A Single Sneeze Can Spread Throughout Entire Building

MIT researchers using high-speed cameras and applying fluid dynamics have discovered that although ejected droplets from a sneeze typically fall to the ground, the "cloud" of moisture from a single sneeze actually floats and can enter ventilation ducts and can potentially spread throughout an entire building or airplane. Watch video below. These findings have profound implications as to how infections may travel within buildings and other contained structures like cruise ships a…

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Synthetic Vocal Cords [video]

Synthetic vocal cords being under development at MIT and Harvard... Very good video ! What are some of the vocal cord problems that may benefit from such a synthetic gel? Vocal cord paralysis , vocal cord surgery to address polyps, cysts , nodules , granulomas , etc. As an FYI... the synthetic vocal cord gel portrayed in the video is still under development and not available for patient use yet...

5/27/2012 0

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Possible Cure for Common Cold And Other Viral Infections

For real... at least in mice, but has potential for human application if the promise holds out! MIT researchers have developed a radical new approach to eradicating viral infections no matter what the virus may be... common cold, HIV, Ebola, polio, dengue fever, etc. The usual anti-viral antibiotics in use today target the viral replication process which unfortunately often fails with time as the virus adapts and develops resistance to the medication. The new medication dubbed "DR…

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