Japanese researchers harvest stem cells from menstrual blood:
The researchers say these stem cells could be coaxed into forming specialised heart cells, which might one-day be used to treat failing or damaged hearts.
At the meeting of the American College of Cardiology, Dr Shunichiro Miyoshi reported that he and his colleagues at Keio University in Tokyo collected menstrual blood from six women and harvested stem cells that originated in the lining of the uterus.
They were able to obtain about 30 times more stem cells from menstrual blood than from bone marrow, Miyoshi says.
The stem cells were then cultured in a way to induce them to become heart cells.
After five days about half of the cells contracted "spontaneously, rhythmical and synchronously, suggesting the presence of electrical communication" between the cells, Miyoshi says.
That is to say, they behaved like heart cells.
Stephanie- when our libray put in new carpets - the dust got into the smoke detectors and set them off. - they can't tell the difference between smoke and dust.
AWESOME -- the passport people say my passport is going out today, so I should be home tomorrow to get it! If it was going to come Thursday, I was going to have to beg my deli guy to sign for it, and hope for the best.
AWESOME -- the passport people say my passport is going out today, so I should be home tomorrow to get it!
Sweet! Time for foreign adventures.
I have to be at the airport at 6 am on Saturday to fly to Mexico, so it's none too soon.
My company is urging people to relocate out of California, and it's working. Not on me, but on people whose driver seems to be home owning. Some cool people will evidently leave. Hmmph.
I have a borderline cold, which makes me crave Coke. Hmmph.
Teppy, or any other knowledgeable people...when a drug (say, Elavil) has a side-effect of causing weight gain, how does it? Increased appetite? Altered metabolism/ability to burn it off?
Teppy, or any other knowledgeable people...when a drug (say, Elavil) has a side-effect of causing weight gain, how does it? Increased appetite? Altered metabolism/ability to burn it off?
Either. Both. Some drugs can screw with your hormones, which in turn tweaks your metabolism -- birth control pills do that.
Fun picture of me and Emmett
Especially fun considering the discussion in F2F today.
I'm telling you, they'll wish they had trampolines set up all around the base of shrift's building the day she hands in her notice. (Or, at the very least, tarps to minimize the cleanup afterwards...)
