Mmmmmmm, tasty.
Oh, wait, they aren't edible? Oh well.
It happened some time ago (for the internet age), artificial blood vessels were implanted into a person. Previous methods included using superfluous pieces of the patient's own vessels, or donations - each of which carries its own risk of infection etc.
Of course medicine is never a single invention and here is a precursor.
Links used
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130606110026.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110627134521.htm
Monday 17 June 2013
Tuesday 4 June 2013
A bit on space medicine
Mmmmmmm, space medicine. The idea of putting human physiology under strains it didn't evolve for is... :)
It seems that UCL has a department for space station. This is interesting, since Britain only seems to have ever had one astronaut, who has not been into space yet. I'd like to think this raises the possibility that Britain will play a greater role with ESA, which has often been my hope, but it seems unlikely, so I wont get to be a space doctor for a little while just yet.
It seems that UCL has a department for space station. This is interesting, since Britain only seems to have ever had one astronaut, who has not been into space yet. I'd like to think this raises the possibility that Britain will play a greater role with ESA, which has often been my hope, but it seems unlikely, so I wont get to be a space doctor for a little while just yet.
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