Assuming one finds unaffected T-helper cells to clone...
Answer:
Yes, and it's interesting that you mention that, because my school gave us a lecture on that very topic. The T-cells, once they establish self-tolerance, could be selected for resistance against the virus, and cloned to reestablish the T-cell population within the immunocompromised host. It is currently very complicated and expensive though, so the technology is being developed, but it is thought to be a potential therapy that may one day greatly benefit patients.
T-helper cells are matured and developed from stem cells within the body and are not created in the laboratory yet.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Is it possible to change my eye color by surgery?
I was born with hazel eyes but I would like to change them to blue. And contacts are too much trouble. Can you change your eye color by surgery?
Answer:
Be happy with the eyes God gave you!! Most people want eye surgery so that they can SEE! If you're just going to waste all that money on a surgery that cant even be preformed, than you shouldnt have all that money in the first place.
no i don't think docs can do that yet
do you know how much trouble eye surgery is? especially pretend eye color changing surgery.
Unfortunately no. But, you can go to your optometrist and order some color contacts. Hope that was helpful. =)
No!
No, you'd have to replace the iris, which is so far beyond medical capability.
NO!
No, medicine cannot do that yet. They are too busy working on a cure for vanity.
as far as i know, you can't change your eye color by surgery BUT you can use contact lenses with different colors.
Answer:
Be happy with the eyes God gave you!! Most people want eye surgery so that they can SEE! If you're just going to waste all that money on a surgery that cant even be preformed, than you shouldnt have all that money in the first place.
no i don't think docs can do that yet
do you know how much trouble eye surgery is? especially pretend eye color changing surgery.
Unfortunately no. But, you can go to your optometrist and order some color contacts. Hope that was helpful. =)
No!
No, you'd have to replace the iris, which is so far beyond medical capability.
NO!
No, medicine cannot do that yet. They are too busy working on a cure for vanity.
as far as i know, you can't change your eye color by surgery BUT you can use contact lenses with different colors.
is it possible to be tested for dioxin poisioning?
i am an agent orange baby, my father was in veitnam
Answer:
It takes about 80 ml of blood and cost $1,200 several years ago.
see: http://www.sph.umich.edu/dioxin/pdf/bloo...
Yes, but not too many labs do dioxin testing. Even The VA doesn't.
Answer:
It takes about 80 ml of blood and cost $1,200 several years ago.
see: http://www.sph.umich.edu/dioxin/pdf/bloo...
Yes, but not too many labs do dioxin testing. Even The VA doesn't.
Is it possible to be a surgeon and still have a social life?
I'm looking into becoming a surgeon, and before spending a massive amount of money on college I want to be sure this is what I want to do. And so it comes down to the question, can i become a surgeon and still have a life outside of the job? I want a husband, kids, and three dogs...but does becoming a surgeon prohibit this from becoming reality??And also, if it is possible, what specific line of surgeons are capable of having a social life and a job they want?
Answer:
yes you can have a social life. as with any doctor - you shouldn't party in the town in which you practice.Yes, you can have a husband, kids, and three dogs too. You'll be on call and your priorities have to be saving patients. So that means on the Christmases that you're on call - you might have to leave to save a life. it would become your duty. But family can understand with the proper explaining.Your best bet is non-emergency surgery. That would be an orthopaedic surgeon. Those surgeries are scheduled. Neurosurgery and cardiovascular surgery could be last minute kinda thing.
Surgery is very difficult to have the above mentioned list. It's a very demanding specialty and has less tolerance for scheduling changes, being pregnant, etc. I suppose you could do this, if you waited having a family after a lot of your training was complete... which takes about 14 years (4 yrs college, 4 yrs medical school, about 6 yrs of training for surgery..) Good luck!However, if you find a very understanding hubby, this would be VERY helpful... unfortunately, most men aren't like this, so this may prove difficult.
Yes its possible but u have to remember that being any kind of surgeons is very hard work.Good Luck to u! :)
Of course it is. Be aware, however, that a woman with an education is frightening to some men, despite the advances women have made in the workforce and elsewhere over the past fifty years. What that means is, you'll have a smaller pool of eligible bachelors from which to choose a mate. You'll likely find yourself dating your fellow professionals - and be aware there are as many "playas" amongst them!
