Heart attacks create scar tissue that can lead to congestive heart failure. High blood pressure thickens arteries and can cause heart attacks and strokes. Strokes leave damaged tissues in the brain.
Tag: Science
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SCIENTISTS “GROW” ELECTRODES IN LIVING BRAINS
Scientists at Gothenburg, Linkoping, and Lund universities in Sweden have grown electrodes in living brains and other tissues, bringing closer the time when humans can carry customized, internal electronic circuitry.
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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AT LAST
Scientists at the University of Rochester seem to have succeeded in the century-long quest for superconducting materials—those that can carry electricity with virtually no resistance.
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IS THIS THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE?
The medical profession is gradually broadening its focus from “sick care” to keeping people from getting sick in the first place.
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VAPING DAMAGES DNA JUST LIKE SMOKING TOBACCO, STUDY SHOWS
Vaping e-cigarettes were sold as a healthier alternative to smoking tobacco.
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HEALING A DAMAGED BRAIN WITH HYDROGEL
A brain that has lost tissue in a trauma or stroke can’t replace it. Now surgeons may be able to, thanks to creative uses of hydrogel, scientists’ new go-to structural framework when rebuilding or regrowing body parts.
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FINDING EARLY SIGNS OF CANCER IN A DROP OF BLOOD
Figuring out whether a strange mass of cells in the body is malignant may soon no longer involve intrusive and painful tissue biopsies, thanks to researchers at Australia’s University of Technology.
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FRUCTOSE MAY BE THE SPARK THAT IGNITES ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Fructose, a natural sugar found in fruits and honey—and in an array of soft drinks and processed foods—may lie at the root of Alzheimer’s Disease, according to researchers at the University of Colorado.
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ADDING ACETATE TO ASPHALT COULD KEEP ROADS PERMANENTLY ICE-FREE
If you live in a four-season climate, you live with icy roads in winter.
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EARTH MAY HOLD VAST, HIDDEN POCKETS OF HYDROGEN FOR THE TAKING
In 1987, African villagers digging a water well struck a pocket of gas about 330 feet down. The gas streamed out, showing blue in sunlight and gold at night. When a villager looked down the hole while smoking a cigarette, the plume exploded.