Medical Breakthrough

There are tonnes of medical researches being carried out everyday, diverging from cancer cells, brain's immune cell, neural tube defects yada yada dida and the list goes on.

One of the great discoveries of mankind is how stem cells play an important role in human health.

I happen to came across this article today, on the Star newspaper. After reading this article, I  could never been more inspired and moved by Dr Ranjit and Dr Saw's success in using stem cells to regenerate our human body cartilage. 

Before I lost you guys, do allow me to explain. What is a cartilage?

In layman terms, cartilage is that white tough coating you will come across with every time you chow down a chicken drumstick. It is right at the end of the bones that will produce all the munching CRICK CRACK CRICK CRACK noise whenever you chew on it.

But medically,

It is a tough, elastic, fibrous connective tissue found in various parts of the body, such as the joints, outer ear, and larynx. There are three different types: hyaline cartilage, elastic cartilage, and fibrocartilage. This tissue serves to provide structure and support to the body's other tissues without being as hard or rigid as bone. It can also provide a cushioning effect in joints.
Another question you guys might ask, Why is it such a significant event to heal cartilage in the human body?

Well basically, it is because this type of permanent tissue is avascular, meaning that it is not supplied by blood vessels; instead,nutrients diffuse through the matrix. When tissues are not supplied by blood vessels, it is less likely for it to heal by itself since all the "HEALING FACTORS" could not be transported to the site of injury.

Quoting from the article,

“Cartilage basically does not heal,” Dr Hubert Kim, director of the Cartilage Repair and Regeneration Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center, is quoted as saying in an interview on the centre’s website.

Hence, severe cartilage injury per se, particularly in athletes could mark the end of their career. This situation was applied on Datuk Lee Chong Wei when he injured his right ankle. His outstanding performance during the Olympics came to everyone's surprise despite being wrote off his chances in doing well during the competition. The main reason behind all the glory was due to his stem cell injection treatment, that allowed him to heal quickly and perfectly.

Upon reading article as such, it reminds me one of the reasons why did I step foot into the Medical field. How there is so much more to be done yet with so little time left for mankind.

Dr Ranjit and Dr Saw left me in aw alongside a question in mind.

Since such healing power is made possible in cartilage albeit being a permanent muscle, is it possible for cardiac muscles(heart muscles) to share the same fate? Thus, this will greatly improve the prognosis for patients that had heart attacks, underwent heart transplantation? In other words, would this discovery make it possible to greatly reduce the morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular diseases?

Online newspaper article for this medical breakthrough could be found here

Miracles with Stem Cell

The definitions of "Test"

are

(1) : a procedure, reaction, or reagent used to identify or characterize a substance or constituent 

(2) : something (as a series of questions or exercises) for measuring the skill, knowledge, intelligence, capacities, or aptitudes of an individual or group

I think definition (2) can be well applicable to me after everything this whole week.

It had been a tough week, with workload few times heavier than the usual heavy workload, alongside with being unwell physically through out the week, God did put me through a rather difficult test this week.

Why does God put us through tests or trials? Why does He put us in situation that we might question Him, our faith in Him and our journey ahead with Him?

In my opinion, God allows us to enter into faith combat so we can see His deliverance and victory over our adversary. As we are faithful where we are (the test), God will give us a larger sphere of responsibility. 

Another reason behind God's test for us is for us to learn how to submit to Him and at the same time resist the devil's temptation during the course of trials and tribulations. 

But why do we have to deal with temptation? Isn't it tough enough getting through God's test alone?

Resisting Satan's temptation allows us to strengthens our faith, our spiritual muscles. If we didn't have to stand against temptation, we'd never know our own spiritual strength. Facing temptations will either bring out the best or worst in us. Sometimes God allows us to be tested because He's preparing us for promotion or all the big plans He has in mind for us.

We should always stand in faith, and resist the devil and his works. God's Word always work, maybe not instantly but we know that God's test is always an open book test since we have the bible. From when we take our stand on God's Word to when the answer manifests, constitutes the test.

Besides, God is always our loving father who has a big heart for all His children. He will never put us through great trials that could possibly cause us to stumble and fail forever. 

In 1 Corinthians 10:13, it mentioned that

"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."

Come what may, we have God as our mighty sword and shield, victory will definitely prevail.

I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WEEKEND WITH A LOT OF REST OH MAI GOSH THANK YOU GOD 

=)

Earth is populated

with people with all sorts of personalities.

You will undoubtedly encounter many different types of personalities, each with their own unique blend of nuances. But there are four basic types of personalities from which they are based, which is commonly referred to as A, B, C, and D. Although volumes have been written on such personality traits, here is a synopsis:


Type "A" Personality - Is a highly independent and driven personality, typically representing the leaders in business. They are blunt, competitive, no-nonsense types who like to get to the point. They are also strong entrepreneurial spirits (risk takers). As such, they embrace change and are always looking for practical solutions for solving problems.


Type "B" Personality - Represents highly extroverted people who love the spotlight. Because of this, they are very entertaining and possess strong charisma (everyone likes to be around them). Small wonder these people are sales and marketing types. They thrive on entertaining people and are easily hurt if they cannot sway someone (such as "bombing" on stage).

Type "C" Personality - The antithesis of Type "B"; they are introverted detailists as represented by such people as accountants, programmers, and engineers. They may have trouble communicating to other people, but are a whirlwind when it comes to crunching numbers or writing program code. They tend to be very cautious and reserved, and will not venture into something until after all the facts have been checked out.

Type "D" Personality - Is best characterized as those people who resist any form of change and prefer the tedium of routine, such as in clerical assignments. They are not adventurous, resist responsibility and prefer to be told what to do.

It is not uncommon to find people with a blend of personalities, particularly A-B and C-D. But these basic personality types explain why some people work well together and others do not. For example Type-A clashes with Type-D simply because one is more adventurous than the other, and Type-B clashes with Type-C as one exhibits an extroverted personality and the other is introverted. Conversely Type-A works well with Type-B, and Type-C works well with Type-D.

Upon reading this, some people will think that they are a blend of personalities. Well as for me, I am very much of Type A Personality. I like being organized, my schedule planned ahead and being on the right track. I do not like it when something surface out of the blue and interfere with my plans. Logic and practicality will definitely be the basis of many matters for me. Many a times, when it comes to serious work, people want to kill me and dump my dead body deep down the sea because I always suffocate them well, people will always give me the honour of being the one high and above because I am good in killing people when they don't get their work done somehow with a lot of effort and definitely alongside God's guidance, I drive people to positive outcomes.

It is certainly not easy to get along with a Type A, maybe that is why I am surrounded with plenty of Type Bs. These are the people whom will always remind me that everything will turn out fine and there will always be many ways in solving an issue while I am uptight and rigid. They are always the people whom allows me to spell "R E L A X, C A L M D O W N, H A V E F U N" whenever the huge tsunami waves of "S T R E S S" comes flooding me.

Having people walking in and out of your life is definitely part and parcel of well, life. Though we can be assured that since God is awesome in many ways, besides having a plan in life for each and every one of us, He knows who are the right people we should be with or keep for the rest of our lives and who are the people that we should murder keep a safe distance from.

So, what type of person you are after all?

Back

after taking a long break from blogger. 

I really hope that Rachel Ramble Babble will not be another impulsive action of mine.

I feel like I have so much to say, so much to vent, so much to express but this is my first post, I shall allow simplicity to take its course.

There will definitely be more rambling coming along.