Do NOT give up on your goals for the sake of a social life. There's more to life, and humankind desperately needs skilled, caring surgeons far more than someone who's good at schmoozin' and boozin' and slinking around in pearls and curls. They're called "bimbos" and we've quite enough of those. Women with confidence and class are rare - I sincerely hope you're one of them!
you'll have all the things u mentioned but dont expect to spend tons of nights chillin in bars and stuff
yes
Become a surgeon. You'll have to work hard and probably take a lot of crap, but as you mature and become more experienced you will be given more responsability. with this responsability you will advance (as long as you perform well) and soon you will find a way to delegate some responsabilities to a newer surgeon and free up time to spend all the great money that you make.and so the cycle will go on. This is how it is from plumbers to architects to ironworkers to surgeons.
After 4 years of medical school, 5 years of residency, when you get no sleep, and 2 more years of subspecialty like plastic surgery, you are expected to be on call for surgical emergencies 24/7. It is a rare breed of person who can still find time to find a husband, kids, and 3 dogs.
Try urology or plastic surgery. Then you may have a social life.
If you want a family, take the advice of an orthopaedic surgeon I know and don't wait to have kids.You'll need a 4 year college degree with an emphasis on the four cornerstones of the study of medicine: chemisty, physics, mathematics, and English. You'll need to excel in those areas and keep a high grade point average with high MCAT scores.After 4 years of college and 4 years of medical school there are 4 years of residency training in the specialty in which you choose to practice. If you want to become a surgeon though, the residency is 6 to 8 years.Medical school is very demanding, residency is hell, with physicians often working up to 80 hours a week. Relationships and dating are impossible to maintain. A PBS documentary showed a 90% divorce rate among couples where one person was a medical resident or student.18 to 20 years. Can you wait that long?
It won't prevent your having a social life, only delay it. Even general surgeons can do OK simply through call-sharing. If you go on to subspecialization, plastics would be preferable to cardiothoracic surgery, just to name a couple, to keep a life.
I'm not a surgeon, but I work with them. I took the smarter route, and became an anesthesiologist. We still get the fun of playing in the OR all day, but without the office hours and endless rounds.The surgeons I know have social lives, but they paid their dues during training. You have to do what you love, and if you find that you love surgery (and you cannot know this until you are in your third year of medical school and living it), then you will do what it takes to become one.I married a very understanding man who is not in medicine, and we have 3 kids and a great life (no dogs, though. Just horses, cats and a bunny). Pretty much all surgeons take call, but if you get in a large enough group, that can be shared.Ophthalmologists don't get called in a lot, but there is debate as to whether they are real surgeons or not (that's a joke, sort of). Orthopedics get called in A LOT, as do general surgeons and trauma surgeons.Your surgical subspecialty is something you will choose in medical school or during residency. Again, you'll have to do what you love. Consider anesthesiology :) My last call was in December 2001.
Don't go into medicine at all. Even if you can have a family and social life, you will have to put it off for many years while you do medical school, residency, and possibly fellowship. Instead of having a life, you will be often treated like crap and you will be accumulating debt.You will graduate to a life of falling salary, increasing law suits, middle-of-the-night emergencies, and a society that values basketball players more than doctors. Did you know that Medicare will be cutting reimbursements 5% annually every year until 2012?
Answer:
yes you can have a social life. as with any doctor - you shouldn't party in the town in which you practice.Yes, you can have a husband, kids, and three dogs too. You'll be on call and your priorities have to be saving patients. So that means on the Christmases that you're on call - you might have to leave to save a life. it would become your duty. But family can understand with the proper explaining.Your best bet is non-emergency surgery. That would be an orthopaedic surgeon. Those surgeries are scheduled. Neurosurgery and cardiovascular surgery could be last minute kinda thing.
Surgery is very difficult to have the above mentioned list. It's a very demanding specialty and has less tolerance for scheduling changes, being pregnant, etc. I suppose you could do this, if you waited having a family after a lot of your training was complete... which takes about 14 years (4 yrs college, 4 yrs medical school, about 6 yrs of training for surgery..) Good luck!However, if you find a very understanding hubby, this would be VERY helpful... unfortunately, most men aren't like this, so this may prove difficult.
Yes its possible but u have to remember that being any kind of surgeons is very hard work.Good Luck to u! :)
Of course it is. Be aware, however, that a woman with an education is frightening to some men, despite the advances women have made in the workforce and elsewhere over the past fifty years. What that means is, you'll have a smaller pool of eligible bachelors from which to choose a mate. You'll likely find yourself dating your fellow professionals - and be aware there are as many "playas" amongst them!
