#ChineseScientists successfully #transplanted the liver of #GeneEdited#pig into a 71 yr old male patient with giant right lobe #LiverCancer. The patient is moving freely without acute or hyperacute rejection reactions 7 days post surgery.
There is evidence that it would immensely help with preventing nearly all human-cell borne cancers however, and in my opinion, THAT’S something your messaging should focus strongly on.
Human Microbes doesn’t do any specific messaging/advertising. Just the website where it covers the gut microbiome regulating the entire body and playing a major role in virtually every aspect of health & development. I would think that narrowing the focus to one type of cancer for example would be detrimental.
you’re touting this as a cure all, when really it’s a mass preventative (which again, is still extremely important and something really big).
I think the potential for both prevention and treatment exists for most conditions that are currently beyond medical capabilities. And there is a ton of evidence for this in the wiki I shared. Sure, there are some things that FMT won’t be a solution to of course.
Hey everyone. My sister, who is a likely match for me (for the liver transplant) is trying to move to Florida as that would be less expensive than the multiple trips she'd have to here for all the testing. She's out in Washington State. About as far from me as you can get in the continental states.
She's started a gofundme to try and help get her to Florida sooner, than later. Which also means me getting my transplant sooner than later.
If you can spare anything, thank you so much. If you can't, please share the post.
And in the photo? The one furthest left is me. Then my older sister, the oldest sister (one trying to move) and my little sister. And in the front are my 2 cousins.
Thank you so much for anything you can do to help us out. 💜
It's official. The medical conference I'm about to head off to conference has the most confusing program on the planet. One document lists titles of talks and posters and has the abstracts, another document lists times and locations (and a few talks not listed on the first document). And nothing matches the two or tells you where or when the over 100 papers from that first document are being presented. Which of the concurrent sessions will they be distributed between over 3 days? Agh!!!
And the posters. Which ones will be presented on Friday and which ones on Saturday?
Hey there. In short I'm looking for potential donors as I need a live liver transplant. I've set up a bunch of information and links over at - https://ginpuliver.carrd.co/
Even if you cannot help me directly, please share this with others. There is bound to be someone out there that can help.
I got it in my head only one living donor could be tested at a time. That's not even remotely true. So uh... anyone between the ages of 18 & 60 with Type O blood willing to share a piece of liver with me?
"The band Smash Mouth did not feel any need to avoid the elephant in the room ...that the socially un-distanced gathering could be a breeding ground for a coronavirus “super-spreader event.”
“F— that COVID s—!” singer Steve Harwell could be heard telling the crowd in video footage. “Now we’re all here together tonight.”
Participants will be interviewed on their end-to-end care journey using an #AppreciativeInquiry methodology, and the results with be used to build an experience typology. Results will be published
"Maine last month became the first state to ban the practice of spreading PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge as fertilizer.
"But it’s largely on its own in the US, despite a recent report estimating about 20m acres of cropland across the country may be contaminated.
"Most states are only beginning to look at the problem and some are increasing the amount of sludge they spread on farm fields despite the substance being universally contaminated with PFAS and destroying livelihoods in Maine.
"'Maine is at the forefront of this because we’ve seen first-hand the damage that sludge causes to farms,' said Patrick MacRoy, deputy director of the non-profit Defend Our Health Maine. The new law also prohibits sludge from being composted with other organic material.
"PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a class of chemicals used across dozens of industries to make products resistant to water, stains and heat. Though the compounds are highly effective, they are also linked to #cancer, #KidneyDisease, #BirthDefects, decreased #immunity, #liver problems and a range of other serious diseases.
"Sewage sludge is a semi-solid mix of human excrement and industrial #waste that water treatment plants pull from the nation’s sewer system. It’s expensive to dispose of, and about 60% of it is now lightly treated and sold or given away as 'biosolid' fertilizer because it is high in plant nutrients.
"Maine and #Michigan are the only two states that are routinely checking sludge and farms for PFAS, and both are finding contamination on farms to be widespread.
"Maine’s legislature banned the practice of spreading sludge as fertilizer in April [2022] after environmental officials discovered astronomical levels of PFAS in water, crops, cattle and soil on farms where sludge had been spread, and high PFAS levels have been detected in farmers’ blood.
"#Contamination from PFAS-tainted sludge has already poisoned well water on around a dozen farms, and has forced several Maine farms to shutter. The state is investigating about 700 more fields where PFAS-contaminated sludge was spread in recent years. Farmers have told the Guardian that many of their peers with contaminated land won’t alert the state because they fear financial ruin.
"Maine also approved the creation of a $60m fund that will be used to help farmers cover medical monitoring, for buyouts and for other forms of financial assistance.
"'Folks have been left out to dry without any real help so we’re grateful to see that,' MacRoy said. The sludge legislation comes after Maine last year enacted the nation’s first ban on non-essential uses of PFAS in products. It goes into effect in 2030.
"In Michigan, environmental officials have downplayed the detection of PFAS in sludge and on farms, and although the state prohibits highly contaminated sludge from being spread, it allows higher levels of the chemicals in sludge than Maine. State regulators have also identified PFAS polluters and required them to stop discharging the chemicals into the sewers.
"Questions remain about whether that’s enough to keep PFAS out of Michigan’s food supply. Instead of implementing a wide-scale program to test livestock, crops and dairy, the state identified 13 farms it considered most at risk and has claimed contamination on other farms isn’t a risk.
"Michigan is ahead of most other states. In #Virginia, environmental regulators are considering permitting an additional 6,000 acres worth of sludge to be spread and have so far resisted public health advocates’ calls to test for PFAS and reject new sludge permits.
"In #Alabama, the state’s department of environmental management said in 2019 that 'the best use of biosolids is as a [fertilizer].'
"Even as the crisis unfolds in Maine, officials in Alabama are increasing the amount of out-of-state sludge that’s imported and spread on fields or landfilled, and the state in 2020 updated its biosolids rule to 'encourage' the use of #biosolids as fertilizer. Alabama does not test sludge for PFAS."
Dear #fediverse, when you think of ingredients, or dish or are deciding what to eat and brute-force in your head combinations of flavours until you figure one that must taste delicious: do you actually taste the ingredients in your tongue as you remember them and are able to compose new flavours out of your memories of multiple ingredients combined?
@fuchsiii really liked it because getting good quality liver is quite hard and the Ostrich Farm sold it quite cheaply since it's not a highly desired cut...
“Newborns are a high-risk group for #COVID19 in the condition of postnatal infection during the #Omicron variants epidemic. Besides fever and respiratory symptoms, the clinical doctor should pay much attention to evaluating the risk of #liver function injury after #SARSCoV2 variants infection, which is usually asymptomatic and has a delayed onset.”
There may be an existing solution to the chronic disease crisis, but a disabled patient seems to be the only person motivated enough to try to obtain it. And they've been failing going at it alone. (www.humanmicrobes.org)