August 27, 2004

• A thousand pities the US has slammed the door on such developments. Wonder how many of the injuries recently incurred by American troops might benefit from further work in the area of regrowing missing tissue and bone.
• How very cool. Yea too bad our government here in the US has slammed that door.
• Oh, I don't think it's dead and buried yet. But this is amazing stuff. Wasn't there a story awhile back about a human ear being grown on a mouse's back, or something like that?
• Ah, yes, here it is (nsf the squeamish). Not done with stem cells, evidently.
• i want to grow a big toe out my naval.
• or, wait, make that "navel." now i just can't remember which is which. but i want to grow a big toe out of my belly-button, goddamn it.
• So, not a fleet of toes to attack the Commies by sea, then? I think I like that image better: The USS Piggy Who Went To Market.
• I begin to contemplate Now: Though it requires removal of some of the fat of me, Having additional genitals attached to various parts of my anatomy -- The prospect makes me hyperventilate And how!
• Ladies and gentlemen, the world's first multi-stingered bee!
• Fantastic, Bees.
• There are even more subtle and useful applications of genetic science that may well spell our future... Very straight forward biology "bio-created" material by manipulating goat/spider genetic info to synthesize protein. peta? Anyone think of other proteins we could produce using this method? The inevitable must be embraced?
• Amazing! Thanks, mecurious.
• Stem Cells Repair Heart Attack Damage
• I broke my collar bone in the spring and apparently they've implanted somebody else's jaw in there now.
• New Scientist also has the article along with related story links and links to the source sites.
• On the BBC there was some woman comenting on this, who'd had a new jaw made from a bone graft from her shoulder, and saying how great this new technique is. When this kind of story breaks, they always get someone on screen who has had to put up with an old technique and who (of course) thinks the new thing is great, but unfortunately it's too late for them. I felt so sorry for this woman, her jaw did look rather odd, and once you knew that it was made from shoulder, you could see why it looked so.. shouldery. Furthermore I would lke to say "Bratwurst sammiches, yum!!" and to wish the guy luck in getting teeth as his next upgrade.
• Bone Marrow Stem Cells Heal Wounds
• Stem cells stop mice going blind
• You're Nexus 6? I designed your eyes!
• Expert: U.S. lags in stem cell research
• Regeneration Sans Stem Cells
• Doctors grow organs from patients' own cells
• Finnish patient gets new jaw from own stem cells
• A Moment Of Tooth: Advances to Regrow Decaying Choppers Offer More to Chew On Than You'd Think
• If you are one of those obedient doobies who listened to your dentist and had your wisdom teeth removed for no particularly urgent reason, you are hosed. *gnashes molars*
• Weeellll... They were four perfectly good wisdom teeth, but if I hadn't had them out, I would have never been able to floss right. Right now I'm thinkin' flossing is the better bet then waiting till they get that stem cell thing taken care of. of course I could have used it for that molar that was shattered when the horse kicked me in the jaw, but oh, well.
• In other stem cell news: Pursuit of stem cells lead to testicles
• *yawn* Why does everything always seem to come back to guys and their junk?
• Hee hee - clinical testes.
• Human Muscle, Regrown on Animal Scaffolding
• Great stuff. Ears on mice. Noses in jars. How many fingers am I holding up. Eleven. Wait, the last three are Terry Pratchett.
• Woman Grows a New Ear on Her Arm, Has It Attached to Her Head
• You won’t believe what’s hiding inside this former beauty queen’s stomach
• Some guys (particularly politicians)put their whole heads up there!!!