Author: Marta Koblanska
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What can heart do on the Earth? Cutting-edge technology saving life in Poland
Joy of prof. Rafał Krenke, the head of Warsaw Medical University and doctors who performed heart transplantation. Photo: Jarosław Kulczycki/WUM A 14-years girl dreams to go to high-school may become true as she received heart on time despite a long way transport. A new perfusion and temperature technology sustained life in the heart for over…
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Why are we happy when learn with positive outcomes? Dopamine which opens our minds just like it.
D1R photo-activation in neurons of the dorsomedial striatum combined with two-photon imaging of activity in L5 cortico-striatal projection neurons. Photo: Nuria Vendrell-Llopis, Jonathan Read, University of California, Berkeley Dopamine can modify already set patterns in our brain thus leading to a change of behavior. This neurotransmitter is doing so by activation a certain receptor in…
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The key for domestication. Humans’ capability or plant’s domesticability?
Oryginal date of publishing January 15/2025, By Marta Koblańska, Photo: Pixabay Just 15 edible plants provide us 90 percent of calories while a few hundred have been finally domesticated of the thousands of them. Why? The answer might be eligibility for domestication or humans’ limited ability. As state scientists, University of Southampton, UK in the…
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Is Poland violating human rights?
Written and published January 17/2025, By Marta Koblańska, Photo: Daniel Reche, Pixabay One of the top Polish psychiatric hospitals in Lodz, central Poland, unabled a parcel delivery to its patient, demanding an entry fee from the services provider. The parcel had been left, though in the Polish Post Office, just ten blocks from the…
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Metformin, popular anti-diabetes drug can delay aging
Photo: Temel Aging is an irreversible process of mature organisms. It involves all organs. Now, Chinese scientists claim that metformin, a popular drug for diabetes may reduce symptoms of aging. Biology of each mammal organism is similar. First, in womb form a two-cell zygote, it starts transformation into more and more advanced form till the…