Powdered pig extract helps regrow body parts
Posted: October 6th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Animal - Material, Animals, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, General, Human body, Living tissue, Recipes and magic formulas, Regeneration | No Comments »
"How to regrow a severed finger" via www.dailymail.co.uk
http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/cells-tissues/extracellular-matrix.htm
http://gizmodo.com/372617/pig-bladder-powder-regrows-fingers
http://inventorspot.com/articles/pig_bladder_regrows_human_finger_scientists_cry_foul_13651
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7379745.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7354279.stm
The immortal remains of Mrs. Henrietta Lacks aka Helen Lane
Posted: January 25th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Biotechnology, Human body, Life & Death, Living tissue | No Comments »
I recently heard about the so called HeLa-Cells, which are often used for research purposes in laboratoraties worldwide.
1951, the original cells have been taken from a person called Henrietta Lacks, whose name has been changed to Helen Lane by the hospital in charge, and have been the very first human cells that have been used to establish a permanent cell culture. Henrietta Lacks died by cancer 8 months after the extraction.
The thing is that today, after cultivating the original cells over a long time, the amount of cells currently existing exceeds the body volume of Henrietta Lacks a hundred times and more…
picture taken from http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeLa-Zellen
Science Today: Synthetic Biology
Posted: January 13th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Artificial Life, Biotechnology, Living tissue, Recipes and magic formulas | No Comments »DIY and synthetic biology
Posted: January 13th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Artificial Life, Biotechnology, Living tissue, Recipes and magic formulas | No Comments »via nextnature