Regeneration

posted on May 1st, 2008, 11:00 pm

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[glow=green,2,300]'Pixie dust' makes man's severed finger regrow - Times Online[/glow]

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posted on May 1st, 2008, 11:37 pm

Weird... who knows if it's true though 

When I first read this I thought... 

posted on May 2nd, 2008, 12:41 am

yes same here dominus 

posted on May 2nd, 2008, 2:20 am

I wonder if it would let a sever head re-grow lol you tersis cant be head me I am not be-headule.

posted on May 2nd, 2008, 2:26 pm

"To try to repair a damaged cortical node would be a futile exercise. The Borg would simply replace it."  

posted on May 3rd, 2008, 1:39 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.