Do NOT give up on your goals for the sake of a social life. There's more to life, and humankind desperately needs skilled, caring surgeons far more than someone who's good at schmoozin' and boozin' and slinking around in pearls and curls. They're called "bimbos" and we've quite enough of those. Women with confidence and class are rare - I sincerely hope you're one of them!
you'll have all the things u mentioned but dont expect to spend tons of nights chillin in bars and stuff
yes
Become a surgeon. You'll have to work hard and probably take a lot of crap, but as you mature and become more experienced you will be given more responsability. with this responsability you will advance (as long as you perform well) and soon you will find a way to delegate some responsabilities to a newer surgeon and free up time to spend all the great money that you make.and so the cycle will go on. This is how it is from plumbers to architects to ironworkers to surgeons.
After 4 years of medical school, 5 years of residency, when you get no sleep, and 2 more years of subspecialty like plastic surgery, you are expected to be on call for surgical emergencies 24/7. It is a rare breed of person who can still find time to find a husband, kids, and 3 dogs.
Try urology or plastic surgery. Then you may have a social life.
If you want a family, take the advice of an orthopaedic surgeon I know and don't wait to have kids.You'll need a 4 year college degree with an emphasis on the four cornerstones of the study of medicine: chemisty, physics, mathematics, and English. You'll need to excel in those areas and keep a high grade point average with high MCAT scores.After 4 years of college and 4 years of medical school there are 4 years of residency training in the specialty in which you choose to practice. If you want to become a surgeon though, the residency is 6 to 8 years.Medical school is very demanding, residency is hell, with physicians often working up to 80 hours a week. Relationships and dating are impossible to maintain. A PBS documentary showed a 90% divorce rate among couples where one person was a medical resident or student.18 to 20 years. Can you wait that long?
It won't prevent your having a social life, only delay it. Even general surgeons can do OK simply through call-sharing. If you go on to subspecialization, plastics would be preferable to cardiothoracic surgery, just to name a couple, to keep a life.
I'm not a surgeon, but I work with them. I took the smarter route, and became an anesthesiologist. We still get the fun of playing in the OR all day, but without the office hours and endless rounds.The surgeons I know have social lives, but they paid their dues during training. You have to do what you love, and if you find that you love surgery (and you cannot know this until you are in your third year of medical school and living it), then you will do what it takes to become one.I married a very understanding man who is not in medicine, and we have 3 kids and a great life (no dogs, though. Just horses, cats and a bunny). Pretty much all surgeons take call, but if you get in a large enough group, that can be shared.Ophthalmologists don't get called in a lot, but there is debate as to whether they are real surgeons or not (that's a joke, sort of). Orthopedics get called in A LOT, as do general surgeons and trauma surgeons.Your surgical subspecialty is something you will choose in medical school or during residency. Again, you'll have to do what you love. Consider anesthesiology :) My last call was in December 2001.
Don't go into medicine at all. Even if you can have a family and social life, you will have to put it off for many years while you do medical school, residency, and possibly fellowship. Instead of having a life, you will be often treated like crap and you will be accumulating debt.You will graduate to a life of falling salary, increasing law suits, middle-of-the-night emergencies, and a society that values basketball players more than doctors. Did you know that Medicare will be cutting reimbursements 5% annually every year until 2012?
Is it possible that some people are not affected by Vicodin and other painkillers?
without any tolerance. I try to take painkillers like Vicodin and Codeine, but there's no effect at all. It doesn't even make me sleepy or relieve pain.
Answer:
I read a study once that said 80 percent of people aren't helped by codeine. I don't know about vicodin. I do know that morphine doesn't do a thing to kill my pain, so I've been reduced to the point of telling my doctors and others that I'm allergic to it because that's the only way to deal with it. If I tell them it doesn't work, they don't believe it. So if vicodin or codeine don't help, just say you're allergic to it, and they'll try somehing else.
Maybe you are taking Tylenol.
Well it should take care of the pain unless you are in some major pain. Pain pills don't make me sleepy either no i take that back percocets did when i had a tooth pulled but they were 10mgs
Medicine effects people in different ways
Yes-it's called an idiosyncratic reaction. My mom can get IV narcotics and it doesn't affect her.
Answer:
I read a study once that said 80 percent of people aren't helped by codeine. I don't know about vicodin. I do know that morphine doesn't do a thing to kill my pain, so I've been reduced to the point of telling my doctors and others that I'm allergic to it because that's the only way to deal with it. If I tell them it doesn't work, they don't believe it. So if vicodin or codeine don't help, just say you're allergic to it, and they'll try somehing else.
Maybe you are taking Tylenol.
