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clulessmedic:

Antibiotic-Loaded Articulating Cement Spacers

  • used following infection of total knee arthroplasty
  • can be left in place for about 6 weeks
  • saw this being done, the antibiotic is mixed in with the cement which is then hand moulded on to the tibia and femur
  • allows delivery of high intra-articular concentration of antibiotics
  • patient can mobilise, due to instability usually with a brace

currentsinbiology:

Dinoflagellate Protoperidinium latistriatum
SEM by Fiona Scott

Armored Dinoflagellate Protoperidinium pellucidum - can produce dangerous toxins that lead to so-called red tides.
Census of Marine Life E&O (http://bit.ly/181nxUd)

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currentsinbiology:

Israeli scientists create beating heart tissue from skin cells

Skin cells have been made into beating heart tissue by a team of scientists in Israel, who hope this will help patients with heart failure.

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