Category: Dawkins

17/04/2012 alopecia | baldness | bioengineer | hair loss | stem cells Feitosa-Santana

Hope for those who do not like baldness

Hope for those who do not like baldness

The study provides novel evidence of fully functional hair follicle regeneration through the rearrangement of various stem cells and their niches in bioengineered hair follicles.  Thus, the transplantation of bioengineered hair follicle germ is potentially applicable to the future surgical treatment of alopecia (baldness).

06/04/2012 Color is in the Brain Feitosa-Santana

Color is in the Brain

Color is often thought to be a quality of light but this is not so. For example, the expression the ocean is blue uses a perceptual experience of blueness to describe the physical light. Color itself is not in the light. Color is a perceptual phenomenon determined by neural processes in the brain. The region […]

05/04/2012 Michael Weiss | Puncture | Safe Needle Feitosa-Santana

The greed of the health care system and the movie “Puncture”

The Facts with the Common Plastic Syringe Accidents Accidental needlestick injuries cause healthcare workers to be exposed to HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and many other bloodborne diseases at a rate of about 800,000 a year in the US alone. Studies show that a great many are never reported. Needle reuse still causes over 1.2 million deaths […]

01/04/2012 art | fertility drugs | in vitro | in vitro fertilization | infertility | IVF | lesley brown | louise joy brown Feitosa-Santana

Dangers of in vitro fertilization and related treatments that infertile couples are not considering…

Few months ago, a rich chinese couple had 8 babies with the help of assisted reproduction treatment. The mother had three of the children herself, and the other five with two surrogates, though the couple did not expected to have so many. It took years trying to have children and they spent nearly one million yuan […]