Tuesday 26 November 2013

Scientist create artificial skin using umbilical cord



artificial skin
Scientists at the University of Grenada have made a revolutionary breakthrough by creating artificially grown skin for immediate use. Artificially grown skin is not a new concept so why have we termed it “revolutionary”? Good question! For starters the main hurdle burn victims’ or people requiring skin grafts face is they have to wait for weeks because the artificial skin is being grown using healthy skin from their own body. This process will allow the skin to be stored in tissue banks and made available when needed. 

The study of these scientists has been published in the journal Stem Cells Translation Medicine and depicts “The ability of Wharton jelly mesenschymal stem cells to turn to oral-mucosa or skin-regeneration epithelia.” In addition to skin regeneration epithelia covering the research team is also using biomaterial made of fibrin and agarose (designed and developed by the same team). It seems like making such breakthroughs is nothing new for this particular research team as they previously won universal acclaim on Tissue Engineering. The successful creation of artificial skin is the fruition of thesis put forth by the research team a few months ago in Seoul Korea. During the briefing the team postulated the potential of Wharton stem cells conversion into epithelia cells. 

Thanks to this research major burn victims would have access to skin stored in tissue banks and which can be applied instantly to the areas of injury. This would almost cut down the waiting time for a patient to zero and curtail complications that arise because of waiting period. “Creating this new type of skin using stem cells, which can be stored in tissue banks, means that it can be used instantly when injuries are caused, and which would bring the application of artificial skin forward many weeks”, declared Professor Antonio Campos of Histology at the University of Granada and one of the authors of this study. When this process becomes available for common use it would hopefully become a routine clinical procedure and benefit trauma and burn victims the most.


Tuesday 12 November 2013

Why is Harley Street London so famous?

Harley Street London

What makes a particular area in a city famous? There are quite few possible answers for this query. The area could be popular because of its strategic location, the unique architectural structure of buildings that dot its street or some renowned celebrity that dwells there. For Harley Street located at the City of Westminster in London, cause of prominence is an amalgamation of the aforementioned factors and then some more.  Harley Street London is renowned globally as home for doctors, surgeons and medical practitioners associated with private sector who have been catering to the needs of masses since the turn of century. This street also bears close proximity to means of conveyance such as railway stations and tube stations which makes the area very accessible.

Thursday 24 October 2013

London Non-Surgical Nose Job Gone Wrong - The Truth Revealed


Non-Surgical Nose Job

Non-surgical Rhinoplasty is a proof of the brilliance of non-surgical cosmetic treatments as it can do in minutes what traditionally was done in hours along with some week of downtime. It is 100 times less risky than its surgical alternative yet you won’t face difficulty finding all the mishap stories about this treatment. Scrolling through the pages found from Google UK on non-surgical nose job gone wrong, I wonder how can a person wanting to have a nose reshaping treatment can go for taking such a big risk. So I do a little research on these mishap stories of non-surgical Rhinoplasty and here I am sharing the results I found.

Tuesday 8 October 2013

10 Simple Tips for Natural Skin Care

natural skincare
London is passing through the season of change. The long temperate days of summer have ended and soon the cool breezes, rains, and snowfalls will strike the city. Are you prepared for that? Have you checked your wardrobe for warm clothes and stored coffee and soda in your kitchen cabinets? Is your skin ready for the season, too? Yes, it’s true. For protecting your skin from getting dehydrated and dried, you must start some simple skincare remedies few weeks before the dry wind crash into your face and make it arid. Here, I am listing 10 simple and natural skin care tips for you that won’t involve much money or effort. All you need is some time for your skin care: