Scientists Developing Microscopic Drones to Prevent Heart Attacks!

In what could be termed as a major medical breakthrough, scientists have been carrying out tests utilising microscopic stealth drones, made from plastic-like material and about 1,000 times smaller than the tip of a human hair.

These drones or nanoparticles are capable of latching on to hard plaques in the arteries containing fat cholestrol and calcium and would release a drug derived from natural protein thus repairing the inflammation damage in the body. Successful tests have been carried on lab mice where the atherosclerosis or clogged arteries were repaired after 5 weeks of treatment. The plaques were stabilised, making it less likely for fragments to break off and clog blood vessels. Although they had clogged arteries the lab mice didn't suffer from heart attacks. Researchers have therefore concluded that more tests were needed before the drones are tested on humans. For the human trials a fine tune of particles, which would enable optimised drug delivery is being planned. The drugs would be powerful and anti-inflammatory. This could be a major step in the treatment of heart diseases.

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What is Measles?

Public health officials said on Wednesday that six more cases of measles had been confirmed in
California, bringing to 119 the total number of people infected by a strain of the virus that has also been linked to a large outbreak in the Philippines. More than 150 people across the United States have been diagnosed with measles, many of them linked to the wave of illness that authorities believe began when an infected person from out of the country visited Disneyland in late December. California Department of Public Health researchers, in a report to federal officials released on Friday, said that specimens from 30 of the state's measles patients had been genotyped and that all were of the same strain that has caused an outbreak in the Philippines. That same genotype has been detected in at least 14 countries and six other U.S. states in the last six months, the researchers said, and the source of the illness that sickened visitors at the Disney theme park has not been identified. Source

Dr. Samuel Katz of Duke University, the most senior and respected pro-vaccine scientist, talks about what measles is, it's history and proper treatment.

Winner of British Animation Award 2008, public choice: commercial catagory - We made this film for Amnesty International - Brian Cox is the voice of Measles.. an attempt to lure people back to old fashioned, diseased dying instead of the more modern war and killing style demises! 'It's just not natural!  

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Should you get Vaccinated?

Should you get vaccinated? Find out how vaccines work to protect the population and what can happen when celebrities get in the way of Science.

Written and Illustrated by Dwayne Godwin and Jorge Cham
Animated by Jorge Cham and Meg Rosenburg
Narration by Meg Rosenburg
Comic originally published in Scientific American Mind

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