-
2
Question: What is the best discovery you have made yet in the lab?
- Keywords:
-
Natalie Garrett answered on 13 Nov 2015:
I found out for the first time ever that the nanoparticles I use to ferry drugs around the body are able to recirculate through a special transport system. This means that if you take these nanoparticles in the form of a pill, they will go into your gut, dissolve into the bile salts (the bile is what your body makes to help you digest fat), cross the gut wall together with the bile into your blood stream, travel around your body to your liver and then be transported from the liver to your gall bladder.
Once there, they can be squirted back into the gut to have another go at travelling around your body in your blood. This gives the drugs being carried by the nanoparticles even more of a chance to get where they’re needed to do your body good.
I drew a picture to demonstrate this:
the green solid lines represent the nanoparticles in the blood, and the green dashed lines represent the nanoparticles in the intestines.
Latest Questions
-
how do hydro electric dams work
-
Which scientist is your favourite to speak to when you’re looking for new information?
-
do you think that in the future laser science could be used to cure cancer
-
at your work place do you get to show the students how the lasers work
-
what would you say to someone who is interested in science but doesnt know what the want to do?
-
What inspired you to start working with lasers?
-
what is the most dangerous thing about your job and have you ever been scared or worried about it ?
-
Do you ever worry that your work could be harmful if used incorrectly?
-
Do you think that laser science will create chaos if developed too much and used inappropriately? (2 Comments)
-
Why do people get epileptic seizures and what causes people to get them?
Latest Comments
-
Do you think that laser science will create chaos if developed too much and used inappropriately? (2 comments)
-
The first scientist evicted is… (5 comments)
-
Is there such Drug that will help you to recover from a certain illness but can be lethal if you make ONE TINY mistake? (2 comments)
-
How can lasers be used and can they be used for fun or home technology? (1 comment)
-
What is the best discovery you have made yet in the lab? (2 comments)
-
what causes alzheimers? (1 comment)
-
On a scale of 1 to dry ice, how cool is your job and why do you think that? What do you enjoy the most about it? (1 comment)
-
What is it like to work with lasers? And how does cryogen work? (1 comment)
-
Would you encourage people to do work like yours? (2 comments)
-
Konnichuwa! Its a shame that we couldn.t ask you any questions during the chat. but is it possible for the damage of (1 comment)
Comments
875smgd52 commented on :
Thank-you so much for replying, I learnt lots of facts.
Natalie commented on :
It’s my pleasure! I hope you’re enjoying this event, maybe see you in the live chat later this afternoon.