DumpingSh1tandBeingKind2
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Nov 24, 2023 4:27 PM
DumpingSh1tandBeingKind2
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Beavatron3001
Sounds like she is exactly what Elizabeth Holmes wished to be…..the real deal.
theregoesthegayborhood
Awesome! And also why representation is important!
DoubleDefenestration
Capitalists immediately corner the beet market, exploitation continues unabated. This is the darkest timeline.
lightfantasticem172
Holy shit this is awesome!
FrenchTheLlama2
I read it as Daisy Taylor first and was like, oh I know all about her.
Bunnies007
Dasia Taylor, you're a flippin' star!
kInADress
I like her, making the world a bit better ❤️
TechIsForEveryone
From my high school! Cool beans.
AyatollahBahloni
What an amazing young lady. This is awesome.
RElGNMAN
Now to thread that with a bandage attached to a speaker that will sound off when an infection is detected with, I don't know... a song that goes a little something like this: "We got the beat. Yeah we got the beat."
EverNotRelevant
"Measure what is visible and make visible what is not so," to paraphrase Galileo. This is hella awesome.
MasterMookie
Melanin sure has some advantages but yeah seeing redness of skin is harder... as someone with pale skin I never once thought of this.
NoTeEnchiles
Whitehawk7564
Sauce for the thirsty, so that they can share!
jammer909
And now watch as we never see it again.
blainetog
lonelyrangerofthedreams
Beet juice, beet juice, beet…
ProfessorDumbass
*quickly patents billion dollar idea
boostcreep
I’m surprised anyone uses the word “gate” in their business name anymore. Seems to just beg trouble.
yourfriendlyneighbourhoodtzimisce
It's just part of the word 'variegate'. 'To diversify, often through the process of adding different colours'
PoTahTo
Everywhere else: We bought a kilometer of this thread for $10 American.
US hospital bill: 3in thread - $678.23
HillOfBeans
This is fantastic! I love her. Thanks for sharing this, op.
wisher1977
I’m not her father but he’ll, I’m proud af of her for doing this!
reineseele
Can't wait for a CEO to buy that patent and never uses it so they can make money with old stuff instead...
sandraleer
Love this, but also doctors need to be trained on how to read common signs of surgery complications on POC. I live in Texas, where the black maternal death rate is nauseatingly high, mainly due to c-section complications. It's disgraceful.
skipweasel
First guess would be it's responding to the pH of the wound fluid.
semper5awesome
Well two people agreed about this hypothesis, so it must be true s/
Hotjoe1991
I would guess that too but only after reading your comment
Dark0001
From what I can find, it seems to just that! https://www.mdlinx.com/article/color-changing-sutures-could-revolutionize-infection-detection/7lp6kqhVMORcNyAfAjU0dS
MrStealYourGiF
I would also be guessing that without further info.
skipweasel
This from six years ago reckons wound pH may have potential as an indicator of infection. https://journals.cambridgemedia.com.au/application/files/7615/8493/4721/Bennison.pdf
pixelsnader
Beetlejuice?
Kamchatkah
Such a simple yet impactful idea!
WeaponizedJerk
And not something a white person might think to come up with, and I say this as a white person.
Kamchatkah
Far less likely, at least. So many products are geared towards a white market. Example: pink/Caucasian/"skin coloured" plasters were the only ones widely available until fairly recently. I get the feeling market bias still exists.
Affray
I'm not degrading the step, but isn't it very common for stitches to become mildly infected regardless of caution?
Daisychain360
I think the point of her work is more than this. It sounds like the evidence of infections are being ignored in black people probably because the text books are written by mostly white people based on evidence of infection in white people. There is no argument if it's so obvious, so black people will suffer less. Representation is important. Also she's done more than just come up with this one step.
BearToof
I’m skeptical these have enough sensitivity and specificity to detect an infection in a manner that would be clinically relevant. (Am doctor/surgeon). The idea is cool though
Homer1691
my first thought too. Like, if the infection is on the inside, you aren't gonna see it until it reaches a point where shit is visibly swelling or something anyway, right? My second thought was, given the amount of sugar in beet juice, that's a good way to start an infection right there.
Blackcurry328
I think this is a matter of catching it early. In places where supplies are short, I’d imagine catching an infection early could mean the difference between getting antibiotics quickly enough to treat it.
Affray
I guess my instinct would be to Polysporin the stitches regularly regardless of infection to keep it at bay, but the places/people this is intended to benefit probably wouldn't necessarily have that available so easily.
Daisychain360
They might have the resources but black people are more often ignored because the symptoms of infection are less obvious or, because the symptoms of infection in black people are not described as well in the text books written by mostly white people.
Affray
What I'm hearing is we should treat infection like sunburns on black skin. Just assume damage and treat with antibiotics.
DarkSock
Her invention will be hard to beet...
gsmdo
shitheadtookmyname
I root for her
cosguy224
Preincarnated
It's a pretty rad-ish idea.
Pupvote
I'm sure it will produce good results. -finger guns-
Blackcurry328
I’m really rooting for her success.
overlordofawesome
DudeWhoDoesntGetTheJoke
Beat*
magus200342
Relevant username.
AnAliyAiden
DudeWhoDoesntGetTheJoke
The what?
AnAliyAiden