medical science
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The Segway’s Inventor Wants to Mass-Produce Human Organs — Yes, You Read That Right
You remember the Segway, the two-wheeled device that required a gymnastics-level of balance to ride standing upright? Its inventor is currently working on an incredibly ambitious project to create a massive lab for growing human organs — once the FDA approves lab-grown organs for human transplant, of course. There’s still a long way to go…
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Behind The Mysterious Powers Of The Placebo Effect
Video: The placebo effect is real, we all know that. Our bodies can be tricked into getting better and healthier even when we’re take taking sugar pills or fake drugs or undergoing treatment that isn’t even supposed to help us get better. If we believe it will help, it sometimes really does help. TED-Ed dives…
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Inside The Lab That Makes The Instant Blood-Stopping Gel Of The Future
Something that seems ripped from the future is being developed right now inside a lab in Brooklyn. It’s the VetiGel which is also known as the borderline magical band-aid of the future. It’s a gel that when applied on a wound, almost immediately stops the bleeding. Here’s the lab where they make the future.
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How A Human Lung Is Kept Alive And Breathing For A Transplant
It’s a pumping lung in a box, basically. Al Jazeera America specifies that its more properly known as the Organ Care System (OCS), but it’s basically a human donor lung being kept alive and breathing out of the body inside a box. The OCS machine is used to keep the blood and oxygen flowing to…