Amidst a tangle of wires, Dr. Zbigniew Religa anxiously watches a screen to see how his patient responds after a heart transplant. In the lower right corner, you can see…
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Let's make homemade flaxseed milk! This flax milk recipe is vegan, keto, gluten-free, and super easy to make at home with a blender. An added bonus: homemade flaxseed milk is far less expensive than buying it at the store and it only contains 2 ingredients: Flaxseeds and water! I usually add a sweetener and a dash of vanilla extract, but we'll get to that later...
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- with poached egg Last week, the hubby and I were picking up a few items at our big box warehouse. Just our usual fare- coffee creamer, huge jars of dill pickles (if the hubby eats any more dill pickles, I swear, he will become a dill pickle), tortillas, cheese, etc. The normal stuff. Anyways, we were smack in the middle of mundane, moving our way through the seafood, when I saw smoked salmon on a sale for a reasonable price. I consider $10 a reasonable price for a filet of smoked salmon, whereas it's normally around $20. I've only got 10 gazillion recipes stuffed in my back pocket for smoked salmon, so I grabbed up that fishy fare as fast as I could. And now, I'm wishing I'd picked up more! I love smoked salmon. One of my most favorite ways to eat it is on a toasted bagel with cream cheese, and garnished with some diced red onion and capers. Hands down, one of my favorite breakfasts. Indeed, I had this bagel breakfast 3 out of 7 mornings the hubby and I were in Mexico. That would be the mornings where I wasn't hungover. I mean, smoked salmon, cream cheese, red onion, and capers? On a nauseous, I-had-10-more-margaritas-than-I-should-have kind of morning? I don't think so. Hangovers aside, smoked salmon is an excellent choice for way more than breakfast. It comes pre-cooked, so it's an excellent timesaver for busy weeknights. You can put it in salads, soups, sandwiches, pastas- really just whatever you like salmon in. It's versatile and delicious. I've got a vision in my head of Smoked Salmon Fettuccine Alfredo. Which is why I should have picked up another smoked salmon filet. Argh! When I suggested to the hubby that we put smoked salmon on my homemade Caesar salad, his eyes lit up. That could be because it's been years (seems like years!) since I've made homemade Caesar salad. Not only is the dressing homemade, but so are the croutons. The croutons might be the hubby's favorite part. Don't let homemade croutons turn you off, they literally take minutes to make. Simply cut some stale bread into cubes, toss with some olive oil, salt, and pepper, then shove them under the broiler for 2-3 minutes. The broiler will toast off the bread cubes, rendering them crispy and crunchy. Like real croutons. It also might be that the hubby was so excited for this salad because I suggested putting a poached egg on it. Doesn't putting a poached egg on anything make it better? When it's perfectly cooked and gets that ooey-goey, yummy yolk on absolutely everything- yes, yes it does. Doesn't that make you want to go poach an egg? Like, right this second? Soooooooo good. Wednesday is looking to be fairly low-key around these parts. We are having the hubby's mom, our niece, and our nephews down to our house for a couple of hours this morning. The kids are fresh off their spring-break trip to Florida, so I'm sure there will be lots of stories to be told. I'm crossing my fingers for a nice sunny day too. In case they want to go outside and burn off some energy :) Have a great day everyone! Ingredients (serves 2-3): Croutons- 1 1/2 cups stale bread, cubed olive oil, salt, pepper Dressing- 1/3 cup Greek yogurt, plain 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp olive oil 2 tsp red-wine vinegar 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp anchovy paste 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1 garlic clove 1/2 tsp black pepper Salad- 2-3 large eggs 3-4 cups romaine lettuce, chopped 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, shredded 3 ounces smoked salmon, flaked apart Directions: 1. Prepare croutons- turn broiler on. Coat a cookie sheet with cooking spray. Layer bread cubes in a single layer on cookie sheet. Drizzle with olive oil, season with salt and pepper. Place tray under broiler, broil for 1 minute. Stir bread cubes. Broil for another 1-2 minutes, stirring as needed. Croutons are done when cubes are browned all over. Remove from heat, set aside. 2. Prepare dressing- in a small bowl, combine Greek yogurt through black pepper. Whisk to combine. Set aside. 3. Prepare the eggs- bring a pot of water to a steady boil. When simmering consistently, crack one egg into a small bowl. Stirring water in a circular motion, drop egg into water, using circular motion to wrap egg white around egg yolk. Be gentle, the egg white doesn't have to be perfectly wrapped. Repeat with remaining egg(s). Boil gently for exactly 3 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, remove egg from water and place on a paper-towel to drain. Set aside. 4. Prepare the salad- in a large bowl, combine lettuce, parmesan cheese, croutons, and dressing. Toss to combine. Distribute lettuce between plates. Top with a poached egg and flaked salmon. Serve immediately. Printable Recipe Caesar dressing recipe courtesy of Cooking Light. If you liked this recipe, you may enjoy these- Crispy Cajun Salmon Cakes Spicy Skillet Tilapia for 2 SW Chopped Salad with Creamy Cilantro Dressing Linked to: Create It Thursday, Thank Goodness It's Thursday, Weekend Potluck, Foodie Friday, Foodie Friends Friday Linky Party, Snickerdoodle Sunday, Treasure Box Tuesday
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Let's make homemade flaxseed milk! This flax milk recipe is vegan, keto, gluten-free, and super easy to make at home with a blender. An added bonus: homemade flaxseed milk is far less expensive than buying it at the store and it only contains 2 ingredients: Flaxseeds and water! I usually add a sweetener and a dash of vanilla extract, but we'll get to that later...
