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Vidcast: https://youtu.be/AbLb4QMLTdY
Short Shorts are quickie reports about cutting edge medical and healthcare discoveries. They’re worth knowing about this 3rd week of May, 2022.
Inhaled antibiotics may offer at least a partial solution to our current dilemma of ever-increasing antibiotic resistance. British researchers call for the use of topical antibiotic delivery to the lungs of those with difficult-to-eradicate pneumonias in order to increase the antibiotic dosages without pummeling the rest of the body. Such resistant bacterial infections are frequently associated with chronic obstructive lung disease and asthma.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(22)00172-2/fulltext
The FDA is out with warnings to parents about the real dangers of edibles. These THC-containing products are often packaged in cuts knockoffs of kid favorites including Capt. Crunch, Starburst Gummies, and Nerds Ropes. Over the past 15 months, the FDA has received at least 100 reports of child cannabis overdoses due to these products. Don’t buy these kid-attracting forms of cannabis and store any medications out of reach of your children. If you do have dangerous medications at home, have your poison control center in your smartphone favorites list.
https://www.fda.gov/food/alerts-advisories-safety-information/fda-warns-consumers-about-accidental-ingestion-children-food-products-containing-thc
Synthetic hydrogel particles seem to make pancreatic islet cell transplant more acceptable immunologically. Bioengineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology use these synthetic microgels to infuse an immunomodulatory protein SA-FasL that protects the insulin-producing cells from a local host rejection without subjecting the entire body to drug. Look for human trials upcoming.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm9881
Bacteria can infect us or, alternatively as probiotics, protect us from their dangerous cousins. The latest bacterial trick is now revealed by Swiss scientists who show that gut bacteria can record data about genetic events occurring in their vicinity. Using the CRISPER-Cas gene editing technology, the researchers find that bacteria can log invasion by viruses by incorporating snippets of viral DNA or RNA into their own genetic material for later retrieval. The bacteria not only record information about viral attack but also about nutrient conditions in their gastrointestinal environments. Someday, our own bacteria may
tattle when we gorge on fries or donuts.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm6038
There you have the latest health reveals for the 3rd week of May, 2022.
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By Howard G. Smith MD, AM
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/AbLb4QMLTdY
Short Shorts are quickie reports about cutting edge medical and healthcare discoveries. They’re worth knowing about this 3rd week of May, 2022.
Inhaled antibiotics may offer at least a partial solution to our current dilemma of ever-increasing antibiotic resistance. British researchers call for the use of topical antibiotic delivery to the lungs of those with difficult-to-eradicate pneumonias in order to increase the antibiotic dosages without pummeling the rest of the body. Such resistant bacterial infections are frequently associated with chronic obstructive lung disease and asthma.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(22)00172-2/fulltext
The FDA is out with warnings to parents about the real dangers of edibles. These THC-containing products are often packaged in cuts knockoffs of kid favorites including Capt. Crunch, Starburst Gummies, and Nerds Ropes. Over the past 15 months, the FDA has received at least 100 reports of child cannabis overdoses due to these products. Don’t buy these kid-attracting forms of cannabis and store any medications out of reach of your children. If you do have dangerous medications at home, have your poison control center in your smartphone favorites list.
https://www.fda.gov/food/alerts-advisories-safety-information/fda-warns-consumers-about-accidental-ingestion-children-food-products-containing-thc
Synthetic hydrogel particles seem to make pancreatic islet cell transplant more acceptable immunologically. Bioengineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology use these synthetic microgels to infuse an immunomodulatory protein SA-FasL that protects the insulin-producing cells from a local host rejection without subjecting the entire body to drug. Look for human trials upcoming.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm9881
Bacteria can infect us or, alternatively as probiotics, protect us from their dangerous cousins. The latest bacterial trick is now revealed by Swiss scientists who show that gut bacteria can record data about genetic events occurring in their vicinity. Using the CRISPER-Cas gene editing technology, the researchers find that bacteria can log invasion by viruses by incorporating snippets of viral DNA or RNA into their own genetic material for later retrieval. The bacteria not only record information about viral attack but also about nutrient conditions in their gastrointestinal environments. Someday, our own bacteria may
tattle when we gorge on fries or donuts.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm6038
There you have the latest health reveals for the 3rd week of May, 2022.