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'Miracle mouse' can grow back lost limbs
Times Online ^
| 08/28/2005
| Jonathan Leake
Posted on 09/02/2005 3:53:28 PM PDT by zencat
Scientists have created a miracle mouse that can regenerate amputated limbs or badly damaged organs, making it able to recover from injuries that would kill or permanently disable normal animals. The experimental animal is unique among mammals in its ability to regrow its heart, toes, joints and tail.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biotech; biotechnology; bobbit; contactbobbit; regeneration; science
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posted on
09/02/2005 3:53:29 PM PDT
by
zencat
To: zencat
Just wait till Viking kitties have this ability.
2
posted on
09/02/2005 3:54:50 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
To: Paleo Conservative
Hmm. Viking kitties could be eating on this mouse while it regrew on the other end.
3
posted on
09/02/2005 3:55:44 PM PDT
by
Arkie2
(Mega super duper moose, whine, cheese, series, zot, viking kitties, barf alert!)
To: zencat
OMG, I hope they are not LIBERAL mice!!!
4
posted on
09/02/2005 3:55:52 PM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: zencat
A extremely advantageous trait to have if married to Lorena Bobbit.
To: All
I'd like a chicken that could regrow its wings.
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posted on
09/02/2005 3:56:51 PM PDT
by
andyk
(Go Matt Kenseth!)
To: PatrickHenry
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posted on
09/02/2005 3:57:04 PM PDT
by
FOG724
(RINOS - they are not better than leftists, they ARE leftists.)
To: zencat
HEART???
I can understand why limbs may regenerate, somehow, but a heart?!
8
posted on
09/02/2005 3:57:16 PM PDT
by
SteveMcKing
("I was born a Democrat. I expect I'll be a Democrat the day I leave this earth." -Zell Miller '04)
To: zencat
They say miracle with respect to this, but is it?
9
posted on
09/02/2005 3:58:18 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(25 degrees, clear, frost and birdshot, Fairbanks)
To: FOG724
10
posted on
09/02/2005 3:59:28 PM PDT
by
PatrickHenry
(Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. The List-O-Links is at my homepage.)
To: EagleUSA
OMG, I hope they are not LIBERAL mice!!!Naw: Liberals don't regrow their limbs, but rather their limbosines.
11
posted on
09/02/2005 4:01:23 PM PDT
by
sourcery
("Compelling State Interest" is the refuge of judicial activist traitors against the Constitution)
To: zencat
I imagine the military will be highly interested. Sounds vaguely Sci-fi to me, with lots of implications for anti-aging as well.
12
posted on
09/02/2005 4:02:42 PM PDT
by
Wiseghy
(Hmmm....no Guiliani....THAT MEANS THE MAYOR and GOV. are the THE FAILURES!)
To: PatrickHenry
Yes, I find that a lot. Peole don't search or search properly.
13
posted on
09/02/2005 4:03:26 PM PDT
by
FOG724
(RINOS - they are not better than leftists, they ARE leftists.)
To: EagleUSA
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posted on
09/02/2005 4:06:40 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: billorites
How about the Monty Python scene where the knight's limbs are being cut off? Can't find the photo.
To: EagleUSA
"OMG, I hope they are not LIBERAL mice!!!"No, if they were Liberal mice....they'd be called RATS ;-)
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posted on
09/02/2005 4:26:11 PM PDT
by
NordP
(Keeping America Great - Karl Rove / Jack Bauer in 2008 !)
To: All
And there would be another problem.....continually bleeding hearts.
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posted on
09/02/2005 4:27:11 PM PDT
by
NordP
(Keeping America Great - Karl Rove / Jack Bauer in 2008 !)
To: zencat
We have experimented with amputating or damaging several different organs, such as the heart, toes, tail and ears, and just watched them regrow, she said. It is quite remarkable. The only organ that did not grow back was the brain. Bad news for liberals.
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posted on
09/02/2005 4:36:14 PM PDT
by
TheDon
(The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
To: TheDon
"The only organ that did not grow back was the brain." So they'll go down just like the zombies they are.
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posted on
09/02/2005 4:46:49 PM PDT
by
ECM
To: zencat
Interesting. Hope it never gets loose in my house.
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