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Mobilizing Stem Cells at the Injured Site Using Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments.

The research was done by Stephen Thom, MD, Ph.D., Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine. // He said that a course of hyperbaric oxygen treatments would increase the number of circulating stem cells in the body of the patient. Stem cells are progenitor cells which are totipotent and pluripotent meaning that they have the ability t...

Guidelines For Treating Severely Injured Patients On The Anvil

If there were to be serious accidents or injury due to some other cause like mob violence, the initial steps in the treatment of such persons in the emergency room are the same.// However, the procedures that are undertaken in the intensive care are varied and could possibly determine the life and death of the patient. Scientists are now working towards developing a set of guidelines to...

Engineered Tissue Implants benefited Knee Injured patients

Scientists at the University of Bristol have recommended that knee cartilage injuries could be possibly repaired by bioengineered tissue implants //without any signs of osteoarthritis progression. 'The maturation of cartilage implanted with engineered tissue has taken only about 12 months and this is the first of its kind to study' – researchers reports. The study, 'Maturatio...

Rescuing Injured Hearts by Enhancing Regeneration

Using a two-drug approach, researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston have demonstrated that it may be possible to rescue heart function //after a heart attack and protect the heart from scarring. Working with rats, they combined an agent that overcomes a natural inhibitor of cell division with a naturally occurring growth factor that encourages blood vessel growth (angiogenesis). Together...

A Realistic Arm on the Anvil for Injured Soldiers

As the Iraq war continues to take its toll and the number of injured soldiers is increasing, there is some cheer for the marines who have// lost their limbs. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the US has announced that its team has developed a breakthrough prosthetic arm under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Revolutionizing Prosthetics (DARPA) 2009...

U.S. Army Developing a Robot to Rescue Injured Soldiers

A remote-controlled robot is being developed by the U.S. Army to rescue injured or abducted soldiers, without putting their comrades at risk. The 1.8-metre-tall Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot (Bear) will be able to travel over bumpy terrain and squeeze through doorways while carrying an injured soldier in its arms, says its its developer, Vecna Technologies of College Park, Ma...

Nearly 100 People Injured by Jackal

Patna, June 27 (IANS) Nearly 100 people have been bitten and injured by a jackal in Bihar's Gopalganj district, but there are no anti-rabies vaccines in the government hospitals to treat the patients. In the last two days, the jackal has attacked and injured villagers - including women and children - in half a dozen villages under the Manjhagarh block of the district, about 200 km...

Portable Splint When Injured Far Away from Medical Help

Limbs broken and too far from the nearest medic? Not to worry. A team from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK has developed a versatile portable plastic splint that can protect damaged bones and aid their recovery. The First Aid Splint is designed to be used in isolated conditions which are difficult for medical teams to reach. Developers hope it will be of parti...

Australian Injured as Spain Begins Annual Bullrunning Festival

An Australian suffered injuries to a thigh and three other people were slightly hurt Saturday as thousands of Spaniards and tourists celebrated the start of the nine-day San Fermin bullrun. The festival involves copious amounts of dancing, alcohol and the "encierro", when bulls are released onto the streets and hundreds of people are chased along an 825-metre (yard) course leading...