Poland men's Got The Fastest Face Transplant After Accident

Unlike the usual organ donors, transplant face an incredibly complex procedure and requires months and years to prepare for the physical and mental condition of the recipient.
But a man from Poland immediately gets face transplant three weeks after the accident that happened.

According to his medical team, three weeks is the fastest period to perform the complicated procedure.
However, due to the condition of 33-year-old man was deteriorating so quickly, the doctors also see transplantation as the only way to save his life.

In a photo taken Tuesday (21/5) or six days post-surgery, patients are only identified by his first name, Grzegorz, it looks the thumbs-up while lying in the hospital.
Another photo from computer tomography showed extensive damage to the skull this man.

This man had an accident on April 23, 2013 in the place of work, a craft workshop of stone in southwestern Wroclaw, Poland when a machine is used to cut the stone actually tore most of his face, including jaw crushing it.

Lucky after intensive care at a hospital in Wroclaw, life and vision of this man was saved.
But his face was badly damaged already to leave some sort of brain cavity near the open and prone to infection.
The doctor said the man suffered facial damage is too severe if only closed for a while.

Then the patient is taken to the Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Gliwice, the only place in Poland that have permission to perform a face transplant procedure.
The clinic is also experienced in handling the facial reconstruction for patients who experience disability and cancer experts in clinic practice has long been the face transplant procedure with corpses.

The man was eventually underwent a face transplant procedure and bone on May 15, 2013 just a few days after the doctors managed to find a suitable donor.
Just info, this is the first face transplant carried out in Poland.

Operation which lasted for three hours that aims to reconstruct part in around the eyes, nose, jaw, and other facial parts on this guy.
Some photos were released showing the seam under the patient's right eye, left eye and under the Area face up to the neck.

The donor was a 34-year-old man who were selected from the many potential donors as age, sex, blood type and features tailored to the patient's body.

Head of the transplant team, Dr.. Adam Maciejewski said this is the first time a face transplant procedure done as soon as possible after the accident.
Though face transplant is usually chosen as a last resort after conventional reconstruction measures and plastic surgery try first.

"Because the extensive injuries to structures close to the skull base and have direct contact with the brain regions that open like this, any infection can be very dangerous, not to mention less likely for men to return to normal function, including respiratory disorders or eating if not immediately
dealt with, "said Maciejewski as reported by FoxNews, Thursday (23/05/2013).

"All of which brings us to one conclusion. Operations We predict this will restore life to the patient's original condition. Again he could breathe, eat or just to see," he continued.

Maciejewski also said that from time to time, the new face of the patient will adjust to the bone structure of his face.
In other words, her new face is not going to make it similar to the donor.

Now the patient is able to return to normal breathing and can respond to questions even if only with a nod of the head or squeezing the hand doctor.
"But in general the conditions are still quite serious and it took many months before stating that the procedure is successful," said Dr. Krzysztof Olejnik, chief anesthetist team.

Other members of the transplant team, surgeon Dr. Maciej Grajek also said that these patients receive a medication to prevent the arrival of various types of infections, either from a virus, bacteria or infection of the skin, but the skin itself has seen its new 'live' and showed recovery.

Although the center is in isolation, these patients also appear to begin the process of rehabilitation.
In addition, he must take special drugs aimed at preventing rejection of the new face for the rest of his life.

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Human foot Inhabited By 80 Different Types of Fungi

The human body is not only inhabited by humans alone, but there are millions of other organisms that come to live in it.
For example, many types of bacteria that live in the stomach and some types of fungi.
The study found that under the heel of man there are 80 species of fungi.

The results of genetic analysis found that the fungi of the genus Malassezia is a fungus species that dominates the center of the human body and sleeves.
Heels, nails and between the toes inhabited by various types of fungi are highly variable.
Population imbalance can cause athlete's foot and other fungal diseases.

In the study, the scientists took skin samples from 10 healthy adults from 14 different body parts.
DNA samples were obtained and analyzed in it.
The result, the researchers isolated more than 130 variants of the genus Malassezia fungus, Penicillium and Aspergillus.

The genus Malassezia can cause dandruff, as well as the most commonly found.
This type of fungus often found on the inside of the elbow, the palm of the hand, the eyebrows, the back of the head, nose and forearm.
The chest and abdomen had the least fungal species, about 2 -10 different variants.

Compared to any part of the body, the feet have the most diversity of the fungal species.
The most fertile part of the foot is a fungus covered heel, nails and between fingers.
Highest population is fungus Malassezia, Aspergillus, Cryptococcus, Rhodotorula and Epicoccum.

Overall, the heel has the most diverse fungal variant, which is about 80 genera of fungi.
As quoted by Fox News, Thursday (05/23/2013), researchers confirmed that the abnormal fungal diversity or population imbalance will cause fungal nail infections.

In a report published the journal Nature, researchers confirmed that the skin serves as a barrier to pathogenic microorganisms can enter the body, but is also home to many dangerous microbes.
Until now, most efforts to study the microorganisms of skin just focus on bacteria, but fungi have not received equal portions.

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Bird Flu's Mutated can Transmitted Between Humans

Puzzle presence of avian influenza virus (H5N1) is contagious between humans revealed.
A scientist reveals the first time about how to create a hybrid of bird flu virus.
The virus is easily spread through coughing and sneezing.
The work of these scientists are considered too dangerous to be published.

In a presentation that was broadcast live to the public, scientist Yoshihiro Kawaoka explains in detail how his team created a variant of the deadly bird flu virus.
Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States, describes experiments that demonstrate the four genetic mutations.
The mutation allows the virus to spread between adjacent-ferret in the cage.

"Weasel-weasel is the best model of how the bird flu virus infection can spread among humans," Kawaoka said as quoted by the Guardian.

December last year, the United States Advisory Council biosecurity or U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) asked the research Kawaoka removed from the British science journal, Nature.
They worry that countries or rogue elements will use the information to create biological weapons.

NSABB voiced similar concerns on the work of Ron Fouchier of Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Fouchier study, which describes the presence of a mutant strain of bird flu virus that can be spread through the air inter-weasel, being considered entered in the journal Science, USA.

Controversy over studies that assessed the bird flu virus has triggered a crisis in the radical science.
Many researchers argue Kawaoka and Fouchier research should be opened fully to the public interest that the information available to other experts in the field.
But some other researchers say the study should not have been done, at least sensitive part of the research should be shared only with the experts agreed.

Bird flu is considered very threatening humans because more than half the 600 people affected by the virus have died from the infection.
Many scientists fear the bird flu virus transmission between humans trigger a pandemic if it develops into a form that spreads quickly.

Kawaoka and Fouchier research is designed to answer the question whether the bird flu virus could undergo a genetic mutation in the wild.
The mutation does allow rapid adaptation to human and spreads like seasonal flu.

Speaking in a Royal Society conference on bird flu, Kawaoka and Fouchier claimed their research highlights the bird flu virus easily mutates into a form transmissible between humans potential.
But their findings suggest a mutant strain of bird flu virus does not spread as fast as seasonal flu and not deadly to animals exposed to infection of animals in adjacent cages.
"The world does not need to be too concerned because the virus can still be controlled with antivirals, such as Tamiflu and bird flu vaccines," says Kawaoka.

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