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The new science of resuscitation is changing the way doctors think about heart attacks—and death itself - MSNBC
Consider someone who has just died of a heart attack. His organs are intact, he hasn’t lost blood. All that’s happened is his heart has stopped beating —the definition of “clinical death”—and his brain has shut down to conserve oxygen. But what has actually died?
Stem Cells Fill In When Smell-related Cells Fail - Science Daily
Hopkins researchers have identified a backup supply of stem cells that can repair the most severe damage to the nerves responsible for our sense of smell. These reservists normally lie around and do nothing, but when neighboring cells die, the scientists say, the stem cells jump into action.
Study identifies gene linked to longer lifespan - Reuters
Scientists have known for seven decades that mice, dogs, fruit flies and other animals given diets bordering on starvation tended to live up to 40 percent longer than their better-fed cousins. Now they think they know why.
Erectile dysfunction probed with engineering tool - New Scientist
Like a column collapsing under the burden of a heavy roof, erectile dysfunction is a classical mechanical engineering problem, says a US urologist. Using mathematical models of penis geometry and hydrostatic pressure, doctors can predict when penises will fail – and in which vagina – he says.
Diabetes may cut male fertility - BBC
Diabetes damages a man’s sperm and may reduce fertility, say UK researchers. Tests showed DNA in sperm from diabetic men had more signs of damage than in men without the condition.
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ACBR
May 3, 2007 at 6:34 pm
The first article on the way cells die was just astounding. I never realized that when you die there are still trillions of cells alive.
Wade Meredith
May 4, 2007 at 7:48 am
This has floored a lot of people in the medical community as well. It could significantly change how we perform revival techniques.
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