For First Time, Brain Cells Generated In A Dish

PhysOrg.com ^ | Jun 15, 2006 | unattributed

[LiberalBassTurds]

Hehe....yummy!

LBT
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[DoughtyOne]

I'm thinking it's probably leftist brain cells, much simpler, less complex and therefore easier to replicate.

All kidding aside, this seems like a good thing.

[RandallFlagg]

They wouldn't happened to have named them, "Abby," would they?
We could make some for the liberals to... Nevermind.

[annie laurie]

Huntington's is equally evil, unfortunately. It's a death sentence following years of suffering.

[annie laurie]

"Abby who?"

"Abby ... Normal"

[Lee'sGhost]

"That's what happened to an uncle of mine."

Harry Reid, too.

[Lee'sGhost]

Actually, the University of Florida's McKnight Brain Institute by creating a system in rodent models that for the first time duplicates neurogenesis - the process of generating new brain cells - in a dish -- created a liberal. Once a whole brain is formed it will become a conservative.

[Lee'sGhost]

It just occured to me; now we know where that email came from. You know, the "Liberals ask Five questions that rock the conservative world" email they're talking about on another thread.

[Solamente]

Fortunately, I keep my brain cells numbered, for just such occasions...

[Moonman62]

I've seen other articles recently about regenerating the brain. While such research is still in its infancy it could be a reason not to euthanize those with brain damage.

[I got the rope]

Could you imagine if we could regenerate spinal cord tissue? This is a huge advancement.

[Flightdeck]

pregnant women can generate brain cells for themselves from the stem cells of their fetus. Women who have male children then can actually have xy chromosomes in their brains.

[annie laurie]

Now that is fascinating; I'd never heard of it until now.

I'll have to do some reading. Thanks! :)

[annie laurie]

Could you imagine if we could regenerate spinal cord tissue?

Related article here:

Scientists infuse rat spinal cords with brain-derived human stem cells

[bitt]

a limitless supply of a person's own brain cells to potentially heal disorders such as Parkinson's disease or epilepsy. Or foolishness, confusion, and ugliness.

[annie laurie]

I'm going to have nightmares tonight after seeing that ;-p

[neverdem]

bump & a stem cell ping

[woofie]

I had some of them brain cells once

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Writing in today's (June 13) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers describe a cell culture method that holds the promise of producing a limitless supply of a person's own brain cells to potentially heal disorders such as Parkinson's disease or epilepsy.

I'm going to print this out for my mother who has Parkinson's. She can barely walk anymore.

[BlazingArizona]

Wow!... Let's make a brain ten feet across. Hook it up to the grid. See what happens.

Yeah, but the first time it makes a prediction about interest rates, the stock market would tank.