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AlphaInventions.com is a great site!
Posted in OFF THE BEATEN PATH with tags alpha, alphainventions, BLOG, hits, inventions, stats, traffic, views, visits, volume on April 4, 2009 by David Granovsky
condoms, raw chicken, dynamite, tapioca pudding, cancer meds, stem cells and the last greasy black hot dog rotating under the heat lamp at 7-11…
Posted in ALL ARTICLES, OFF THE BEATEN PATH, STEM CELLS IN THE NEWS with tags ADULT, cancer, CELL, CELLS, chicken, condom, freezer, hot dog, Labrador, Newfoundland, pudding, STEM on April 2, 2009 by David Granovskycall me conservative but I think they all go under the list of things not to fool with when they may have gone bad. I’ll wait for the next batch, thanks. -dg
HOT DOG GONE BAD?
Stem cells stored in broken freezer given OK for use in N.L. cancer patients – Winnipeg Free Press
THE CANADIAN PRESS
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest health board says stem cells stored in a freezer that broke down last year can still be safely used for transplants in cancer patients.
Last September, a freezer storing the stem cells of 29 cancer patients set at -150 C had begun to rise in temperature. The cells were transferred to two other freezers – one set at -150 C, the other at -85 C.
Hematologist Dr. Kirsty Tompkins of the Eastern Health authority said today that a sample of the transferred cells was sent to the University of Alberta to determine whether the cells were damaged in the transferral process.
Tompkins says the retesting has led Eastern Health to conclude that the cells are still safe to use for transplants.
She says the patients have been notified of the results of the retests.
Six of the 29 cancer patients have since died, but their deaths are not related to the malfunctioning stem cell freezer.
via Stem cells stored in broken freezer given OK for use in N.L. cancer patients – Winnipeg Free Press.
FIGHT OR FLIGHT, we are programmed for survival
Posted in ALL ARTICLES, OFF THE BEATEN PATH with tags CELL, fight, flight, instinct, MARROW, menstruation, STEM, teeth on March 30, 2009 by David Granovsky
Fight or Flight, We are programmed for survival
We 
are born with a fight or flight instinct. It is the strongest instinct in our arsenal (except in the spring when perpetuation of the species can over ride). Wanting to cure disease and live longer is a natural extension of that instinct and it is hard wired into us and is not only completely natural, but unavoidable.
With pluripotent stem cells being induced from skin and testes and adult stem cells treating over 100+ diseases around the world successfully and adult stem cells being found in places all over the body – breast milk, fat, menstruation, bone marrow, blood, noses and of course, teeth; the history of medicine and the advancements for healing have taken an undeniable quantum leap forward.
http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com
Off the Beaten Path: ‘Vampire’ unearthed in Venice plague grave – Nachrichten English-News – WELT ONLINE
Posted in ALL ARTICLES, OFF THE BEATEN PATH with tags BLOOD, brick, buried, medievil, plague, vampire, venice on March 21, 2009 by David Granovsky
‘Vampire’ unearthed in Venice plague grave
March 14, 2009, 14:25
Italian researchers believe they have found the remains of a female “vampire” in Venice, buried with a brick jammed between her jaws to prevent her feeding on victims of a plague which swept the city in the 16th century.
An undated handout photo from the University of Florence shows the remains of a female “vampire” from 16th-century Venice
The remains of a female “vampire” from 16th-century Venice, buried with a brick in her mouth to prevent her feasting on plague victims.
Matteo Borrini, an anthropologist from the University of Florence, said the discovery on the small island of Lazzaretto Nuovo in the Venice lagoon supported the medieval belief that vampires were behind the spread of plagues like the Black Death.
via Science: ‘Vampire’ unearthed in Venice plague grave – Nachrichten English-News – WELT ONLINE.
AlphaInventions
Posted in OFF THE BEATEN PATH on March 11, 2009 by David GranovskyA terrific site that connects webmasters with bloggers and bloggers with viewers! The site is taking me places I could never have imagined…both in the content of the multitude of blogs and in the potential of huge volume on my blog.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy gaining in popularity
Posted in ALL ARTICLES, OFF THE BEATEN PATH with tags CELL, CURE, heal, hyperbaric, oxygen, STEM, therapy, TREAT on March 7, 2009 by David Granovsky
What does this have to do with stem cells? Well…for that you are going to have to wait and see. But rest assured, when you do learn, it will BLOW YOUR MIND!! -dg
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy gaining in popularity
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 6:26p.m.
Doctors have discovered breathing in pure oxygen can give people with wounds that won’t heal a new lease of life.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy was seen as a last resort for those suffering from injuries that did not respond to treatment, but at a privately run clinic its success has meant it is gaining in popularity.
After part of his leg was amputated four years ago, Malcolm Fleck was in agony and could hardly move. His stump was ulcerated and infected and as a last resort he tried hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
“I had 11 operations in four years and this is getting rid of it where antibiotics and so-called well, modern medicine can’t,” Mr Fleck says.
The technology has been used by divers suffering from the bends for decades, but now it is becoming an accepted part of mainstream medicine.
Patients sit inside the chamber breathing pure oxygen through helmets under pressure. It is this combination that accelerates healing by up to 80 percent.
With titanium implants inserted into her neck, Paparoa schoolteacher Audrey Campbell was in constant pain. She could not stand, let a long work.
Having tried numerous treatments in the past she was cynical at first, but now she’s a convert.
“I wouldn’t have believed it, it’s a really positive experience,” Ms Campbell says.
Both patients are now breathing easy as the pain subsides and their recovery takes off.
via 3 News > Science-Tech > Story > Hyperbaric oxygen therapy gaining in popularity.
Injections of licorice ingredient show promise as treatment for cocaine addiction
Posted in ALL ARTICLES, OFF THE BEATEN PATH with tags addict, cocaine, coke, dopamine, licorice, snort on March 6, 2009 by David Granovsky
Snorting Licorice?
An ingredient in licorice shows promise as an antidote for the toxic effects of cocaine abuse, including deadly overdoses of the highly addictive drug, researchers in Korea and Pennsylvania are reporting. Their study is in the 2 January issue of ACS’ Journal of Proteome Research, a monthly publication.
In the new study, Meeyul Hwang, Chae Ha Yang, and colleagues note that there is currently no effective medicine for treating cocaine abuse or addiction. Recent animal studies conducted by the researchers show that a licorice ingredient called isoliquiritigenin (ISL) can block the nervous system’s production of dopamine. That neurotransmitter is involved in emotion, movement, and other brain activities.
Cocaine and other addictive drugs stimulate dopamine and help produce the pleasurable and addictive effects. Drugs that block dopamine block this response. The scientists used rats as model animals to show that rats injected with ISL just prior to cocaine-administration showed 50 percent less of the behavioural effects associated with the illicit drug. They also showed that ISL injections protected nerve cells in the brain from cocaine-associated damage.
Source: American Chemical Society
News: Symphogen and Origen Ally to Produce Transgenic Chickens. Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News – Biotechnology from Bench to Business
Posted in ALL ARTICLES, OFF THE BEATEN PATH, SCIENCE & STEM CELLS with tags cancer, chicken, human, origen, symphogen, transgenic on March 6, 2009 by David Granovsky- There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Transgenic chickens?
Symphogen and Origen Ally to Produce Transgenic Chickens
GEN News Highlights – Mar 6 2009, 10:51 AM EST
Symphogen and Origen Therapeutics are working together to develop transgenic chickens capable of producing human antibodies against infectious diseases, cancer, and autoimmune diseases.
Off The Beaten Path: Do you know the significance of 030309?
Posted in ALL ARTICLES, OFF THE BEATEN PATH with tags 030309, 2009, 3, century, fractal, mandelbrot, march, root, square on March 3, 2009 by David Granovsky
Mandelbrot Fractal - Square Root
Do you know the significance of 030309?
Besides that today is the day I move from my current residence of questionable habitability to a home of comfort & warmth… -DG
Hint #1 – true mathematical zealots started celebrating at 3:03am and 9 seconds. √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Hint #2 -Do you know how to type the Square Root symbol? Hold down the alt key and type 251 on the keypad!Do you know the significance of 030309? – March 03 2009
Redwood City, California – A rare event is upon us, touted by math fanatics as Square Root Day.
The holiday, which only occurs nine times each century, (9 times Mrs Bueller! -dg) falls on Tuesday this time – 03/03/09 (for the mathematically challenged, three is the square root of nine).
“We have but nine of these days in a century, and hope all can enjoy a little math fun on Tuesday,” said Ron Gordon, a Redwood City teacher who started a contest meant to get people excited about the event.
The winner gets, of course, $339 for having the biggest Square Root Day event.
Gordon’s daughter even set up a Facebook page – one of a half-dozen or so dedicated to the holiday – and hundreds of people had signed up with plans to celebrate in some way. Celebrations are as varied: Some cut root vegetables into squares, others make food in the shape of a square root symbol.
The last such day was five years ago, February 2, 2004, which coincided with Groundhog Day. The next is seven years away, on April 4, 2016.
Gordon knows most people won’t notice the odd calendar event, but hopes those that do get a chuckle out of it.
“These days are like calendar comets, you wait and wait and wait for them, then they brighten up your day – and poof – they’re gone,” he said. – Sapa-AP
via News – A Step Beyond: Do you know the significance of 030309?.
Off the beaten path- Alpha Inventions
Posted in ALL ARTICLES, OFF THE BEATEN PATH with tags alpha, BLOG, CELL, granovsky, invention, roll, site, STEM, streaming on February 27, 2009 by David GranovskyFor Stem Cell Treatments and News, click on the stem cell:
“Off The Beaten Path” is a section of The Stem Cell Blog where non stem cell related posts will go…a place to let my hair down and recognize that maybe, just maybe… “all stem cells and no play” makes David a dull boy. You may think of it as the mutant half child of Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and Monty Python’s “and now for something completely different!” Enjoy!
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It’s one of those hot growing sites that you wish you knew about!
Enjoy-
David Granovsky