Well it should take care of the pain unless you are in some major pain. Pain pills don't make me sleepy either no i take that back percocets did when i had a tooth pulled but they were 10mgs
Medicine effects people in different ways
Yes-it's called an idiosyncratic reaction. My mom can get IV narcotics and it doesn't affect her.
Is it possible in future ( based on medical inventions ) for a HUMAN BEING to live forever?
What i mean is can death be avoided.
Answer:
I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE. Honestly, not just from a supernatural stand-point, but with scientific backing. People are studying apoptosis or the cell death phenomenon that is essentially, at the cellular level death. Well, if one day scientist fully understand this mechanism, i believe they will beable to either make the anti-death pill or create some sort of genetic mutant that does not die as easily. However, science cannot stop a car from running you over or cancer from killing you, YET! So anyways, yes i think it is possible in the future, the ethical question is should it be implicated??
No, but who the heck would want to live forever? I just want to accomplish my mission on this planet and get the heck outta here! :%26gt;
No.
Forever is quite impossible and remember death is a necessary biological phemenon which help nature to maintain a good ecological cycle.
Probably not. The future is a long time, so predictions are risky, but the limiting factor on human life is the number of spare bases on each of the autosomal genes. One of these gets lost at each cell division, so when you run out of spares, you start losing the good stuff, and things start going to pot in a hurry. This is the scientific reason why the tales of long-lived people in the bible are fictitious.
Yes, and fairly soon..Probably within your lifetime..
Perhaps in the next 25 - 30 years.
short answer NO. long answer. No because most systems of the human body are unalbe to regenerate after a certain amount of time. these systems would be the heart, lungs, liver, and nuerons. it's kind of tough to live when you can't breath, eat, pump blood or think. I'm not a fan of being a 400 year old grapefriut. just shot me if it ever comes to that.
Until we get to the future to see, I can't say it's impossible. However, every single signal emitted from the brain can be mimicked by today's computers. More and more different types of organs are getting transplanted. It's not entirely impossible that someday we might be able to transplant our brain into a cloned body or bionic body. We can't do it now, but that does not change the possibility.
No.But longer yes.In 1930 USA longevity was 45 years to day it is 74 years but it is beginning to drop a little.Certain deceases that are mainly age related that has not surfaced, that may show up in large numbers.Humans are already the longest living mammals in teams longevity.
No. Living forever is not desirable.
Technically yes.
you can do it...but would u wanna b 632 years old... or date a 587 yrs old lady?Sounds ridiculous.doesnt it.
till now there is no such a scientific invention..why are you asking like that? are u afraid of death? live your life happily %26 enjoy it
its not at all possible. because if all human beings are live what about the opurtunities for new generation and and death also we cant avoide. humans can increase the human life sapn, that to only for limited period .
Answer:
I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE. Honestly, not just from a supernatural stand-point, but with scientific backing. People are studying apoptosis or the cell death phenomenon that is essentially, at the cellular level death. Well, if one day scientist fully understand this mechanism, i believe they will beable to either make the anti-death pill or create some sort of genetic mutant that does not die as easily. However, science cannot stop a car from running you over or cancer from killing you, YET! So anyways, yes i think it is possible in the future, the ethical question is should it be implicated??
No, but who the heck would want to live forever? I just want to accomplish my mission on this planet and get the heck outta here! :%26gt;
No.
Forever is quite impossible and remember death is a necessary biological phemenon which help nature to maintain a good ecological cycle.
Probably not. The future is a long time, so predictions are risky, but the limiting factor on human life is the number of spare bases on each of the autosomal genes. One of these gets lost at each cell division, so when you run out of spares, you start losing the good stuff, and things start going to pot in a hurry. This is the scientific reason why the tales of long-lived people in the bible are fictitious.
Yes, and fairly soon..Probably within your lifetime..
Perhaps in the next 25 - 30 years.
short answer NO. long answer. No because most systems of the human body are unalbe to regenerate after a certain amount of time. these systems would be the heart, lungs, liver, and nuerons. it's kind of tough to live when you can't breath, eat, pump blood or think. I'm not a fan of being a 400 year old grapefriut. just shot me if it ever comes to that.
Until we get to the future to see, I can't say it's impossible. However, every single signal emitted from the brain can be mimicked by today's computers. More and more different types of organs are getting transplanted. It's not entirely impossible that someday we might be able to transplant our brain into a cloned body or bionic body. We can't do it now, but that does not change the possibility.
No.But longer yes.In 1930 USA longevity was 45 years to day it is 74 years but it is beginning to drop a little.Certain deceases that are mainly age related that has not surfaced, that may show up in large numbers.Humans are already the longest living mammals in teams longevity.
