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Australian Science Makes the Regenerating Mouse
FruFox writes "Australian scientists have created mice which can regenerate absolutely any tissue except for the tissues of the brain. Heart, lungs, entire limbs, you name it. This is the first time this has been seen in mammals. The potential implications are positively mammoth. I thought this warranted attention. :)"
..that will never make it to human trials in America. Reason? It's another one of those taboo research topics; it's fine and dandy to clone a sheep or a mouse, it's fine to use crocodiles to fight HIV, it's acceptible to take a look at the human genes for eye-color and hair color, but the minute you even mention any of these actually going into clinical trials, or even attempting to get government funding, and you're shutdown for life.
The research climate in this country's starting to get ridiculous. We hear about all of these new advances almost daily in the news, but we're still waiting to see any practical use come from them. These are things that save lives, things that make terrible diseases easier to fight.
I know if I lost an arm or a leg or more importantly a heart or lung, I'd love the ability to grow one back..
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