Stem cell clinical trial aims to combat nerve damage in human tissue

Hi! Today, i talk about of this article.

The idea is inject embryonic stem cell to a patient with a damaged spinal cord. The trial was accepted by the US Food and Drug Administration in January last year, and actually is being organized by the biotech company Geron in California.
The patient with damaged spinal cord was treated on Friday in Atlanta, in a centre of the company Geron. Doctors hope that stem cells injected directly into the spine will help repair the damage to person recovery some movement. Fourteen days later, patient will be injected with living cell that are precoursors of a kind found in the nervous system.
There was test in animals that indicate that injections with stem cells improve their movement and they can walk after sustaining an injury.

Throughout the test, doctors monitor patients for see if you are recovering a sense or are able to move parts of the body affected by injury.
The doctors commented that when they began to research , many thought it would take several decades before this therapy would be approved for use in humans.
The trial had problems with religious groups because the cells are derived from spare embryos created at IVF clinics but doctors said that trial is safe and the investigation was acepted by all the organisms.

The director of the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine at Edinburgh University, said that although this is very exciting news, it is important to note that the goal of testing is no harm to the patient instead of seeking profits, and after obtaining the results, the focus can shift to the development and evaluation of new treatment.

Stress

First, We must understand that the strees is a natural reaction of the body where it operates a series of defense mechanisms to cope with a threatening situation. This is necessary.
This defense mechanisms can conclude, by certain factors, causing serious health problems. When this natural response is given in excess is an overload of stress affects the body and causes the appearance of diseases and pathological abnormalities that prevent normal development and functioning of the human body.

The general symptoms of stress include:

1 .- Prevalence of sympathetic nervous system. It produces such peripheral vasoconstriction, tachycardia, etc.
2 .- release of adrenaline and noradrenaline, cortisol and enkephalin.
3.-Increase in blood glucose, clotting factors, free amino acids and immune factors.
This occurs in order to increase chances of survival in a near-term threat.

A constant stress can cause problems to the gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and the immune system.

How to deal stress:

One way to combat stress is through breathing exercises so that we can voluntarily control breathing, and treating it as calming a stressful situation.

On the other hand it is also important to organize the activities we perform, so we do not have extra concerns. If you have problems is important to talk to someone you trust to not carry them alone. It is also essential to perform regular exercise to improve basic physical condition and also release tension.

From a psychological point of view arises mainly in the control of emotional distress, as well as harnessing the resources of our body. Besides all the above named, electrical stimulation, acupuncture or audio analgesia are alternative techniques for dealing stress and its consequences.

Levonorgestrel

There has always been a discussion around the levonorgestrel, that whether or not abortion. Therefore to take or not a position on the issue is necessary to know.

Levonorgestrel (or I-norgestrel or D-norgestrel) was rated as a anticontraceptive or contraceptive emergency (also known as " Day-after pill "or "morning-after pill ") available for prevent pregnancy during the first days (no more than 72 hours) after having unprotected sex.

It has been suggested that hormones used this, changes occur at three levels: inhibiting or disrupting ovulation, interfering with fertilization or transport of the embryo to the uterus, or inhibiting implantation in the endometrium.

The abortion is defined as the interruption of a pregnancy, whether spontaneous or induced. For some, the use of Levonorgestrel, is abortive as it interrupts a possible life, whether at the stage that is (in intercourse, ovulation, implantation, etc). For others it is simply a method to avoid unwanted pregnancies that borders on the limits of their morality. This will always depend on to be considered as life or that if it's okay or not to interrupt.

In my opinion, Levonorgestrel is not an abortive method, because for me to stop fertilization or implantation is not synonymous to terminate a life, so it should give people free choice to choose within the options that suits you most according to their beliefs and moral.

