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Nose Cells to Cure Spinal Injuries?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the nothing-to-sneeze-at dept.

dptalia writes "The Guardian has an article on how nose cells may cure spinal injuries. This technique has worked with rats, restoring feeling and movement to limbs damaged by severed nerves. The initial trial will be on people who have lost control of an arm due to the nerves being pulled from the spinal cord." From the article: "If successful, with refinement and research the procedure could be tried on people in a wheelchair. It also has the potential to heal other nerve injuries, such as those caused by stroke, blindness and deafness."

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  1. Possible headlines of the future by Furp · · Score: 2, Funny

    So the news headlines would read: Paraplegic to walk through the power of nose mining

  2. Apologies in advance... by nganju · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... but this smells like a scam to me.

    Sorry, sometimes my puns just stink.
    Doh! Sorry again.

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    1. Re:Apologies in advance... by Blackforge · · Score: 2, Funny

      This one is going to hurt:

      The nose nose nose boundaries!

      I'm probably going to burn in pun hell. Whee!

  3. Stink blossoms by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hear the main side effect is that everything feels like the smell of chicken.

  4. Too bad... by Reverend+Darkness · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... too bad Michael Jackson lost his chance to use this technology years ago...

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    1. Re:Too bad... by AmberBlackCat · · Score: 2, Funny

      Maybe he can buy a new face...

  5. You will believe a man can walk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hooray! Maybe some day Christopher Reeve will walk again!

  6. Huuuge! by Volanin · · Score: 3, Funny

    And suddenly my 1+ inch nose becomes the most desired part of my body!

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  7. Drugs are bad mmkay... by GillBates0 · · Score: 3, Funny
    heal other nerve injuries, such as those caused by stroke, blindness and deafness.

    Now if your friendly neighborhood LSD junkie says he can smell the pretty colors or sniff the awesome music, he may actually mean it.

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  8. It might scare women though by game+kid · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Is that a spinal cord on your face or are you just happy to see me?"

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  9. Tell a few lies by tepples · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perhaps Mr. Jackson's short nose is part of why he got acquitted of recent molestation charges, as a long nose is evidence of perjury in at least one well-known fairy tale world.

  10. Re:Funny comments, but my question is this by giorgiofr · · Score: 3, Funny

    Uhm... people will start flying *there* to get cured instead of to the USA? What do I win?

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  11. Re:Diabetes? by Breakfast+Pants · · Score: 2, Funny

    I believe the reknowned scientist Kevin Trudeau has already found the cure for diabetes (along with cancer, and every other affliction ever).

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  12. Tune in later tonight! by cparisi · · Score: 3, Funny

    Newscaster: Can Nose Cells Cure Spinal Injuries? Tune in tonight! ...Later that night

    Newscaster: No.

  13. Financial Opportunities by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Howard Stern stands to make a lot of money from this...

  14. Re:ooh! ooh! do me! by Rolo+Tomasi · · Score: 2, Funny

    It might work, but you'll get a runny spine everytime you get a cold.

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