To round of Thursday night’s edition of The One Show, Alex Jones revealed Jamie had travelled to a care home in need of some festive cheer. He put on a special performance for the residents and care workers which was shown along with messages from those working at the home. After the segment was broadcast, […]
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NCIS LA’s Daniela Ruah left in tears after Marty Deeks exit: ‘Have a tissue?’
“I think we’re doing good work here,” he told his former colleague, prompting Nell to assure him: “You did great work.” “Keep it up, make me proud,” an emotional Deeks told Nell – leaving her in tears as he made his exit. And actor Ruah shared Deeks’ final moments on-screen with her Instagram followers, admitting […]
Police, paramedics trained to flag tissue donors
Ottawa paramedics and police have joined the frontline fight to help identify potential tissue donors.
Her dense breast tissue hid cancer for years. Now she’s warning others
More than half of women have dense breast tissue. The more dense it is, the more difficult it is for a mammogram to detect cancer. And even though mammograms reveal breast density, most women aren’t told about it.
From corneas to tendons, a new ’tissue bank’ improves transplant process
A new “tissue bank” located in Dartmouth, N.S., is already making a difference in the number of corneas, heart valves, bones and other tissues available for transplant to the people who need them.
Revo-loo-tionary tissue: Panda poop turned into luxury paper in China
Published time: 20 Dec, 2017 08:19 Chinese businessmen have finally found a way to make money from dung – producing luxury tissue paper from panda poop. True panda fans will have to pay up to 10 times more than for usual tissue. Dung from the iconic Chinese bears is now being used to make a […]
Researchers use electric currents to detect cancer in human tissue
In a study published recently in Angewandte Chemie, researchers demonstrated that an imaging technique called scanning electrochemical microscopy could become a very useful medical tool. Rather than having to use additional chemicals like dyes or fluorescent markers to get a good look at tissue, this method uses electrochemical probes to detect natural biomolecules around the […]
Why does scar tissue persist when cells renew?
Dr. Saeid Amini Nik answers this week’s Quirks Question. CBC | Health News
Turning over a new leaf: Spinach used as functional human heart tissue in study
Biomedical researchers have created a novel way of overcoming one of the biggest hurdles to the regeneration of human tissue in a lab by using spinach leaves to build working heart tissue. The demand for organs and tissues for transplantation far exceeds availability. In the US, 22 people die each day while waiting for an […]
Bringing cryopreserved tissue back to life
The goal of new ‘nano-warming’ technology is to make more organs and tissue available for transplant. CBC | Health News