In the Mass Effect series, the characters rely upon a technology called "Medi-Gel". When they take too much damage, their armor can apply it to the wounds, fixing them up in seconds and getting them back on the battlefield.
Of course, that's just science fiction technology that we could never poss-
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(The original link contains a video demonstration of this Medi-Gel in action - and for you squeamish types, don't worry, they just use a piece of raw pork loin.)
Well, shit. I have to admit, I'm torn - I love that this is actually a thing, but I just hate being corrected. Woe is me.
I also kind of resent the inventor. Oh sure, he may possibly be revolutionizing medical science, but way to make the rest of us college students look like bums. How the hell are we supposed to compete here? Seriously, what a douche.
Even if this Medi-Gels with the patent system, it'll still take several more years of FDA testing and development before it can be declared absolutely safe and worthwhile. Landolina is also looking for a grant from the Department of Defense - if they buy into this as he hopes, it might take a little bit longer before it hits the consumer market.
At this rate, it looks like the future of Mass Effect is arriving faster than anyone could have predicted. Now if only Curiosity could get off its ass and find those damn Prothean ruins already...
Of course, that's just science fiction technology that we could never poss-
Joe Landolina may have invented a cure for bleeding. He claims that his creation, a substance called Veti-Gel, jump-starts the clotting and healing process so quickly that even wounds to internal organs or major arteries are able to close up instantaneously. And Joe has accomplished all this by his third year of college at NYU.
"It instantly tells the body, 'OK, stop the bleeding,' but also it starts the healing process," said Landolina.
Veti-Gel (also sometimes called Medi-Gel) is a synthetic form of the extracellular matrix, or ECM, the substance that forms a kind of scaffolding in the body that holds cells together and also triggers the clotting process if there is an injury. In tests on rats, Landolina was able to close up a slice into the liver and a puncture of the carotid artery. (He plans to publish the results in about two months.)
(The original link contains a video demonstration of this Medi-Gel in action - and for you squeamish types, don't worry, they just use a piece of raw pork loin.)
Well, shit. I have to admit, I'm torn - I love that this is actually a thing, but I just hate being corrected. Woe is me.
I also kind of resent the inventor. Oh sure, he may possibly be revolutionizing medical science, but way to make the rest of us college students look like bums. How the hell are we supposed to compete here? Seriously, what a douche.
Even if this Medi-Gels with the patent system, it'll still take several more years of FDA testing and development before it can be declared absolutely safe and worthwhile. Landolina is also looking for a grant from the Department of Defense - if they buy into this as he hopes, it might take a little bit longer before it hits the consumer market.
At this rate, it looks like the future of Mass Effect is arriving faster than anyone could have predicted. Now if only Curiosity could get off its ass and find those damn Prothean ruins already...