Microalgae and special bacteria species are the main reasons why the world has an oxygenated air. Special bacteria species found in algae are also very important for the oxygen capacity of the atmosphere. An article published in the Journal of Science showed that these organisms, which are very effective on our life, are also very useful when the brain is deprived of oxygen.
In an experiment on a clawed frog, bacteria found in algae were injected into the brains of tadpoles. By allowing the injected bacteria to perform photosynthesis, it was observed that the brain cells, which were deprived of oxygen, were revived.
Bacteria injected into the brain enabled the production of oxygen
Within the scope of the research, bacteria and microalgae found in algae structure were injected into the brains of frogs. Organisms accumulating in the blood vessels of the brain were allowed to perform photosynthesis with illumination. It has been found that the organisms strongly produce oxygen. Loss of brain functions due to oxygen deprivation, oxygen molecules produced by microalgae activated neurons. “Microorganisms that give oxygen to our planet can become a tool for increasing the oxygen level in the human brain when certain eco-physiological conditions are met,” the researchers said. The development of this type of treatment could one day enable people to recover from stroke or travel to oxygen-free environments.
This is a very remote possibility for now because this method, which is effective in frogs, may depend on many factors. Despite successful findings on frogs, this may not work in our own species. The physical structures of the human body and a frog or a different animal are very different from each other. It is currently not possible to prove that this method, which is effective on frogs, will also be successful on humans. Although it has only been tried on frogs and has been successful, testing it on humans still poses a great risk. Because the human brain being out of breath for 5 minutes or more causes many irreversible damage. This means that experiments of this kind of studies on the human brain cannot be performed.
This method, which is effective in frogs, may depend on many factors. The physical structures of the human body and a frog or a different animal are very different from each other. However, its function can be used increasingly in the future. Producing too much oxygen can be even more dangerous than no oxygen. Neuroscientist Diana Martinez explained that the inability to control oxygen levels as a result of these photosynthetic organisms would be just as harmful as a lack of oxygen.
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