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The remains of what could be Britain's oldest surviving human brain were found at a York University excavating site.The archaeologists discovered a skull containing a yellow substance that scans showed to be shrunken, but brain-shaped. Brains consist of fatty tissue that microbes in the soil would absorb, so neurologists believe the find could be some kind of fossilized brain.The area where the skull was found was first farmed more than 2,000 years ago. More tests will now be done to...
Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:MBRX) announced today that it would be rescheduling the reporting of its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008. The press release with the results will be disseminated on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 after the market closes and the conference call and webcast will be held on Thursday, November 13th at 8:30 a.m. EST. Dr. Paul Laikind, president and chief executive officer, Dan Milles, Senior Director of Finance...
By HUNT, Stewart Further to my last entry on food, a new concept has poked its ugly head into our fledgling marriage. The liver- cleansing diet. I don't think either of us are especially overweight or unhealthy, and I have no plans to wedge myself into a pair of Speedos this or any other summer. But our psyches have been under attack of late from a vast range of experts telling us we're all unhealthy slugs and that, given a bit of carefully orchestrated deprivation, we all can give off a...
Arbios Systems, a medical device and cell-therapy company, has sold all its rights and interest in its bioartificial liver system, HepatAssist, to HepaLife Technologies, a biotechnology company developing proprietary cell-based medical technologies. The terms of the deal included $450,000 in cash and a five-year warrant to purchase 750,000 shares of HepaLife's common stock. Arbios has received $250,000 at the closing and will receive an additional $200,000 on the earlier to occur of: i) the...
Upcoming science, health and technology programs on KNME Channel 5 Public Television NOVA 'Saved by the Sun' 10:30 a.m. Sunday There's new urgency about finding a solution to our uncertain energy future. Could it be time to take solar energy seriously again? As the Earth heats up at a dangerous rate and fossil fuels become scarcer, ordinary citizens and businesses are bypassing the federal government to lead the way in exploring a clean, renewable source of power: the sun. In this report,...
By Bouritius, Hetty van Hoorn, Danny C; Oosting, Annemarie; van Middelaar-Voskuilen, Mariska C; van Limpt, Cees J P; Lamb, Kelly J; van Leeuwen, Paul A M; Vriesema, Aldwin J M; van Norren, Klaske Background: Overnight fasting of rats augments the susceptibility of the small intestine to ischemia-reperfusion damage. Feeding before surgery may improve injuries to distant organs that were induced by ischemia-reperfusion. The present study tested the hypothesis that one of the food constituents,...
Scientists have created a robot controlled by a biological brain made of rat neurons. The robot, named Gordon, is not exactly an Einstein but represents a remarkable bridging of the gap between biology and technology. Gordon relies a dish with about 60 electrodes to pick up electrical signals generated by the brain cells. The brain drives the robot's movements. Every time the robot nears an object, signals are directed to stimulate the brain by means of the...
Air pollution has both short- and long-term toxic effects that injure the heart and blood vessels, increasing rates of cardiac illness, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Robert A. Kloner of the Heart Institute of the Good Samaritan Hospital and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, both in Los Angeles, said when pollutants are inhaled, they trigger an increase in "reactive oxygen species" -- superoxiding molecules that damage cells, cause inflammation in the lungs and spark the...
PHILADELPHIA, July 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bladder problems may leave a mark on the brain, by changing patterns of brain activity, possibly contributing to disrupted sleep and problems with attention. For one in six Americans who have overactive bladder, the involuntary bladder contractions that often trigger more frequent urges to urinate, such mind-body connections may be of more than academic interest. "We often tend to focus on just one organ, but here we see how an abnormal organ...
By Talia Sampson, Ventura County Star, Calif. Jul. 6--Five-month-old Rayne Riggleman giggles as she sits on her mother's lap, her blue eyes locked on the shiny skull ring on the hand of her father, who strokes her cheek affectionately. "People who see her fall in love with her big blue eyes and chipmunk cheeks," said her mother, Andrea Capsuto, 46, of Camarillo. "She's so smart, she loves to watch everything and everybody." But Rayne's happy nature is in stark contrast to her jaundiced...
Latest Organs Reference Libraries
The liver is the organ in charge of processing, neutralizing and excreting certain secretions for the metabolic processes. Formation and Orientation The liver is considered to be both the largest internal organ and the largest gland in the human body. It is situated just below the diaphragm, to the right of the stomach and on top of the gallbladder. There are two ways blood can travel to and from the liver: the hepatic artery and the portal vein. The hepatic artery carries blood solely...
The esophagus is the muscular tube that is located between the pharynx and the stomach that aids in digestion during swallowing. Formation and Orientation The esophagus is composed of four separate layers; the mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa and the adventitia. The mucosa includes the stratified squamous epithelium, lamina propria and muscularis mucosae. The submucosa houses the esophageal glands and connective papillae. The muscularis externa is composed of three sublayers The...
The ovaries are the two reproductive female organs where the eggs are produced. These are parallel to the testes in men. Formation and Orientation Each ovary is the size of an almond and is located on one side of the pelvis before the ureter and internal iliac artery but after the external iliac artery. They are attached to either side of the uterus. They are connected and release eggs to fallopian tubes, though not attached, monthly during the menstrual cycle. They also produce...
Skin is the outermost organ that protects and incases the tendons, ligaments, bones, muscles, etc. It is also the largest organ of the human body. Formation and Orientation Healthy skin consists of vitamins A, C, D and E, but in all skin, there are melanocytes which produce mesodermal cells. These cells allow for the absorption of UV rays. There are five main pigments that provide color in the skin’s many levels. Although not found in the skin, Oxyhemoglobin is found in the blood,...
The appendix is a dead-end tube like structure, ranging from 2 to 20 cm, that spans off the cecum of the colon. It is attached to the lower part of the large intestine. Formation and Orientation The appendix can be found in many mammals including marsupials, euarchontoglires (rodents) as wells as humans of course. It is also an organ that forms in the embryotic stage during pregnancy. McBurney’s Point, the point that is one-third the distance from infront and above the spinal cord...
