Get ready for a discovery that will change the face of medicine as we know it! A team of scientists at Boston Children’s Hospital has made a particle that, once injected, can oxygenate the blood helping a person to live even if their breathing is shallow or completely gone #todaymagic
The microparticle can help a person live for up to 30 minutes after respiratory failure, time in which a medical crew can come to its aid or he/she can be transferred to a better facility. Otherwise, the lack of oxygen can lead to heart attack and permanent brain damage. The particle has to be injected in the veins to restore oxygen levels to almost normal state.
Dr. John Kheir, the leader of the team study, was motivated to find a solution after a case from 2006. Then, a girl suffered brain injuries from oxygen deprivation and eventually died, after going through a pulmonary hemorrhage without an oxygen tube available.
The microparticle designed by the scientists contains 3-4 times the oxygen amount our red cells carry, surrounded by a lipid layer. Until now, gas molecules would be stuck trying to go through capillaries due to a rigid structure. Now, the research team has succeeded in creating small, deformable molecules.
This achievement is so incredible, because it seems impossible. The ability to breathe with a single shot, when there’s no oxygen, can help not only patients but also military men in difficult situations, such as a sinking boat or underwater missions.
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