MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'body parts'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:34 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600537&cid=t_170730_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fregenerative-medicine-and-printing-human-tissue%2F2011.03.16 Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, returned to TED 2011 a couple weeks ago to give updates on his breakthroughs in regenerative medicine. In addition to explaining the process of growing bioengineered organs, valves, and tissues, he also demonstrates how he’s using printing technology to fabricate body parts and even print skin tissue directly onto a patient’s wound. Other highlights of the talk include a live demo of a kidney-shaped mold being printed on the TED stage, and a reunion with a young patient who was one of the first recipients of a bioengineered bladder from Dr. Atala’s lab. Be sure to also check out Dr. Atala’s talk from TEDMED 2009… Additional... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600537 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:00:08 +0100 4600537 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3740597&cid=t_170730_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fsexual-health-and-teens-privates-video-game%2F2010.07.09 Here’s a new video game from Zombie Cow Studios that could help educate teenagers about sexual and reproductive health in a colorful way. Elizabeth Boskey, Ph.D., About.com’s Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) guide, writes in her blog post entitled ”It’s Only A Game“: When I first saw the announcement for Privates, I found the concept vaguely appalling — condom-hatted soldiers (privates) swarming into people’s body parts (privates) to shoot at all the nasty invaders one can find there. However, the second I watched the trailer I was instantly converted to a fan. Privates was clearly designed by people who were paying attention in sex-ed class. The epithelium looks like epithelium! There are bacteria that I can recognize from what I’ve ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3740597 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:00:04 +0100 3740597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3111382&cid=t_170730_87_f&fid=35060&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthnewsblog.com%2Fblog%2F1220091 Morley Safer reports for CBS News on the emerging technology of growing body parts from human cells. Morley Safer says researchers have created beating hearts, ears and bladders by manipulating cells in the human body. The goal is to provide new hope for amputees and patients on organ-transplant lists by growing replacement organs in the lab. Take a look: You can see more segments from the series here. Permalink | Recent Headlines | News Feeds (Source: HealthNewsBlog.com) HealthNewsBlog.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3111382 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:00:00 +0100 3111382 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2862448&cid=t_170730_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fknit-a-microbe-womb-or-gi-tract%2F I hope I’m not stealing this from our knitting blogger, but over the past few years, I’ve found some very interesting knitting patterns online. Today I found kniitting patterns for: •Tuberculosis •Cholera •Salmonella •Common Cold •Swine Flu •Penicillium They’re available on the Manchester Science Festival 2009 blog. Or if you’re more into knitting body parts, here are a couple for you: the womb the gastrointestinal system One could make a bunch of (very bad) jokes about getting enough fiber into our body, or we can see how we can begin to unravel when we get too stressed, but I’ll avoid those pathetic attempts at humor. I’m wondering why someone would do this, but I can also see that it could be fun and challenging to come up with something ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2862448 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:44:54 +0100 2862448 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347889&cid=t_170730_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fthe-museum-of-human-disease-a-grisly-find%2F Most people head to Sydney, Australia for the sun, the food, and the opera house. Now you can also take in a visit to the Museum of Human Diseases, a Pandora’s box of plague, pestilence and disease in graphic detail. Used for years as a  resource for medical students, this museum at the University of New South Wales has more than 2,000 cadaver parts on display. It’s not for the weak of stomach. There’s a blackened smoker’s lung on one side and a  nectrotic ulcer the size of a cricket ball n the other. The two disembodied white thumbs, macabrely sit in a ’thumbs up’ gesture against a dark background (possibly a little med school humor). There’s a gangrenous foot, a nodular goitre, and an egg-shaped breast cancer. It might sound pretty grisly but sights like this can ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347889 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:52:57 +0100 2347889 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2081061&cid=t_170730_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2009%2F01%2F05%2Fhealthbolt-bizarre-bread-body-parts%2F Looking for a little more body in your bread? Then head over to this bakery in Bangkok, Thailand where artist Kittiwat Unarrom creates grotesque and gruesome bread sculptures - hands, feet, heads, torsos, and many other body parts - that appear almost real in his family’s bakery. Something to file away for the next time you are in Bangkok - there are even tours of this Human Bakery Tags: bakery, bangkok, body parts bakery, healthbolt bizarre, human bakery tour, Kittiwat Unarrom, thailandShare This (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2081061 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:29:53 +0100 2081061 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1248933&cid=t_170730_87_f&fid=35060&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthnewsblog.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fhnblog.pl%3Fhnblog%3D219081 Someday - maybe not too far in the future - a machine may grow the new body part you need. That would be a miracle as some "98,000 people are on a waiting list for transplants right now" according to CBS News. CBS says a research team at Wake Forest University believes any body part replacement you need can be grown. From blood vessels to muscle tissue, Atala and his team at Wake Forest University believe that in theory anything inside the body can be grown outside the body, CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews reports. And it's real: They've made 18 different types of tissue so far. "That's a heart valve?" Andrews asked. Atala said: "This is an engineered heart valve." What he pointed to was a pulsing heart valve to be transplanted into a sheep. "When people ask me 'what do you do,'... HealthNewsBlog.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1248933 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:00:00 +0100 1248933