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College student invents gel that halts bleeding
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.
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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.)
Plants naturally produce a material similar to the human extracellular matrix, but Landolina improves the process by using genetically modified plants to create Veti-Gel. Other wound treatments, such as collagen, come from animals, he said. And some rival treatments require refrigeration. Veti-Gel can be kept in packets or tubes at any temperature from 33 degrees to about 90 degrees Fahrenheit (1 degree to 32 degrees Celsius).
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If Veti-Gel works as well as claimed, it could rival other products designed to close wounds. The U.S. military typically uses QuikClot, gauze soaked in kaolin, a material that activates platelets to form a clot. But it requires several minutes of applying pressure. Hospitals typically use Floseal, a bovine gelatin containing human thrombin, the enzyme that produces fibrin for clotting.
Originally posted by MystikMushroom
It says that it is already also known as "Medi-Gel" -- so did this kid invent this substance, or did he simply find new ways for it to be used?
It's one thing to study the chemistry, molecular structure, and synthesize a brand new compound vs. finding a new use for an existing product.
Originally posted by Manhater
Thought the vets already had that for animals?
My dog had to use a spray because he didn't want to be stitched up.
Talk about fast acting.
Definitely neat and cool.edit on 11-3-2013 by Manhater because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Clairaudience
reply to post by Alxandro
I highly doubt anything will happen to the kid. I do question though how his invention will be handled by the FDA, and to add further suspicion, he actively mentioned wanting to work with the DoD. If that is the right way to go is questionable, as the DoD has the power to earn ownership over a patent, resulting in the product being unavailable on the public market if they so wish.edit on 11-3-2013 by Clairaudience because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Clairaudience
Plants naturally produce a material similar to the human extracellular matrix, but Landolina improves the process by using genetically modified plants to create Veti-Gel.
Originally posted by Philippines
Originally posted by Clairaudience
Plants naturally produce a material similar to the human extracellular matrix, but Landolina improves the process by using genetically modified plants to create Veti-Gel.
This sounded AMAZING until I got to the genetically modified plant part. I would wait to see several generations of rats use this stuff and see what happens first. Even then I would like to see the papers to see what trans-gmo plants were used, which reads like that is what was used and long term effect studies. (Just like companies like Monsatan (Monsanto) offer readily... )