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Doctors Coax Man's Body to Grow New Brain
The Bentinel ^ | 09-16-04 | Unknown

Posted on 09/16/2004 7:39:42 AM PDT by Osage Orange

Doctors Coax Man's Body to Grow New Brain

WASHINGTON, D.C. - An experiment at the National Institutes of Health marks the first attempt to get the body to grow its own brain replacement. It's called Cognitive Angiogenesis, a field that has no less ambitious a goal than to eliminate idiocy as we know it.

"No matter what you teach some people," explained Dr. Ryan Winge of NIH, "They are still functionally 'ignorant'. While this has been attributed to laziness or poor teaching, we now know that more often than not, the subject simply has a poorly formed brain. Terry is a shining example of what CA can accomplish."

"Before my new brain developed, I was a real boob."-- 'Terry', Cognitive Angiogenesis test subject Terry is the subject of the NIH experiment. The FDA granted a limited, one-time allowance for a human trial, due largely to Terry's deficiencies prior to the therapy. "Before my new brain developed, I was a real boob," admitted Terry, "I called my wife 'puddin pop', I watched professional wrestling, I was even a NASCAR fan. Can you believe it, NASCAR?" After several weeks of 'training' his new brain, Terry now says, "I actually feel alive for the first time. Today, I took apart an Oreo and licked the cream off. And I feel like I can do even more."

It's an evolution that Dr. Winge, NIH angiogenesis research director, characterizes as going from hype to hope. "There definitely is a renewed interest in life in the subject," he said. This time around, "He's moved from the idea that life is basically about getting drunk and watching inappropriate videos, and now he's appreciating the more important things. Like golf. Though he still doesn't play a very good game. It was unrealistic to expect that."

In the late 1990s, scientists tried inserting a Parietal Annex Device (PAD) into patients with particularly low IQ and/or severely limited social skills. That proved too simplistic: When new habits grew, they tended to be weak and sickly. The subjects often turned to disco and grotesque medallions in an effort to channel their new-found 'cool'.

So instead of trying to manipulate the mechanics of the existing brain, there's a new focus on tossing out the existing structure and simply rebuilding a new, stable brain in a controlled matrix, letting the body finish the job naturally. "Terry shows that we are definitely on the right course," beamed Winge.


TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: angiogenesis; brain; goobers

1 posted on 09/16/2004 7:39:49 AM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: Osage Orange

Al Gore could have used this.


2 posted on 09/16/2004 7:41:14 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (What's the frequency Kenneth?)
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To: Osage Orange

Wonder if this would work on democrats?


3 posted on 09/16/2004 7:43:17 AM PDT by longhorn too
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To: Osage Orange

>>Today, I took apart an Oreo and licked the cream off.

Poor, Terry. He must've been taking Celebrex and Thalidomide while he was growing his new brain. *smirk*


4 posted on 09/16/2004 7:46:02 AM PDT by MrConfettiMan (I hate the word blog.)
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To: Paleo Conservative

John Kerry could still use this :P

Delete that--don't want to give him any ideas until Nov. 3rd!


5 posted on 09/16/2004 7:47:18 AM PDT by Okies love Dubya 2 (My three little FReepers are 6, 2, and almost 3 months old!)
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To: Osage Orange
>"Before my new brain developed, I was a real boob."-- 'Terry', Cognitive Angiogenesis test subject Terry is the subject of the NIH experiment.

Well, it's good to see
Dr. West is still getting
high-level funding . . .







6 posted on 09/16/2004 7:49:15 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: Osage Orange

Does this mean he's voting for Bush now?


7 posted on 09/16/2004 7:49:28 AM PDT by Only1choice____Freedom ("Anyone who calls Moore a Dumb $#$@$ is okay with me." -areafiftyone)
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To: Osage Orange

This finally explains McAuliffe.


8 posted on 09/16/2004 7:50:20 AM PDT by RightOnline
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To: longhorn too

Would this work on Democrats?

Two faces deserve two brains...and the best part would be if one of was a Kennedy liberal and the other a Clinton liberal...

They would tear themselves to pieces....in short order...

Now if you could put a Bubba brain in one head and a Teddy brain in another head and put them on the same Democrat...now that might be worth a TV reality show...or two

imo


9 posted on 09/16/2004 7:50:57 AM PDT by joesnuffy ( "Two Heads Are Better Than One"...."Unless They're On The Same Person" -Andy Sipowicz)
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To: Osage Orange

10 posted on 09/16/2004 7:52:45 AM PDT by evets (God bless president George W. Bush)
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To: theFIRMbss

ReE-ANIMATOR

I LOVE THAT MOVIE!!


11 posted on 09/16/2004 7:55:46 AM PDT by Mr. K
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To: theFIRMbss

Jeffrey Combs is the man!


12 posted on 09/16/2004 7:57:36 AM PDT by GodBlessRonaldReagan (Count Petofi will not be denied!)
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To: theFIRMbss

Jeffrey Combs is the man!


13 posted on 09/16/2004 7:57:45 AM PDT by GodBlessRonaldReagan (Count Petofi will not be denied!)
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To: Osage Orange

At last, help for Kerry, Clinton, Hildabeast, Fat Teddy Kennedy, and those legions of Dimocrats that are fading into the sunset for lack of brain cells.


14 posted on 09/16/2004 8:02:25 AM PDT by hgro (<i>)
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To: longhorn too
"James 1:8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways"
Definately a liberal!
15 posted on 09/16/2004 8:56:22 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Save a Democrat! Vote Republican!)
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