Angiogenesis means the growth of new blood vessels, or you can get a more detailed definition from wikipedia. Why go against the growth of new blood vessels? That’s a new idea from Dr. William Li to combat against the cancer cells. Without blood vessels, the cancer cells simply cannot grow. He found out that you can achieve anti-angiogenesis simply from our diet, not necessarily from drugs. The implication of this is a natural and relatively cheap cure of many of our diseases.
Legendary skeptic James Randi takes a fatal dose of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage, kicking off a searing 18-minute indictment of irrational beliefs. He throws out a challenge to the world’s psychics: Prove what you do is real, and I’ll give you a million dollars. (No takers yet.)
Here is a man who is passionate about finding out what is real and what is not.
Just heard from TED about Suspended Animation, very interesting stuff. Animation here refers to the movement of any live creatures. An example of suspended animation is say, a plant seed, or a spore, or a polar bear in hibernation. When living creatures are in such a state, their metabolism is slowed down many times, thus prolonging their lifespan or in practicality buying more time before an important medical treatment. To make this possible, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is used to take over the normal oxygen binding. With less oxygen consumption, less metabolism, thus entering into hibernation.
This sounds like some kind of sci-fi stories, only that it’s true. I never thought medical research can be this interesting.
