Breakthrough: synthetic blood and longevity
On August 16, 2010 British "scientists have proved the principle that the lines of embryonic stem cells, red blood cells can be generated." Professor Marc Turner of the University of Edinburgh. is synthetic blood.
So What?
Curious in the development of their longevity, and that affects the rest of us. Each year in the UK are 2.5 million blood donations needed for blood transfusions and medicalProducts.
The lack of challenges blood every year in the United Kingdom and the United States. The cost of a pint of beer on average more than $ 500 if ultimately used by a patient. A reduction of up to 65% is possible with the synthetic blood. Wait, there's more.
Who Cares
synthetic blood is automatically free from infections, viruses, including mad cow disease. synthetic blood will not be rejected by the recipient. The final product is the blood of O-negative, the universal type in 99.9% of people without fear of transfusionRejection by the recipient organism.
Only 7% of the population of donors with O-negative. Now up to 100% O-Neg.
It has about seven years in the research stage. well-meaning people are already complaining that the scientists involved are baby killers. Red blood cells are created from spare IVF (in vitro fertilization). This is also provided for life.
In vitro fertilization, egg cells are fertilized by sperm outside the womb. In vitro is Latin for "glass", in tubes orPetri dishes.
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The break consisted of 100 surplus embryos as stem cell lines. They were in red blood cells contain hemoglobin, the pigment that transports oxygen in the transformed cells.
Before you say, who cares? - The next step is the creation of synthetic (artificial), liver, eyes and heart cells. Imagine the end of heart disease, and the big C in your life? Now we have all the attention, right?
It takes up to five years before clinical trials in humans. Why so long?In the U.S., the Federal Drug Administration has extensive protocols of the first approval.
Perhaps C. Craig Venter (of human genome), would speed up. synthetic blood could end all vampire movies and TV shows?
Who is that Venter
Here we go again. On May 21, 2010 was created synthetic (artificial) life of C. Biologist Craig Venter and his team. Get this: the first living organism with a completely synthetic genome leads to artificial life was verified at the VenterInstitute.
Curious and pathologists working conditions to be aware of: the Venter Institute in Rockville, Maryland team created the first synthetic life form. So what? "The cell line is the standard computer, another genetic code." Daniel Gibson, author of the article in Science magazine.
What have they done? Create a genome of a bacterium from point # 1 and inserted into a cell. The Guardian (UK) said: "It 'opens the way for the designer who built bodies, rather than development." Thisare the same people who brought the world great "the first human genome sequencing."
Practical Use
It's called KGF-2, and hospitals, purchase commercial laboratories. What this does is to start healing the artificial human, rather than waiting for mother nature. Think for a second, when gene therapy to treat a company to introduce new, the next step is to turn off heart disease and cancer genes. Eh?
Quick Biography
Venter is a NobelAward. He is a pariah in the scientific community - it should be, he gathered up his chips. Why? He has drawn government scientists at universities and those trying to decipher the genetic code. Venter's team has years of faster, cheaper and a lot of millions of dollars.
No one (including scientists included) may be a competitor who works harder and better. Venter's team has dominated the Human Genome Project. In 2000 he mapped the human genome three years ahead of schedule.
In 2010, VenterOnce again, the scientists suggest the production of the first cell with a synthetic genome. Nobody bets Venter Institute does not produce further progress in the creation of synthetic life. What? He does not want its competitors alert. This makes it a poor competitor, but a world-class scientists.
So What
This technology will create better diagnostic tests and new tools to analyze the disease and the best form of treatment. Get this: Venter says the Institute's work isApplication in new vaccines, drugs and even the best water.
Endwords
Some scientists claim that Venter's work is dangerous for humanity. They fear the effect Frankenstein, because he played too loose with its synthetic life care program. They call it a level 3 laboratory containment and disposal of the yeast culture with greater care.
He responded with arrogance, we solved this problem five years, thank you very much.
My bet is on C-Craig Venter to the future success - after his Nobel.
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