No. Living forever is not desirable.
Technically yes.
you can do it...but would u wanna b 632 years old... or date a 587 yrs old lady?Sounds ridiculous.doesnt it.
till now there is no such a scientific invention..why are you asking like that? are u afraid of death? live your life happily %26 enjoy it
its not at all possible. because if all human beings are live what about the opurtunities for new generation and and death also we cant avoide. humans can increase the human life sapn, that to only for limited period .
Is it possible for ur brain to melt?
I heard in science class that if u get a fever of ovr 104, ur brain can start to melt. i once got a fever in 3rd grade of almost 105. would this explain why i have a bad memory and can't work math that well?
Answer:
your brain is a biological item, it will not melt into a liquid state, but will decompose. When you fever reaches a certain rate, your brain cells will die one by one. your bad memory is not caused by this as we only use 8% of our brain. Try studying harder.
Um, no, this is completely false.
yes because when you die you begin to decompose on that can be described as melting metaphorically speaking. that is about it.
your brain can melt...and you probably lack in memorization and math because you have been told that your brain has been melted..it may be a probable answer, but don't count on it
Is it possible for a steak to melt? The brain is a tissue material like skin, bone, and muscle. It's not gelatinous as it might seem. It can't melt, but an extremely high fever can cause febrile seizures and brain damage. But it's not until a very high fever...and 105 isn't likely going to do it at a young age. 107.6 is the point of brain damage. Some people are just better than others at math. I suck at math, but am good with biology and English. My husband sucks at English and is great with math. Go figure.
A fever does not usually cause your brain cells to `die`, as suggested by others here.However, like the rest of the cells in your body, when you have symptoms that show your body is not normal, this means your body is failing to function normally. A high temperature is often a way for your body to compensate when fighting disease and bacteria. Like the rest of your body, your brain could temporarily perform less than normal, but permanent damage (such as you suggest, melting) to occur is not possible. Brain cells often die either from: natural cell death (aging), trauma (injuries), loss of blood to the brain.The word melt implies that matter is physically changing from one state of solid to a state of liquid, which does not happen, per se, with human tissue, at livable temperatures.
In a sense, it is possible for a kind of melting to occur, but not generally due to high fever. Liquefactive necrosis may occur in the brain because of prolonged ischemia (lack of blood) or even hypoglycemia, because nervous tissue is tremendously sensitive to hypoglycemia.However, to attribute your poor memory and lack of math skills due to liquefactive necrosis is unlikely. You'd probably have much more severe neurological deficits than that -- i.e. mental retardation, paralysis, etc.
Answer:
your brain is a biological item, it will not melt into a liquid state, but will decompose. When you fever reaches a certain rate, your brain cells will die one by one. your bad memory is not caused by this as we only use 8% of our brain. Try studying harder.
Um, no, this is completely false.
yes because when you die you begin to decompose on that can be described as melting metaphorically speaking. that is about it.
your brain can melt...and you probably lack in memorization and math because you have been told that your brain has been melted..it may be a probable answer, but don't count on it
Is it possible for a steak to melt? The brain is a tissue material like skin, bone, and muscle. It's not gelatinous as it might seem. It can't melt, but an extremely high fever can cause febrile seizures and brain damage. But it's not until a very high fever...and 105 isn't likely going to do it at a young age. 107.6 is the point of brain damage. Some people are just better than others at math. I suck at math, but am good with biology and English. My husband sucks at English and is great with math. Go figure.
A fever does not usually cause your brain cells to `die`, as suggested by others here.However, like the rest of the cells in your body, when you have symptoms that show your body is not normal, this means your body is failing to function normally. A high temperature is often a way for your body to compensate when fighting disease and bacteria. Like the rest of your body, your brain could temporarily perform less than normal, but permanent damage (such as you suggest, melting) to occur is not possible. Brain cells often die either from: natural cell death (aging), trauma (injuries), loss of blood to the brain.The word melt implies that matter is physically changing from one state of solid to a state of liquid, which does not happen, per se, with human tissue, at livable temperatures.
In a sense, it is possible for a kind of melting to occur, but not generally due to high fever. Liquefactive necrosis may occur in the brain because of prolonged ischemia (lack of blood) or even hypoglycemia, because nervous tissue is tremendously sensitive to hypoglycemia.However, to attribute your poor memory and lack of math skills due to liquefactive necrosis is unlikely. You'd probably have much more severe neurological deficits than that -- i.e. mental retardation, paralysis, etc.
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