By Dan Robitzski &  Dr. Aiman Shahab for Futurism & Medizzym   Image: OpenClipart-Vectors at Pixabay

Doctors at Queen’s Medical Centre at Nottingham University Hospital held the 19-year-old man at the intensive are unit for about a day before sending him home, according to MEDizzy.

But the patient left with several fewer teeth than he came in with, as the shattered bone was deemed irreparable.

Thankfully, a CT scan looking for head trauma and other broken bones revealed that the worst of the injury was limited to the patient’s jaw.

The report was published last week in the journal BMJ Case Reports. 

He had several burns and cuts in and around his mouth as well.

E-cigarettes contain lithium ion batteries. If the battery fails it can be an extra hazard in your mouth.

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The plants have been designed so the nanotubes emit a signal when they detect nitroaromatics in water – a compound often found in explosives.

The technology is not unique: it’s part of an emerging field where electronic components work within or with plants, known as ‘plant nanobionics’.

“This is a novel demonstration of how we have overcome the plant/human communication barrier,” said Professor Michael Strano, who led the research.

Researchers report title:  Nitroaromatic Detection and Infrared Communication from Wild-Type Plants Using Plant Nanobionics

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By Emily Mullin for Medium  Image: Arek Socha at Pixabay

The idea behind CRISPR-based medicine sounds simple: By tweaking a disease-causing gene, a disease could be treated at its source — and possibly even cured.

The other allure of gene editing for medical reasons is its permanence.

Instead of a lifetime of drugs, patients with rare and chronic diseases like muscular dystrophy or cystic fibrosis could instead get a one-time treatment that could have benefits for life.

Among other things, CRISPR was used to edit genes inside a person for the first time.

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