A hair transplant is effective to reverse hair loss, get a head full of hair, and restore confidence. In the hair transplantation procedure, surgeons remove healthy hair follicles from the donor area and then transplant them to the graft area. Many people wonder if they can get donor hair
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Xenotransplantation Aspirations for xenotransplantation The shortfall between the number of available organs for transplantation and the number of patients on the transplant waiting lists is ever widening. One solution to this that has been explored since Jaboulay’s first efforts in the 1900s is the use of animal organs, so-called xenotransplantation. In spite of much research, xenotransplantation has failed to achieve the successes hoped for, and with every new finding more hurdles appear to slow its progress. Many xenotransplants have been performed, ranging from kidney, liver and heart transplants using dog, goat, pig or primate organs, to the transplantation of specialised cells in an attempt to cure diabetes or Parkinson’s disease. None has yet been successful. Barriers to success Donor selection It is generally agreed that the favoured animal for mass breeding as donors for transplantation is the pig, for the following reasons. · The animals are of a similar size to man, compared with primates such as baboons, which are much smaller. · Organs are anatomically similar to those in man. · Breeding programmes are well established, and gestation is short. · Genetic manipulation has been shown to be possible. In the paragraphs that follow we have assumed that the pig is the donor; similar considerations apply whatever the species chosen. Physiology There are several physiological considerations to xenotransplantation. 1. Environmental differences. There are several differences in the environment in which organs exist in pig and man. • Temperature: the core temperature of a pig is 2°C higher than man at 39°C. • Blood pressure: the pig’s blood pressure is lower than that of a human. Will a pig heart be able to support an effective blood pressure in man? Similarly, what will be the effect of a normal human blood pressure on pig organs such as the kidney? 2. Protein differences. There are subtle differences in structure and efficacy of some pig proteins compared with man. For example some of the clotting factors (e.g. factor V) exist in far higher concentrations in pig than man, the significance of which is not clear. Among the vast number of metabolic processes and proteins that are produced by the liver it is unlikely that all will be compatible with man, which makes liver transplantation from pig to man the least likely xenotransplant to succeed. 3. Regulatory proteins exist on endothelium to prevent inappropriate activation of protective mechanisms such as complement and coagulation. Pig liver produces pig complement, but the proteins involved in regulating human complement do not have the same regulatory effect on pig complement. Similarly the regulatory proteins on pig endothelium that stop clot forming are not effective against primate coagulation factors, so thrombosis is a common experimental finding when transplanting pig hearts into primates. 4. Hormone differences. While some pig hormones are known to be efficacious in man, such as insulin, it is not clear whether human hormones will have the same effect on pig organs, and whether the same degree of regulation of hormone secretion will occur. 5. Longevity. Most animals have a shorter life span than man. Will organs from pigs be able to support life for as long as a human organ, or will they suffer changes of senescence more quickly? Immunology Humoral response: natural antibodies Man posses natural antibodies to a carbohydrate residue on pig cells known as Gal-α-1,3 Gal, which is produced by the enzyme α-galactosyl transferase. This is present in many mammals but not New World primates or man. These pre-formed natural antibodies (XNAbs) cause hyperacute rejection, a process that involves the XNAbs binding to the porcine cells and fixing complement. XNAbs arise as a consequence of an immune response to enteric bacteria that contain the same residues; the XNAbs are absent at birth but appear soon after. Strategies to overcome XNAb-mediated hyperacute rejection Genetic manipulation of pigs has resulted in strains that bear human complement regulatory proteins on the cell surface (DAF, MCP and CD59). These proteins protect the cells from attack by human complement, even after the XNAbs have bound. More recently strains have been developed that do not express Gal-α-1,3 Gal (‘Gal knockout’ pigs). Neither strategy seems to abolish completely a humoral response against the xenograft. Cellular rejection The major histocompatibility complex of the pig is different to that of man, and as such it was thought this would favour transplanta- tion across species since xenorecognition of the pig proteins on pig MHC molecules would not be possible. It turns out that xenorecognition occurs via the indirect pathway, with pig proteins presented to human T cells on human antigen-presenting cells, and effector T cells are active against pig cells. Moreover, there is also a significant innate immune response against the xeno-antigens. Zoonoses: endogenous retroviruses A zoonosis is the transmission of an infectious agent from one species to another. One such example is believed to be the human immunodeficiency virus, a retrovirus that was originally found in primates in Africa. Research has shown that, as with other mammalian species, there are many different endogenous retroviruses in the pig genome (PERVs), the significance of which is unclear, but some have been shown to be capable of infecting human cells in culture. However, in the few cases where humans have had pig tissue implanted in the past, such as porcine skin to cover burns, there is no evidence of viral transmission to date. Ethics There are many ethical and religious views that would oppose breeding fellow creatures in order to sacrifice them for spare parts.
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