Today’s interesting fact has to do with Cholera.

There are from 3 to 5 million cases of Cholera a year.

Cholera is a completely preventable disease; the method for preventing outbreaks was discovered in the Victorian age.

Cholera can be prevented by investment in sanitation and clean water, by the use of soap and water before handling food and finally by the boiling of drinking water.

The introduction of tea and coffee to the British Empire actually helped prevent Cholera outbreaks because those who brew it always brought the water to boiling before use.

Today’s interesting fact has to do with the urine.

Many people will tell you that urine is sterile and that nothing lives in it.

Some survivalists have suggested that if you get wounded away from possible medical treatment you should urinate on the wound to clean it.

As odd as this seems to most, this practice has allegedly assisted in the healing process.

But urine isn't quite a sterile as most people think.

Hidden within the golden fluid, are scattered stem cells, released by the body and excreted with the rest of the liquid.

These cells have been shown to be very important for some, in a different way than might have been expected.

Medical Scientists have taken these cells and seeded a collagen framework, to create ureters, urethras, bladders and even complete kidneys.

These new ureters, urethras and bladders, created by the patient's own stem cells, collected from their urine, have been successfully used to replace defective organs.

Whole kidneys have been successfully implanted into test animals and we are likely to hear about whole kidneys in the near future.

This would be a boon to anyone with diseased kidneys, where the patient does not have a genetic disease that would suggest not using the patients stem cells, then kidney transplants may become easier, and done with the patients own cells.