'Bionic' Nerve To Repair Damaged Limbs and Organs 107
University of Manchester researchers have transformed fat tissue stem cells into nerve cells -- and now plan to develop an artificial nerve that will bring damaged limbs and organs back to life. In a study published in October's Experimental Neurology, Dr Paul Kingham and his team at the UK Centre for Tissue Regeneration (UKCTR) isolated the stem cells from the fat tissue of adult animals and differentiated them into nerve cells to be used for repair and regeneration of injured nerves. They are now about to start a trial extracting stem cells from fat tissue of volunteer adult patients, in order to compare in the laboratory human and animal stem cells.
steve austin approves (Score:5, Funny)
Unfortunately, it costs 6 million dollars, and makes a very distinctive sound when in use.
Re:Possible Hope For My Favorite Hobby (Score:4, Funny)
The nerve! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:You would have to do more to lift 100's of poun (Score:5, Funny)
Would be awesome to have some heat/cold sensors to be able to somehow "detect" if something is too hot or cold!
Maybe some sort of "tactile feedback" mechanism as well so you could feel some kind of "force" if you for example come into contact with a physical object.
Re:You would have to do more to lift 100's of poun (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe you could browse in 'humour impaired' mode (or just 'really really tired' mode), where jokes could by highlighted for users benefit...
Re:steve austin approves (Score:3, Funny)
Of course... if there's a problem with it, do you go to a doctor or a mechanic?
If Only... (Score:3, Funny)
Had some high hopes for that one... what a waste.
No one else bothered to say it... (Score:2, Funny)
I, for one, welcome our new reanimated zombie overlords.
Re:steve austin approves (Score:2, Funny)
Unfortunately, it costs 6 million dollars, and makes a very distinctive sound when in use.
Only 6 million? Dang, we should have invested when it was cheap. I've been watching the new "Bionic Woman" and heard it's now 50 million for the Bionic parts. Inflation no doubt