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A research article about work by the same researcher: http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/4/140/140ra88 http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/4/140/140ra88 There ha

A research article about work by the same researcher: http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/4/140/140ra88 http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/4/140/140ra88 There have been several submissions of articles to Hacker News based on press releases from that researcher's lab that go far beyond the firm research findings here. This is preliminary research. Peter Norvig, director of research at Google, reminds readers of press releases about scientific research what to look for in his online essay, "Warning Signs in Experimental Design and Interpretation." http://norvig.com/experiment-design.html http://norvig.com/experiment-design.html The preliminary experimental findings here are a LONG way from showing that human beings can breathe underwater to do work underwater without scuba apparatus, or that patients with severely damaged lung tissue can recover from that life-threatening condition.

ChuckMcM 13y ago
Such a wet blanket you are! :-) Ok so the actual research doesn't live up to the press release, I for one wasn't particularly surprised by that. I was pleasantly surprised though that they managed to get cell/oxygen transfer in bodily fluids without hemoglobin. One of the challenges of heart/lung machines is the variability of the oxygen absorption leading to variable oxygen levels during a procedure that have post operative effects. So if its even possible to replace the current oxygenation in a heart/lung machine with an injector/cleaner of oxygen laced nano-particles it seems plausible it would improve outcomes. We will ignore for the moment that a "bad guy" would love to mix up a Malatov cocktail with a shot of this stuff for a bit more punch. If this stuff was shelf stable one could imagine and AED that would be even better than the current setup, both keeping oxygen levels within spec and shocking the heart when needed, of course we still need to work on robo-insertion of IV needles [1]. [1] https://www.stanford.edu/group/sailsbury_robotx/cgi-bin/salisbury_lab/?page_id=265 https://www.stanford.edu/group/sailsbury_robotx/cgi-bin/sali...

ChuckMcM 13y ago

Such a wet blanket you are! :-) Ok so the actual research doesn't live up to the press release, I for one wasn't particularly surprised by that. I was pleasantly surprised though that they managed to get cell/oxygen transfer in bodily fluids without hemoglobin. One of the challenges of heart/lung machines is the variability of the oxygen absorption leading to variable oxygen levels during a procedure that have post operative effects. So if its even possible to replace the current oxygenation in a heart/lung machine with an injector/cleaner of oxygen laced nano-particles it seems plausible it would improve outcomes. We will ignore for the moment that a "bad guy" would love to mix up a Malatov cocktail with a shot of this stuff for a bit more punch. If this stuff was shelf stable one could imagine and AED that would be even better than the current setup, both keeping oxygen levels within spec and shocking the heart when needed, of course we still need to work on robo-insertion of IV needles [1]. [1] https://www.stanford.edu/group/sailsbury_robotx/cgi-bin/salisbury_lab/?page_id=265 https://www.stanford.edu/group/sailsbury_robotx/cgi-bin/sali...