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June 02, 2012

Fantastic: Paralyzed Rats Regain Full Motion & Nerve Control After Treatment
— Ace

Rats are different than people, but they aren't that different.

Dramatic video of paralysed rats walking and even climbing stairs has given new hope of a cure for people with spinal cord injuries.
Swiss scientists were able to stimulate nerves to grow around damage in the spinal cord, restoring movement in the animals' hind legs.
"Our rats have become athletes when just weeks before they were completely paralysed," Dr Gregoire Courtine of the EPFL research group in Lausanne said.
"I am talking about 100% recuperation of voluntary movement."
The scientists injected chemicals directly into the spinal cord, and stimulated the nerves with electrical impulses.
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The research is published in the journal Science and the scientists hope to start clinical trials in paralysed patients "within a year or two"...

Posted by: Ace at 07:43 AM | Comments (110)
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1 It reads like not one aborted fetus was needed. Everything they say to justify abortion is BS.

Posted by: hmmmm at June 02, 2012 07:45 AM (e9LVX)

2
Maybe there is hope for Democrats.

Posted by: sickinmass at June 02, 2012 07:46 AM (bcNec)

3 What would we have to inject Obama with for him to undue his mental paralysis? Oh, wait, he never had that tissue to repair.

Posted by: NancyPelzombie at June 02, 2012 07:46 AM (n9Vbj)

4 Wow!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 07:46 AM (piMMO)

5 But, but where are the dead babies?! They told us we needed to sacrifice unborn babies to the Gods so that our sick would be cured. How can this not be true?

Posted by: Alex at June 02, 2012 07:48 AM (tGh6R)

6 Faster please.

Posted by: SuperMag at June 02, 2012 07:48 AM (34tKc)

7 It reads like not one aborted fetus was needed. Everything they say to justify abortion is BS.

****

Within the last couple of weeks a preliminary study was released that shows that human skin cells, a human's OWN skin cells, have been shown to replace and repair damaged heart cells.

They expect that within 10 years many people suffering from heart failure or scar tissue due to heart attacks will be able to repair their own hearts.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 07:49 AM (piMMO)

8 We must stop this torture of animals for no gain!

Posted by: PETA at June 02, 2012 07:50 AM (GULKT)

9 That "chemical" they injected?

The blood and tears of virgins.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 07:53 AM (piMMO)

10 Moloch hardest hit!

Posted by: DaveA at June 02, 2012 07:53 AM (NqmTy)

We could have had this cure years ago, but for some reason George Bush didnÂ’t want Superman to walk again.

Posted by: jwest at June 02, 2012 07:54 AM (ZDsRL)

12 This is truly spectacular news. It's an area I've been dabbling in (the intersection of nanoscience and nerve growth) and I would be very, very happy to see the need for that work go away.

The only negative I had was that the researcher they interviewed sounds like Insp. Clouseau.

Posted by: pep at June 02, 2012 07:54 AM (6TB1Z)

13 I think these are the same folks who started this line of research back around '95 or so. Back then they were able to restore partial movement with direct injections plus carefully depositing a chemical cocktail after surgically restoring nerve architecture.

Posted by: Daybrother at June 02, 2012 07:55 AM (OT1dR)

14 Too bad the creationist GOP opposes stem cell research.

Posted by: Average JOe at June 02, 2012 07:59 AM (2Y56z)

That "chemical" they injected?
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My first thought was it's DMSO which the FDA doesn't like. Just a wild guess, but the stuff has been tested to drasticly reduce the effects of spinal chord injury.

Posted by: Jimmah at June 02, 2012 08:00 AM (cWkOB)

16 Fantastic: Paralyzed Rats Regain Full Motion & Nerve Control After Treatment. So, is Valerie Jarret going to complain about her relatives being used for medical experiments ?

Posted by: Toaster at June 02, 2012 08:00 AM (sJKFk)

17 GIANT MONSTER CHEMICALLY-INJECTED ZOMBIE RATS!!

Posted by: Friends of Mother Earth at June 02, 2012 08:03 AM (IoNBC)

18 Wait. Democrat Senators were made to walk again?

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 02, 2012 08:03 AM (niZvt)

19 Anything that helps the democRATS, I am against.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 02, 2012 08:04 AM (jucos)

20 Off topic, but . . . does that Campaign of Tears sidebar item deserve a flaming injun skull? "Warren Campaign Nears Endgame"?

Say good night, Lizzie. Yet another Great Lefty Hope goes down in flames. I love it when that happens.

