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Medicine-covered nanoparticles could help stroke victims
Doctors have been working for years on using tiny nanoparticles covered in clot busting drugs to clear blocked vessels in stroke victims. The only problem is that when a vessel is completely blocked, a lack of blood flow in the affected area is a problem. Strokes can be treated by inserting a stent into the clot, then opening it to pull the clot out but it can cause damage to the artery or dislodge pieces of the clot that get stuck elsewhere. Scientists at Harvard and UMass have struck on a method for using a stent to burrow a small hole through the clot, then releasing the nanoparticles into it. The increased pressure in the channel activates the drugs, which attach to the clot, break it up and continue to work on busting it up even as parts break off -- check after the break for a quick video showing the process in action.
Stylish CLOT x PSP jacket will show everyone your gaming allegiance
Are you a true PSP fanboy? The jacket shown above is probably one of the more stylish ways to express everyone your portable gaming allegiance. In a collaboration with SCEH, Hong Kong-based hip-hop clothing label CLOT has produced a very limited number of these CLOT x PSP M65 military-style jackets for sale -- each of them is priced at $4000 HKD (about $516 USD). Each jacket features the standard CLOT logos, as well as two PlayStation logos and one PSP logo. Here comes the bad news though: even if you had $516 for one of these babies, you won't able to get your hands on one -- a representative at the CLOT told us they are sold out.Another way to obtain them was to have attended the annual Asia Game Show that took place during November 19th to the 22nd in Hong Kong. By spending $3000 HKD (about $387 USD), you get a chance to enter a random drawing for one of these jackets. More pictures of the jacket can be seen here.Source -- Sony Computer Entertainment AsiaSource -- High Snobiety via kanYe West: Blog -- thanks, ryegagnon!
