Oh wow...that is certainly interesting.
Scientists Invent Particles That Will Let You Live Without Breathing
This may seem like something out of a science fiction movie: researchers have designed microparticles that can be injected directly into the bloodstream to quickly oxygenate your body, even if you can't breathe anymore. It's one of the best medical breakthroughs in recent years, and one that could save millions of lives every year.
The invention, developed by a team at Boston Children's Hospital, will allow medical teams to keep patients alive and well for 15 to 30 minutes despite major respiratory failure. This is enough time for doctors and emergency personnel to act without risking a heart attack or permanent brain injuries in the patient.
The solution has already been successfully tested on animals under critical lung failure. When the doctors injected this liquid into the patient's veins, it restored oxygen in their blood to near-normal levels, granting them those precious additional minutes of life.
Particles of fat and oxygen
The particles are composed of oxygen gas pocketed in a layer of lipids, a natural molecule that usually stores energy or serves as a component to cell membranes. Lipids can be waxes, some vitamins, monoglycerides, diglycerides, triglycerides, phospholipids, or—as in this case—fats.
These fatty oxygen particles are about two to four micrometers in size. They are suspended in a liquid solution that can be easily carried and used by paramedics, emergency crews and intensive care personnel. This seemingly magic elixir carries "three to four times the oxygen content of our own red blood cells."
Similar solutions have failed in the past because they caused gas embolism, rather than oxygenating the cells. According to John Kheir, MD at the Department of Cardiology at Boston Children's Hospital, they solved the problem by using deformable particles, rather than bubbles:
We have engineered around this problem by packaging the gas into small, deformable particles. They dramatically increase the surface area for gas exchange and are able to squeeze through capillaries where free gas would get stuck.
Kheir had the idea of an injected oxygen solution started after he had to treat a little girl in 2006. Because of a lung hemorrhage caused by pneumonia, the girl sustained severe brain injuries which, ultimately, lead to her death before the medical team could place her in a heart-lung machine.
Soon after, Kheir assembled a team of chemical engineers, particle scientists, and medical doctors to work on this idea, which had promising results from the very beginning:
Some of the most convincing experiments were the early ones. We drew each other's blood, mixed it in a test tube with the microparticles, and watched blue blood turn immediately red, right before our eyes.
It sounds like magic, but it was just the start of what, after years of investigation, became this real life-giving liquid in a bottle.
This is what the future is about. And it's a beautiful one indeed, one that is arriving earlier than we ever could have expected. I wonder if this would find its way to other uses. I can see it as an emergency injection in a spaceship, for example. But what about getting a shot for diving?
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5921868
May be a bit of a read for some of you, but I found this fascinating and it's things like this and the US landing on Mars and seeing the types of pics it sends back that make me appreciate being this young at this time. It makes me feel sorry for older people who won't live long enough to see what's coming in the future (unless they solve that shit too).
The invention, developed by a team at Boston Children's Hospital, will allow medical teams to keep patients alive and well for 15 to 30 minutes despite major respiratory failure. This is enough time for doctors and emergency personnel to act without risking a heart attack or permanent brain injuries in the patient.
The solution has already been successfully tested on animals under critical lung failure. When the doctors injected this liquid into the patient's veins, it restored oxygen in their blood to near-normal levels, granting them those precious additional minutes of life.
Particles of fat and oxygen
The particles are composed of oxygen gas pocketed in a layer of lipids, a natural molecule that usually stores energy or serves as a component to cell membranes. Lipids can be waxes, some vitamins, monoglycerides, diglycerides, triglycerides, phospholipids, or—as in this case—fats.
These fatty oxygen particles are about two to four micrometers in size. They are suspended in a liquid solution that can be easily carried and used by paramedics, emergency crews and intensive care personnel. This seemingly magic elixir carries "three to four times the oxygen content of our own red blood cells."
Similar solutions have failed in the past because they caused gas embolism, rather than oxygenating the cells. According to John Kheir, MD at the Department of Cardiology at Boston Children's Hospital, they solved the problem by using deformable particles, rather than bubbles:
We have engineered around this problem by packaging the gas into small, deformable particles. They dramatically increase the surface area for gas exchange and are able to squeeze through capillaries where free gas would get stuck.
Kheir had the idea of an injected oxygen solution started after he had to treat a little girl in 2006. Because of a lung hemorrhage caused by pneumonia, the girl sustained severe brain injuries which, ultimately, lead to her death before the medical team could place her in a heart-lung machine.
