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Pee Like a Race Horse.
Where does the saying “pee like a race horse” come from?
Exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH) is a possible sequelae of very intense aerobic exercise. It is associated with the very extreme and dynamic changes in cardiac function, oxygen intake and vascular transit in the lungs that can cause stresses on the blood vessels leading to loss of integrity.
EIPH can be seen in human athletes but also in racing greyhounds, camels, and most commonly horses.
The results of EIPH are microscopic lung damage, coughing, swallowing of blood, and epistaxis - the bleeding from the nostrils - when it involves the upper respiratory tract. Together, they have a marked negative impact on performance.
Historically, one of the therapies that race horse jockeys used was furosemide, a diuretic. It would be given to horses before a race, increasing voids and reducing fluid volume and thus the vascular strain of EIPH and improving performances.
Because of the dramatic effects of furosemide and its visibility in popular cultural, the phrase “pee like a race horse” was born.
DNA Testing Chip for SNP Identification for Personalized Drug Therapy.
When I was in pharmaceutical sciences, one of the biggest buzzwords was pharmacogenomics. The fast-growing knowledge base of genetic determination and predispositions, coupled with the advent of more efficiency, more affordable genetic testing methods was driving a new market and treatment area: personalized medicine.
The two areas of research and interest were in genetic predispositions to disease and the genetic variability to pharmacological response. Some people are fast metabolizers and others slow; some have the mutation to make a drug effective while others do not.
This DNA chip was designed for rapid sequencing for specific single nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs, variations in a single DNA base among individuals to find these mutations to best tailor pharmacotherapy.
Archer by Scott Eaton.
It is through the synchronous and collaborative efforts of every muscle in our body that makes our every day movements possible.
First “Warmed Liver” Transplant Takes Place in London via OrganOx.
The concept is simple: preserve the function of transplant organs after they are removed from a donor’s body.
The solution: keep the organs functioning as close to physiological conditions as possible.
The challenge: making the solution a reality.
The dynamic duo who made this happen, an engineer and surgeon spent 15 years creating the technologies necessary to get this to work and it would appear that the very first “warm” organ transplant is recovering well. The future outlook of this concept is encouraging.
This is another victory for innovation, science, and medicine.
20th Century Death, visualized by Information is Beautiful.
Death is an inevitable conclusion. This info graphic tries to summarize and categorize how people died in the last century.
It is interesting to analyze the breakdown of the various causes. Most people in the 20th century died of non-communicable diseases, with infectious diseases being the second most common cause.
Hopefully medicine will continue to evolve to reduce those numbers this century.
A High-Resolution Endoscope as Thin as a Human Hair
Engineers at Stanford have developed a prototype single-fiber endoscope that improves the resolution of these much-sought-after instruments fourfold over existing designs. The advance could lead to an era of needle-thin, minimally invasive endoscopes able to view features out of reach of today’s instruments.
DNA.
Created by BBC Knowledge in partnership with Territory, this is a beautifully elegant video explaining DNA, the blueprint code of all known life on Earth, as a scientific concept.
The Hypodermic Syringe by Mariana Silva.
An info-graphic about the history and culture of the hypodermic syringe from its creation to the present day. It is both educational and stylish.
Waste by Elliott Mariess, Lewis Woolner, Ashley Maine, Laura Bowman and Jamie Breach.
A full skeleton made from plastic cutlery. The quote: “can somebody please remove these cutleries from my knees,” from Flight of the Conchords immediately springs to mind. Amazing.
Dissected Classical Sculpture by Cao Hui.
Reflecting on the past and on himself, Cao Hui breathes new life into the art, bridging the gap between the classical and the modern interpretations of human beings.
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