#Medical Release

[fieriframes]

[...delivering a knockout combo. ...and a medical release. That's all right here, right now, on "Triple D." So, I'm here in south New Jersey in a town called Somers Point.]

[lead0]

they are in love your honor

[reasonsforhope]

"Thanks to a new discovery by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, painful injections and intravenous drugs could potentially be a thing of the past.

Inspired by the way squids (yes, squids!) use jets to propel themselves through the ocean, shooting ink clouds, researchers took this biological process to the lab.

The result is an ingestible capsule that “releases a burst of drugs directly into the wall of the stomach or other organs in the digestive tract,” developed by researchers from MIT and Novo Nordisk...

Traverso was the senior author of the study, which concludes that the capsule could offer an alternative to delivering drugs that normally have to be injected, like insulin, antibodies, and even mRNA.

The reason these drugs cannot be taken orally is because they consist of large proteins that are easily broken down in the digestive tract, rendering them ineffective. 

For years, Traverso’s lab has been working on a solution, encapsulating these drugs in small devices that protect them through their journey in the body until they reach the lining of the digestive tract, where they can be injected directly into the system.

In previous iterations, he and his colleagues devised capsules that use microneedles to deliver the drugs once they enter the digestive system.

But in this new study (recently published in Nature), the researchers went completely needle-free.

Taking inspiration from cephalopods — or squids and octopuses — the researchers came up with two ways to mimic their siphon organ, which allows these animals to shoot jets of ink to distract predators...

And don’t fret — once the drugs are administered, the capsules (which are made of metal and plastic) simply pass through the digestive tract naturally.

Although researchers have only tested the device on animals so far, the trails have shown resounding success. In these tests, the capsule successfully delivered insulin, a drug similar to Ozempic, and a type of RNA that can be used in treating genetic disorders.

In this research, success was calculated by measuring the concentration of drugs in the animals’ bloodstream, which reached the same levels as drugs administered by injections. Plus, there was no tissue damage after the fact...

According to MIT, the researchers will now work to further develop the capsules, in hopes of testing them in humans.

Their ultimate vision is that the capsules could be used at home by patients who need to take insulin or other injected drugs frequently. The approach also eliminates the need to dispose of sharp needles, creating a safer — and more comfortable — experience for patients and providers alike."

-via GoodGoodGood, November 25, 2024

[fairuzfan]

[sw00nii]

This is who i am now guys.

Heavymedic are not gay sinners anymore 😞‼️ tf2 has been cleansed from the homosexual behaviours!

[downrightbooks]

“I hated you until I loved you, and I’ll love you until the end.”

- Hannah Rooney

[typosandtea]

Nobody including me posts about their ocs enough so please please please reblog reply or whatever with some oc tidbits!

[kritzenkriegen]

Neon Ludwig

[ruthytwoshakes]

drawings of the team throughout 2023-2024 (newest to old)

Wowza it was a ride finding all these again! I really can’t believe it’s almost been 2 whole years since tf2 lobotomied itself into my brain. Honestly this game has changed my life, and the fandom has been one of the loveliest I’ve ever been in. Thanks everybody for your support along the way, whether you’re still here or not. I seriously wouldn’t be here artistically with it! (Also tell me if you want any of these redrawn, thinking of starting up the swap au again!)

[thashining]

You all don’t seem to understand, they are going to amendment 25 trump and put Vance in office! THIS is what the heritage foundation wanted all along. VOTE BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!💙

[kingjasnah]

wait is it the row anniversary? wow. happy three years to UNETHICAL YURI and KALADIN i guess

[age-of-moonknight]

“Reborn,” Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu (Vol. 2/2024), #2.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Penciler and Inker: Alessandro Cappuccio; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

[fumifooms]

"It was something I could fix" Sevika Jinx brotp sooo real i need this i need them I need the "I’m gonna exterminate the family i have left" to include Sevika because of an accident during battle I want the girl Sevika always called a jinx to jinx her and for her to not even be mad, just tough as nails with even tougher love even in her dying breath.

[cofa-art]

Lankmann from Dreams of an Insomniac, more based on his concept art than his actual appearance in the video.

[baneonono]

watch house for the first time with (pt 3)

season one is completed let’s talk about

so I was so so happy when that stupid rich dude left. literally cheered out loud when he left. thank you Cuddy for making that dude leave. also cheered out loud when I saw Dylan Kussman in the credits of that one episode because I love to see a dead poet

hated everything about with Cameron and house. he’s twice her age what is wrong with this show. also we all knew that Cameron was coming back why did we bother with the whole interview thing. Wilson was so excited about house going on a date and at some point someone told house that he either sleeps with Cameron or he’s gay and my very verbal response was “can I vote in this one?” they didn’t let me vote but he didn’t end up sleeping with Cameron so…….

Chase and foreman lowkey second favorite duo and episode 21 definitely my favorite ep that I’ve watched. I already want to rewatch this episode, teaching actually looks so good on house

so far Stacy is just annoying me and I don’t care. maybe I’ll like it more as it continues to go on. we shall see because that’s season one everyone. on to season two

[liddolwitch]

I had... a lot of medical trauma that I could tell was building up but I wasn't feeling. Compartmentalizing and all. New song about Viktor released and uhhhh I found where I had stashed those feelings.

(Might spend an hour or two sobbing). Holy fuck the subject matter has ended up coinciding with my medical stuff so often.

Really feeling Viktor's storyline a lot more after the whole almost dying (multiple times) thing.

So much I need to explore in journaling about :

Fear of being a 'bad' person at the worst of my symptoms

Fear over letting other people decide to stay or leave

The realization that it's not actually all fine and okay for me to go through all my medical stuff alone (especially when I have a long-term partner)

What my body means to me (positive, negative, expression, pain, others' perceptions, etc.)

The grief over things other than death in disability. New fears, experiences others might not share, new perspectives on taboo topics

What it means that I've become a different person as my disability has shaped my experiences, my identity, my social circle... everything.