The number of reasons for us to find a more fuel efficient, or completely oil free automobile is growing on a daily basis. With rising gas prices everyone is looking for a way to ease some of the pressure off their wallets. According to a new report by the nonprofit Health Effects Institute, vehicle exhaust is [...]
I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Years. I know I did. I’m posting this to welcome everyone back and to let you know that my vacation from my blog is over. I am getting back to doing the research for my next blog post so stick around.
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The cell-based or “systems-based” healing techniques are still a growing field. There is not much research going on due to the unbelievable amount of regulations scientists have to go through in order to bring these techniques to patients. Enter Organogenesis, founded in 1985 they are the first company to have a living, allogeneic, cell based [...]
The implications for this technology are staggering. As Dr. Keshavjee said “For the first time, we hope to improve the health of donor lungs that we could not have used before by using gene therapy to decrease inflammation and repair cells before transplantation.”