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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-09-06 08:32 PM
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Scientists aim to regenerate soldiers' lost limbs
PITTSBURGH - Like no war before, the war in Iraq has seen unprecedented numbers of injuries due to surprise bomb attacks. And like no other war before, troops are often surviving those attacks, though many of them lose limbs or suffer severe burns. That has led researchers to create the Soldier Treatment and Regeneration Consortium with the goal of growing back body parts, like ears and fingers, and treating burns.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11748883/
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yourout Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-09-06 08:34 PM
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1. Soo they grow new limbs and send them back into action.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-10-06 08:38 AM
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14. Exactly. "Day of the Dove" is no longer a sci-fi masterpiece...
It's intended to become reality.

if only they can wipe out the need for food.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-09-06 08:34 PM
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2. I play the Enchantment, regenerate!
Magic card geek.
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Xeric Donating Member (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-09-06 08:39 PM
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3. It would be great if this could be done
Maybe if the right wingers weren't so against stem cell research we'd make progress on this front and others. With the backwardness and contempt for science that this administration has it is more likely some other country will develop this before the US does.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-10-06 08:36 AM
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13. Hi Xeric!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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sheelz Donating Member (869 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-09-06 08:40 PM
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4. This could help push for stem cell research
New jaw grown on patient's back

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3598710.stm
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Terry_M Donating Member (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-09-06 08:41 PM
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5. There was a science fiction short story
in which soldiers kept getting patched up with plastic organs, got a month off and were sent right back in after getting blown up a bit.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-09-06 08:43 PM
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6. Somebody getting paid to do this study?
Somebody with strong connections to the republican party?
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-09-06 09:08 PM
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11. That's about the right response to this sort of snake-oil salesmanship.
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sheelz Donating Member (869 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-09-06 08:43 PM
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7. They grew an ear too!
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-09-06 08:45 PM
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8. I hope they are successful
That would be great for those soldiers. I wonder how that would work (growing back body parts).
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-09-06 08:51 PM
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9. Wonder if they can make some parts bigger?
Like, um, ah..

Never mind.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-10-06 08:39 AM
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15. Oh, just take a pill for that and call me 3 weeks later...
:rofl:
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Coastie for Truth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-09-06 09:03 PM
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10. They have had good luck with "prosthetic" skin
Edited on Thu Mar-09-06 09:05 PM by Coastie for Truth
This work is done at the University of Pittsburgh's "McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine" and the joint Carnegie Mellon University - University of Pittsburgh "Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative."
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aden_nak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-09-06 09:20 PM
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12. Just don't go using any stem cells, boys.
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