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Title: Regeneration
Post by: Eufnoc on May 02, 2008, 12:00:11 AM
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 'Pixie dust' makes man's severed finger regrow - Times Online  (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article3850314.ece)

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Title: Re: Regeneration
Post by: Dominus_Noctis on May 02, 2008, 12:37:34 AM
Weird... who knows if it's true though  :blush:

When I first read this I thought...  :borg:


Title: Re: Regeneration
Post by: Meredith on May 02, 2008, 01:41:08 AM
yes same here dominus  :assimilate:


Title: Re: Regeneration
Post by: ewm90 on May 02, 2008, 03:20:05 AM
I wonder if it would let a sever head re-grow lol you tersis cant be head me I am not be-headule.


Title: Re: Regeneration
Post by: Dr. Lazarus on May 02, 2008, 03:26:46 PM
"To try to repair a damaged cortical node would be a futile exercise. The Borg would simply replace it." :borg:  :ermm:


Title: Re: Regeneration
Post by: Mortographer on May 03, 2008, 02:39:43 AM
I don't know if this is true, but real research on regrowing limbs is certainly happening, and the principle is the same as the "pixie-dust" article described where the body does have its own capacity for regrowing limbs.  There's a nice article in The Scientific American about it.  Apparently, though, you need some sort of cell stimulator on the end you're growing towards, so the process would probably involve laying for months with your "stump" in some sort of machine.