http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/four-corners/NC1704H029S00 Saw this documentary last night on the ABC 4Corners program in Australia. Its one thing to read about it but another thing to see it. Just watch it.
Author: bloodonsilk
Battery powered means of detecting malaria in the bloodstream while the blood is still within the body.
What a fantastic way of making the cost of testing so cheap and so flexible in terms of conditions of use that its really, really useful. https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/scientists-a-step-closer-to-fighting-malaria-with-world-first-diagnostic-tool Associate Professor Bayden Wood and members of the No Road Expeditions group. Photo credit: Steve Morton Images courtesy of the Monash website
Video by ZDogg MD – ‘Just gonna stand there and watch me burn, end of life and all my wishes go unheard’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAlnRHicgWs Another way to start the conversation.
SCA New Materialism Research Cluster Symposium at Casula – Aug 23rd 11 a.m.
The Space of the Biomedical Body Symposium // Wednesday 23 august This symposium will investigate the intersections of contemporary art and medical science practice within and around the biomedical body. Bringing together artists, curators, researchers and scientists, this cross-disciplinary symposium will focus on the dynamic research, creative potentials, emotions and challenges inherent in working [...]
Blood on Silk: Last Seen, 2017, site specific, silk, video, metal and found objects as installed in the Turbine Hall and Turbine Galleries at Casula Powerhouse, Sydney, Australia from 21st July 2017
Thinking about ‘In Praise of Shadows’ in this new work, Blood on Silk: Last Seen
Blood on Silk: Last Seen by Fiona Davies At the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula, Sydney, Australia Opening 21st July 2017 6-9p.m. then open until the 17th September daily open hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Curated by Lizzy Marshall The turbine hall at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in Sydney, Australia is the first [...]
Blood on Silk: Last Seen – Exhibition Details
Exhibition Launch: Friday 21 July, 6 - 9pm EXHIBITIONS: BLOOD ON SILK: LAST SEEN 22 Jul 2017 - 17 Sep 2017 | 10.00am - 5.00pm Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre presents its inaugural Turbine Hall Commission, Blood on Silk: Last Seen by established Western Sydney artist, Fiona Davies. For this new work Davies will transform the [...]
Beautiful photographs of the reaction between human blood and copper sulphate
https://exploringtheinvisible.com/2017/05/17/blood-flowers-2017-media-my-blood-and-anhydrous-copper-ii-sulphate/ Via Sophie Weeks and written by ( I think) the Liberal Scientist / Simon Sublime
SMACC podcast – ‘There’s a hole in my bucket ‘ panel discussion
This is a great panel discussion about the treatment off site of a patient bleeding out (amongst other things) and getting them to site, to the hospital. Click on this link - https://www.smacc.net.au/2016/04/theres-a-hole-in-my-bucket-the-exsanguinating-patient/
Better blood transfusions !
Image Credit ABC RN Tiger Web http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/better-blood-transfusions/8507588 Click the link above for this ABC Health Report story on making blood transfusions better. Short and fabulous.
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