The soundtrack of my life

Since my childhood I have been surrounded by music. My mom since she was young she sang and played guitar, so many of my childhood memories have melodies and songs in the background. If I have to name some of the authors of these songs, would Violeta Parra and Eduardo Gatti, among others. As I was growing up, tried to define the type of music I liked, and as in the 90's Pop was so popular , I could not resist listening to Backstreets Boys, Britney Spears, Nsync and others. As a teenager I found what I really identified, which was more focused on a non-plastic Pop, rock, folk or indie bands also. Moreover, as I like Japanese animation also met many groups, so that the J-pop and J-rock also part of my music collection.

Coldplay is one of my favorite bands since they have been present at many key moments in my life, reflecting the time he was living or the other, showing that I am not so alone.I also like bands like Amaral, Athlete, Snow Patrol, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, The Killers, Muse or singers like KT Tunstall, Fiona Apple, YUI, Regina Spektor and Jorge Drexler. The last two will give concerts in Santiago soon to which attend.I think one of the most important reasons why I'm always listening to music is that for me, this is a way to heal a lot of pain or joy to have in life, when it can be in tune with our soul.

Wuthering Heights

Hello!
These days, I'm reading Madame Bovary but I have not finished yet, I prefer to talk about Wuthering Heights, a book that I was read in the last summer. This is the only novel by Emily Brontë and was first published in 1847 by a male pseudonym to avoid the prejudices about women writers.

As I like love stories, a friend who lent me Pride and Prejudice told me I should read Wuthering Heights, but unlike the first, this is a book with a very stormy love story where the author expresses a great rawness and realism in every passage in the book that really make you feel like the character.
The story deals mainly with his friend Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and a love that could never be fully expressed due to social differences, which really was not much problem, but mainly in my view to the fickle and conceited character of Catherine, which catapulted a number of negative situations to their relationship that could easily have not happened. On the other hand, Heathcliff with a proud nature and somewhat resentful, decided to act impulse and spiteful, altering not only the direction of his life if not also of the rest.
In my opinion, this is a great book that deserves to be read not only by those who like love stories, if not that everyone who is attracted to human nature, its character and problems that sometimes leads.

I hope you liked this post about this great book and read it! really won't be disappointed :)

This is the end.... or not?

Oh my god. Today is the last post of the semester ... but thinking it is not so tragic.
I must admit that at first, to make this blog does not interest me much. This was because I don't master English very well and I don't have a large vocabulary, so it was a great challenge and sometimes felt that I couldn't make it. But in the end everything went better than expected as I finish each of my post though some with more difficulty than others.
On the other hand I feel that I could increase my vocabulary and improve my writing and syntax when writing each post. Also I could see this progress reflected in other fields of classes, as well as in the test and dissertations. Something very interesting and rewarding that ocurred through the blog was to exchange knowledge and opinions. With each post, I could see more of the thoughts, ideas and preferences of my classmates.

I think it was very important and necessary daring to do things in the blog and in class. Because although I made mistakes, I learned from them and I will not to repeat them. But, if it happens again, I know what to do with them.

Finally, having worked on this blog, made me take a big step in terms of my career, because I may use this language without any difficulty when I need it.

See the other semester!

My future

For me, it is very difficult to think that I will do in 7 years when a few years ago didn't know what career to choose... so I have several options:

• I would like to specialize in any area of physical therapy, such as because I find it very dynamic, useful and effective in combating serious respiratory illness often become fatal in children. On the other hand I am also interested in the area of rehabilitation and this is essential when treating patients in critical condition and who need to recover motor function. Whatever my choice with respect to a specialization, I would like to work with multidisciplinary teams for best results in rehabilitation in Public Health Center
• Another option that is also of interest to me is to continue studying or doing postgraduate in anthropology and archeology, as the study of man in his integrity and evolution is a subject that has interested me since child. I would like, whatever my decision, have a salary that allows me to maintain a lifestyle suited to my demands, and in terms of hours I would like to work the necessary even if it means much effort.

Also, I would like to continue my studies (present or to come), if possible, outside the country because this way I can get different knowledge and insights regarding discipline and other cultures.

Finally, when deciding that I do, it will be with greater confidence and conviction in order to practice my profession in the best possible way to help people as I can, what has always been the reason of my decision.