Tuesday, January 26, 2010

- Anthony Atala on growing new organs.

Anthony Atala's state-of-the-art lab grows human organs -- from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, and more. He shows footage of his bio-engineers working with some of its sci-fi gizmos, including an oven-like bioreactor (preheat to 98.6 F) and a machine that "prints" human tissue.




What amazing!!

- Parasites affecting Spleen.


Parasites affecting Spleen

"Spleen"

Schistosoma species.
PLasmodia species.
LEishmania donovani.
EchiNococcus granulosus .

Dr Ibrahim

Monday, January 25, 2010

- Nematodes transmitted through contaminated soil.

 Nematodes transmitted through contaminated soil
(Nematodal geoparasites)

(Alessandro Nesta the famous Italian footballer )
(source of pic here )


you will surprise what the relation between Alessandro Nesta and Nematodes.!? really i will need "Nesta" part to help us to remember nematodes transmitted through contaminated soil..

"Nesta" 
Necator americanus (filariform larvae).
Enterobius vermicularis (eggs).
Strongyloides  stercoralis (filariform larvae).
Toxocara canis and cati (eggs),Trichocephalus trichiurus.
Ascaris lumbricoides,Ancylostoma duodenale.

 


Dr Ibrahim

Sunday, January 24, 2010

- Nematodes transmitted by eating raw vegetables.

Nematodes transmitted by eating raw vegetables

"Eat"
Enterobius vermicularis (eggs).
Ascaris lumbricoides (eggs).
Toxocara canis and cati(eggs) ,Trichocephalus trichiurus(eggs),Trichostrongylus colubriformis (Larvae).

Dr Ibrahim

Saturday, January 23, 2010

- Parasites affecting oropharynx.

Parasites affecting oropharynx

"Melt"

Myiasis : larvae of calliphora and gasterophilus.
Entamoeba gingivalis.
leishmania brasiliense.
Trichomonas buccalis.

Dr Ibrahim