Myocardial Infarction Blocked with Synthetic Microorganisms - Interview with Prof. Han-min Woo
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- 2017-11-09
Myocardial Infarction Blocked with Synthetic Microorganisms
- Interview with Prof. Han-min Woo
The YTN Science interview of Han-min Woo, a professor of Food Science and Biotechnology Department, shows that synthetic microorganisms prevent 'myocardial infarction'.
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Unlike the present atmosphere, there is little oxygen but mostly carbon dioxide in the primordial earth.
Then, with the appearance of primitive living creatures with photosynthesis, the situation began to change.
It is a microorganism called 'cyanobacteria', which absorb carbon dioxide and to release oxygen for the purpose of obtaining energy.
[Ji-yu Lee/ Science Journalist: Photosynthesis make energy only using water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight. When it produces energy, by-product is made and this is oxygen.]
The research shows that this microorganism, which has been sprayed with oxygen on Earth's atmosphere, can help the treatment of recent myocardial infarction.
Myocardial infarction is a disease of the heart blood vessels suddenly blocked.
If the cardiovascular system is clogged, the oxygen needed for myocardial activity cannot be supplied smoothly.
Stanford University researchers injected cyanobacteria into the cells of myocardial infarction mice and found that heart muscle function was restored.
[Han-min Woo/ Prof. Sungkyunkwan University: (US research team's research results) is to take advantage of the characteristics of cyanobacteria. It is meaningful that they has developed a system that can dissolve water using light, so that oxygen can be produced under oxygen-free conditions when infarcted.]
In particular, when the mice were exposed to light, myocardial function was improved by about 30%.
The researchers plan to conduct further studies to achieve the optimum effect by applying microorganisms to humans.
This article is a translation of YTN Science's Korean article. (Source: http://science.ytn.co.kr/program/program_view.php?s_mcd=0082&s_hcd=&key=201708300748103017)