cells could help heal the body
In the medicine of the future, molecular physicians built from a patient’s own cells might ferret out cancer, repair injured tissue, and even remove plaque from blood vessels. Researchers have now taken a step toward that vision: They’ve coaxed tracheal cells to form coordinated groups called organoids that can propel themselves with tiny appendages. When added to wounded neurons in the lab,
these “anthrobots” helped neurons repair themselves
.
The work, reported today in
Advanced Science
, “is amazing, and groundbreaking,” says Xi “Charlie” Ren, a tissue engineer at Carnegie Mello...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 30, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Science ’s 2022 Breakthrough of the Year: A telescope’s golden eye sees the universe anew
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Source: ScienceNOW - December 15, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Can a Telehealth Start-Up Add Support to Pregnancy Care?
The goal of Poppy Seed Health is to connect underserved pregnant women to nurses, midwives and doulas who can offer on-demand assistance. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tonya Russell Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth Mobile Applications Midwives and Doulas Women and Girls Health Insurance and Managed Care Telemedicine Miscarriages Start-ups upstart2022 Source Type: news
Can a Telehealth Start-Up Add a Layer of Support to Pregnancy Care?
The goal of Poppy Seed Health is to connect underserved pregnant women to nurses, midwives and doulas who can offer on-demand assistance. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tonya Russell Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth Mobile Applications Midwives and Doulas Women and Girls Health Insurance and Managed Care Telemedicine Miscarriages Start-ups upstart2022 Source Type: news
Eat to beat diabetes: From frangipane and raspberry tartlets to poppy seed bagels
DR DAVID UNWIN: How often do you Britons reach for something sweet or full of carbs during the day to give you a 'boost' - particularly if you are flagging? (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 11, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Heating poppy seeds, but not baking them in muffins, reduces opiate levels
(American Chemical Society) You might have heard the advice to avoid eating a poppy seed bagel or muffin before a drug screen, lest you test positive for opiates. This urban legend is rooted in truth because the tiny black seeds contain small amounts of morphine and codeine that can show up in a drug test. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry have studied how different treatments affect levels of opiates in poppy seeds. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
What Seinfeld can teach us about science
From micro pigs to the doping dangers of a poppy seed bagel, life may be imitating the US sitcomWhen Jerry Seinfeldstarts hisUKtour, listen out for a science joke. From early on in his TV career, the comedian poked fun at science. In his1981 HBO debut, he said of weather forecasts: “And then my favourite part, the satellite photo. This is really helpful. A photograph of the Earth from 10,000 miles away. Can you tell if you should take a sweater or not from that shot?”His eponymous 90s sitcom is also packed with nuanced references to science, with the storylines of some of the most famous episodes centred on it: George ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 12, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Mi ćo Tatalović Tags: Jerry Seinfeld Comedy TV comedy Science Culture Stage Television & radio US television Source Type: news
Many Advanced Colon Cancers Were'Born' Ready to Spread
TUESDAY, June 18, 2019 -- In most patients with metastatic colon cancer, the disease may have begun spreading throughout the body very early on -- when the original tumor was no bigger than a poppy seed, a new study suggests.
Metastatic refers to... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 18, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
CDC shares horrifying picture to warn 'ticks can be as small as a poppy seed'
The CDC posted photos on Facebook on Wednesday of a poppy seed muffin and then magnified the muffin top, and asked users if they could spot the five ticks in the photo. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Poppy Seed Overdose Prompts Lawsuit
The parents of a Fayetteville man who died of a morphine overdose after drinking tea he made from poppy seeds he ordered from Amazon are suing the online retailer and Sincerely Nuts Inc. of New York, which marketed and sold the 5-pound bag of poppy seeds. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - April 1, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Morphine concentrations in human urine following poppy seed paste consumption - Özbunar E, Aydoğdu M, Döğer R, Bostancı Hİ, Koruyucu M, Akgür SA.
Papaver somniferum (opium poppy) is one of the world's oldest medicinal plants which are widely used for medicinal, nutritive and scientific purposes. Turkey is one of the major legal opium poppy producer countries in the world and the seed paste of the po... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Scientists Are Developing New Ways to Treat Disease With Cells, Not Drugs
When Nichelle Obar learned she was pregnant with her second child last year, she never expected that her pregnancy, or her baby, would make history.
But when the 40-year-old food-and-beverage coordinator from Hawaii and her fiancé Christopher Constantino went to their 18-week ultrasound, they learned something was wrong. The heart was larger than it should have been, and there was evidence that fluid was starting to build up around the organ as well. Both were signs that the fetus was working extra hard to pump blood to its fast-growing body and that its heart was starting to fail.
Obar’s doctor knew what coul...
Source: TIME: Health - September 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized Innovation Health medicine Source Type: news
Scientists Are Developing New Ways to Treat Disease With Cells, Not Drugs
When Nichelle Obar learned she was pregnant with her second child last year, she never expected that her pregnancy, or her baby, would make history.
But when the 40-year-old food-and-beverage coordinator from Hawaii and her fiancé Christopher Constantino went to their 18-week ultrasound, they learned something was wrong. The heart was larger than it should have been, and there was evidence that fluid was starting to build up around the organ as well. Both were signs that the fetus was working extra hard to pump blood to its fast-growing body and that its heart was starting to fail.
Obar’s doctor knew what coul...
Source: TIME: Science - September 13, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized medicine Source Type: news
Woman in labor tests positive for opiates from eating poppy seed bagel
Elizabeth Eden was shocked when her blood tested positive for opiates while she was in labor in Baltimore, Maryland. Then she remembered her breakfast shared an ingredient with the drugs. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Maryland mom tested positive for opiates after eating bagel
A Maryland woman has learned that eating a poppy seed bagel before giving birth has consequences (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - August 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
