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Stem Cells Mend Spinal Injuries
Darkman, Walkin Dude writes "New research shows that rats that had their spinal columns severed were able to regain use of their hind legs through the use of stem cells from embryonic rats." From the Wired article: "Spinal cord injuries can be caused by accidents or infections and affect 250,000 people a year in the United States alone, costing $4 billion annually, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders. Whittemore's team took specific cells from rat embryos called glial restricted precursor cells -- a kind of stem cell or master cell that gives rise to nerve cells."
second post niggers!!
umm...
sigh...
I think you're missing the point. This isn't about regenerating bone/tisue, it's about the nerves in the back that run from your brain to your legs. If your spinal "cord" is severed, you can't move your legs. This isn't about discs, bones, or whatever you had done. It's about nerves, and potentially helping parapalegics and quadrapalegics.
And, just for the record, we experiment on rats, because they are so similar to humans. Or don't you think a rat has discs in it's back, or a fibrous sheath around it?
Man...help me out here. I'm trying to be polite, but jesus....it's called science. RESEARCH. Jesus...every fricking mammal has a spinal column...oh yes, we're so much more complex than a rat, it would never have any application to humans....
HELLO! HELLO! Man.....better tell every lab in the world to stop testing on rats, because if the rat drops dead from the experiment, it would tell us nothing.
They just made a freaking breakthrough in spinal cord regeneration, and you think it has no application, because it wouldn't cure a herniated disc. Can you walk? Then shut the hell up. This research isn't for herniated discs...it's for people in wheelchairs.
Jesus....this was so much more fun 20 years ago on BBSes, when I could really get a rage going when an idiot posted something...but mostly I just write out a lame response, and then never submit it...why bother? Will anybody learn anything? Will anyone care? Will the people posting on slashdot continue to get dumber? This post isn't helping, is it?
Mod this whole article as flamebait!
"The newly born animals are then whisked off for a quick run through a giant baking oven." --heard on Food Network
I wish...you knew what you were talking about.
George W. Bush most certainly DOES support stem cell research, even embryonic stem cell research. His plan is the first federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
Couching your FUD with a hollow "I'm a Republican" is a hollow sham.
There is absolutely no proof, whatsoever, that embryonic stem cells have any potential to reverse or prevent Alzheimer's.
Try to use your intellect, not your hatred.
It wasn't hollow, I am a republican, and I hate liberal hippie assholes. George Bush supports bullshit stem cell research ,though half heartedly. In his own words
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/08/20 010809-2.html
Animal stem cells. pfft
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?ne wsid=24906
The US president said he will veto any bill that backs embryonic stem cell research.
The president is being a fucking pussy and is scared to piss of the religious right. I do not understand how he can have balls when it comes to Iraq, but not this issue.
Also, as much as I treasure my intellect, I think I like my hatred a bit more. Thanks for caring though.
The same Bill Frist who insisted that Chiavo was not in a vegetative state?
Yeah. That Bill.
Kind of a dick.
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so in your arguement there i saw you say:
I could go on. (The potential argument is pathetically blurry and compare amateurs like Stalin and Hitler with tens of millions dying from spontaneous abortions... every year.)
so this means that your opponent is obviously correct, and you've resorted to incoherence rather than forfeit!
-judging another only defines yourself