From the invisible to the visible world...

"What is essential, is invisible to the eye."

I recently read in the news about a group of pharmacists and other professionals of the health area who invented a new treatment based on nanoemulsions of a derivative of Tumeric: the curcumin. This treatment can inhibit the reappearance of cancerous cells and is apparently very effective on animals.

Nanoemultions are basically a kind of heterogeneous mix: powder of a selected product or "active ingredient" round by a lipid monolayer with other immiscible liquid that contains it. This "emulsion" is encapsulated in nanostructures and it could be administered by many ways, the process to make simple nanoemultions is energy efficient, but the trouble is that industries generally use a high amount of energy to make the process the most effective possible.

His applications are essential in the pharmaceutical industries, it allows to reduce the size of any material to nano-size (50-200 nm.) and protect, carry and deliver antimicrobials, antioxidants, drugs, pharmacological nutrients and many other substances, so they are common in the Pharmacy career.

It's really interesting the wide use that nanoemultions have, not only in the oncological treatment, but in food and cosmetic industries too, and the recent discover, shows to everyone the importance and utility of this method.

And if the essential is invisible to the eye, just bring your microscope!

The Most Enjoyable Subject...

All in all my heart still belongs to biology, i have to admit it, actually, i can't wait to start the second semester just to study about the cells, genetics, ecosystem and so much others :( whatever...

I really like Chemistry I, there's something about the study of the matter that caught my attention... it's so universal, even the Greek philosophers tried to understand what things were made of. It's really interesting study the behaviour of the atoms to form molecules, and so, i always wanted to know how really works the reactions to form compounds, and of course, lean how to name them. By the way, my favourites contents are Chemical Bond and Stoichiometry<3.

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I feel really comfortable in the class, just like a fish in its bowl and other friends from other sections are there too, actually, there are like 80 people there, and the teacher, Mrs. Atria, well, she doesn't talk... she whisper... so, it's really hard to listen when you get late to the class and there's no sit free in front.

Although, sometimes it's a little bit complex (solutions pls) and as you know, it's a class totally theoretical, i like that, but, the next semester start the practical Lab of Chemistry, and that sounds more interesting to me than the actual Lab Techniques, this last subject it's fine, but, i can't really enjoy it so much because of the pressure i feel in there... whatever, there is no subject i don't like at all, but certainly the second semester it's gonna be f*cking awesomeee!

A Person you Admire

"Experience is a truer guide than the words of others"

-Leonardo Da Vinci

His legacy is endless, born on 15 April in 1452 in Italy, Da Vinci is for me, the greatest figure of the renaissance, his work embraces from maths to painting, including astronomy, botanic, anatomy, literature and a lot more areas from the arts, humanities, and science, also he was an magnificent inventor.

Leonardo had an excepcional mind, maybe, the most complex and complete one in the history. Is recognised by their paintings, the most famous ones: The Last Supper, and The Mona Lisa, this last one is really misterious, i don't know, maybe, because the experssion of her face...

It's hard to talk about all his magnum opus, but, we all know the Vitruvian Man, which reflect the anthropocentric revolution and the most perfect machine ever made: human body, Leonardo just like me could marvel from the beauty and the incredible mechanism of everything that we are made of, just like gears that spin in a precise way. Da Vinci also studied anatomy and physiology, i heard that he used to profane bodies from the cementery just to dissect them and then, draw what he saw, material with the vascular system, a fetus in the uterus and organs like the heart, cerebral ventricles and the liver (to mention a few), also Leonardo was the first in define the atherosclerosis and liver cirrhosis.

I like Leonardo's insatiable mind of knowledge, he was unique, and when i read about his work sounds like the most interesting person i'll never know. I mean, he probably could talk about everything and enjoy to know about everything at the same time. I bet he was an inspiration for a lot of people (artists, humanists, mathematicians, scientist, writer and others). Maybe, he was a man misunderstood in his time, but now, he have the appreciation he really deserve.

And just like Leonardo said, don't be afraid to experience all the fields that you want, don't guide by the other people words, if they say that something is yellow, don't respond: ok, so it's yellow... just take a look by yourself.