Soon after, Kheir assembled a team of chemical engineers, particle scientists, and medical doctors to work on this idea, which had promising results from the very beginning:
Some of the most convincing experiments were the early ones. We drew each other's blood, mixed it in a test tube with the microparticles, and watched blue blood turn immediately red, right before our eyes.
It sounds like magic, but it was just the start of what, after years of investigation, became this real life-giving liquid in a bottle.
This is what the future is about. And it's a beautiful one indeed, one that is arriving earlier than we ever could have expected. I wonder if this would find its way to other uses. I can see it as an emergency injection in a spaceship, for example. But what about getting a shot for diving?
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5921868
May be a bit of a read for some of you, but I found this fascinating and it's things like this and the US landing on Mars and seeing the types of pics it sends back that make me appreciate being this young at this time. It makes me feel sorry for older people who won't live long enough to see what's coming in the future (unless they solve that shit too).
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someone has posted this before.
inb4 "we can now go to the deepest depths of the ocean. YAY."
inb4 "we can now go to the deepest depths of the ocean. YAY."
someone has posted this before.
inb4 "we can now go to the deepest depths of the ocean. YAY."
I was unaware of this. If it was recently I apologize and this can be shut down if needed. I saw it on Rogan's Twitter and thought it was interesting.
I'm a big fan of breathing though.
This new particle is liable to take all of the fun out of it.
This new particle is liable to take all of the fun out of it.
I can't imagine it will be readily available for recreational purposes.
This is going to be used in cases of medical emergencys only, I can't imagine they are going to sell it over the counter at the local chemist because you and your buddys are going on a deep sea diving trip.
This is going to be used in cases of medical emergencys only, I can't imagine they are going to sell it over the counter at the local chemist because you and your buddys are going on a deep sea diving trip.
Blame Rogan, not me. He posted it today.
I'd buy it simply to see what a day without breathing is like.I can't imagine it will be readily available for recreational purposes.
This is going to be used in cases of medical emergencys only, I can't imagine they are going to sell it over the counter at the local chemist because you and your buddys are going on a deep sea diving trip.
This is incredible news and like Walls said in the OP it's fantastic being young at this time in history. I'm only 18 and can't wait to see what the next 50-60-70 years has in store for me.
And if we go to the deepest depths of the ocean, we would be crushed under all that pressure. YAY.someone has posted this before.
inb4 "we can now go to the deepest depths of the ocean. YAY."
you realize that was the point I was getting at, right?
Wow, First humans discover the Higgs Boson and now this. This is exciting.
Who gives a shit if it was posted before? I never saw it, and I am sure there are plenty others who haven't, so this is cool.
Maybe they should start re-issuing news from 1945 b/c people might not have seen it.Who gives a shit if it was posted before? I never saw it, and I am sure there are plenty others who haven't, so this is cool.
That wasn't even the point anyway.
Not blaming the OP btw.
Maybe they should start re-issuing news from 1945 b/c people might not have seen it.
That wasn't even the point anyway.
Not blaming the OP btw.
I don't believe I was talking to you.
I read old news sometimes. And? It's cool stuff to read. I don't give a shit, personally, if it doesn't pertain to RIGHT NOW. Have you not read old newspaper articles about the JFK assassination? First landing on the moon? Death of Marilyn Monroe? Anything like that? If not, you are missing out on some interesting stuff.
Just because it is not dated today doesn't mean it isn't worth a read. Besides, this article is not even 2 months old. It's not like he posted something from 800 years ago, yet people are complaining about it already being posted before.
Okay. But you are now.I don't believe I was talking to you.
Ugh. You totally missed the point.I read old news sometimes. And? It's cool stuff to read. I don't give a shit, personally, if it doesn't pertain to RIGHT NOW. Have you not read old newspaper articles about the JFK assassination? First landing on the moon? Death of Marilyn Monroe? Anything like that? If not, you are missing out on some interesting stuff.
I don't have anything against old news. I was just citing the justification for this being old news, which it is.Just because it is not dated today doesn't mean it isn't worth a read. Besides, this article is not even 2 months old. It's not like he posted something from 800 years ago, yet people are complaining about it already being posted before.
I didn't miss any point. You're getting upset over a post that had nothing to do with you and was just a general comment.
Chillax. It's all good.
Chillax. It's all good.
Doctor: Can you breathe for me?
Lou Costello: I have trouble breathing for myself.
Lou Costello: I have trouble breathing for myself.
I remember this article from 2 months ago, yet still thousands of people have died since.
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