A Laboratory of the Future Human Experience
Dragonbot is designed to support long-term learning interactions between children and robots.
Advances in exponential technology happen fast This week Singularity Hub points to significant developments to keep people in the know. (Videos)
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Laboratory grown rat kidney.
Scientists in the the U.S. say the have “grown” a kidney in the laboratory and it has been transplanted into animals where it started to produce urine. Similar techniques to make simple body parts have already been used in patients, but the kidney is one of the most complicated organs made so far.
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New treatment may be a way to control hypertension when drugs don’t work.
A California company has shown how to dramatically lower blood pressure in hard-to-treat patients by destroying tiny nerves in the kidney.
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The artificial kidney will be the size of a coffee cup. Blood will be pumped through microscopic filters using the body’s own blood pressure.
An artificial kidney that would be implanted inside the body and work as well as a living organ is just around the corner, scientists have revealed. U.S researchers have just unveiled the first prototype model of the device, that could eliminate the need for dialysis.
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Kidney Failure With A Surprise Ending.
But surgeons were amazed to discover the little girl had four kidneys, with two new fully formed organs sitting on top of her old ones. And the new ones had taken over the role of the others, meaning she was effectively ‘cured’ of kidney failure.
The breakthrough could potentially free thousands of patients from attending hospital every other day. More than 25,000 people in Britain need to have regular dialysis, usually around three times a week, because their kidneys do not function properly.
Continue reading… “Kidney Dialysis Machine Small Enough To Wear On Belt”
Baking soda could ease the suffering of patients with failing kidneys
A total of around three million people in Britain suffer from chronic kidney disease, which may have a number of causes and can leave them needing dialysis or a replacement organ.
Continue reading… “Baking Soda Could Dramatically Slow Down Kidney Disease”
New research suggests that a common infection affecting 60 to 99 per cent of adults could result in high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries – leading causes of heart disease, stroke and kidney disease.
Continue reading… “Scientists Warn Virus Could Cause Heart Disease In Adults”
Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs. “This technique has great promise,” said Dr. Eric Genden, who did a similar transplant in 2005 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. That operation used both donor and recipient tissue. Only a handful of windpipe, or trachea, transplants have ever been done.
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A new study suggests that taking an aspirin a day may lower the risk of breast cancer in women.
Continue reading… “Study Suggests Asiprin May Lower Risk Of Breast Cancer”
Consider a natural alternative the next time you reach for that cupcake or soda as an afternoon snack. This snack leaves you feeling full, gives you energy, and simultaneously fights “bad”-LDL-cholesterol.
Continue reading… “Beans – A Natural Alternative To Your Afternoon Snack”
