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Healing Wounds With Diamonds
A team at Northwestern University, led by Dean Ho, has discovered that nanodiamonds are a wound's best friend. Insulin is very attracted to nanodiamonds and in addition to regulating blood sugar, insulin can accelerate the healing process and stave off infection in wound sites. Since the tiny diamond can be easily placed in a wound without causing further damage, this is an excellent way to get an increased amount of insulin there as well. From the article, "A substantial amount of insulin can be loaded onto the nanodiamonds, which have a high surface area. The nanodiamond-insulin clusters, by releasing insulin in alkaline wound areas, could accelerate the healing process and decrease the incidence of infection. Ho says this ability to release therapeutics from the nanodiamonds on demand represents an exciting strategy towards enhancing the specificity of wound treatment."
The article leaves a lot to be desired. Can anyone explain why it is that insulin's attracted to diamonds, or more specifically, nanodiamonds?
Apart from the "insulin = women" comments we're sure to get, I'm seriously wondering why.
Diamonds often help to heal love's wounds as well.
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How easy is it to make nano-diamonds anyways? I'm wondering if there's a cheap way to make graphite on the small scale to order themselves like a diamond for at least a short period of time.
I read TFA and all I got was this lousy cookie
Those uninsured already get "free" healthcare at the emergency room. Turning someone away until a problem becomes an emergency is more expensive than providing preventative care.
Yeah but that's not really important for those of us that live on that small island you may have heard of called "the rest of the world" (you may have seen our flag... it's like yours, but on fire) ... that said, Obama's plans for your health service really don't sound as doom and gloom as your local press makes out, just as our politions plans for us and our health service don't seem as doom and gloom as our local press makes out. So chill out, I'm sure they go through the cost/benefit calculations with a lot more rigour than your gut instinct has.
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There is no reason to use wild diamonds. Perfectly pure diamonds can be manufactured relatively cheaply. These are way better quality and way cheaper than you can find in the wild. Something the cartels don't want people to know about so they can set those artificial prices.
Remember when Nelly and a bunch of other Rappers put little bandages on their faces
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