Posted by: tsj017 at June 02, 2012 08:05 AM (vOH26)

21 Amazing. I wonder what possibilities for rejuvenating damaged brain tissue in the future may exist. It seems that it is the key to increasing longevity. Well, that and better tits.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 02, 2012 08:05 AM (2tXU5)

22 yea, I saw this, awesome stuff

Posted by: have a great weekend: cheers! at June 02, 2012 08:07 AM (HOOye)

23 21 Amazing. I wonder what possibilities for rejuvenating damagedbrain tissue in the future may exist. Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 02, 2012 12:05 PM (2tXU5) So you're saying I have a chance?

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 02, 2012 08:07 AM (niZvt)

24 Heard Sen ron Johnson from wisconsin on Kudlow. The show repeats, I think later in the day. It's worth listening, this guy is serious as a heart attack.

CAC, you should listen.....

Yeah, this is amazing. there's also a new cancer treatment out there that uses the body's immune system, the trials were at johns hopkins and I think the drug is called P1.

I'm still reveling in Santana's no hitter....My dad was ecstatic....he's been a Met fan all of his life, to him this was just a gift.....

Posted by: contrarian... at June 02, 2012 08:08 AM (oZfic)

25 If it's just stairs they're worried about have they tried using Slinkys. They can go down stairs at least and used to work with toy animals (more expensive than just the plain Skinky in a box though). This wouldn't be a science fiction thing because they already do artificial hips.

Posted by: Tyler Rincon at June 02, 2012 08:09 AM (2Y56z)

26 14 Too bad the creationist GOP opposes stem cell research. Posted by: Average JOe at June 02, 2012 11:59 AM (2Y56z) ======== notice this past week how Michael J. Fox walked back his support for stem cell research (for the Parkinson's disease)?

Posted by: have a great weekend: cheers! at June 02, 2012 08:09 AM (HOOye)

27 If I am aquitted, Christopher Reeve will walk again.

Posted by: John Edwards, LoveMachine at June 02, 2012 08:10 AM (MMC8r)

28 Speaking of damaged brain tissue - right on cue.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 02, 2012 08:10 AM (2tXU5)

29 9 That "chemical" they injected? The blood and tears of virgins. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 11:53 AM (piMMO) Where could they have collected enough? A Star Trek convention?

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 02, 2012 08:10 AM (niZvt)

30 If it's just stairs they're worried about have they tried using Slinkys. They can go down stairs at least and used to work with toy animals (more expensive than just the plain Skinky in a box though). This wouldn't be a science fiction thing because they already do artificial hips.

****

replace their spines with slinkys?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 08:10 AM (piMMO)

31 So, is Valerie Jarret going to complain about her relatives being used for medical experiments ? Posted by: Toaster at June 02, 2012 12:00 PM (sJKFk) ========== Jarrett could have supplied the rats, given her slumlord history...

Posted by: have a great weekend: cheers! at June 02, 2012 08:10 AM (HOOye)

32 Off, lunatic sock

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 02, 2012 08:10 AM (niZvt)

33 No the Slinky would be the mid-section.

Posted by: Tyler Rincon at June 02, 2012 08:12 AM (2Y56z)

34 Wow! Where did they find so many rats with spinal cord injuries?

Posted by: nickless at June 02, 2012 08:14 AM (MMC8r)

Woah. Hadn't heard of this. ....It's nice to read some good news for a change.

The cool thing, is that they said the rats became "athletes when just weeks before they were completely paralysed". ....So not only did they regain movement...they were able to engage in strenuous activity.

Speaking of Rats....

I just read that the Dems in Massachusetts are requiring photo ID to be able to enter their convention today....and to be able to vote.

We should not let this go by without notice.

These are the people who say it "disenfranchises voters" to require photo ID.

Fuckers.

Posted by: wheatie at June 02, 2012 08:14 AM (YzQ1g)

36 Where could they have collected enough? A Star Trek convention?

***

Comicon?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 08:14 AM (piMMO)

37 I keep telling people you better get used to the idea of most of us living well past 100. As the breakthroughs keep coming, we're going to have to figure out how to reevaluate the course of our lives, because retirement in the 60s or even 70s is just not going to be realistic.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 02, 2012 08:15 AM (2pG7H)

'Tis a good day for rats indeed.

Posted by: HungryKitten at June 02, 2012 08:15 AM (+SXKV)

39 Wow!

Where did they find so many rats with spinal cord injuries?

****

I hear that a little car pulled up in front of the E.R. and their drunken fRAT buddies flung them from the car and fled.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 08:16 AM (piMMO)

40 "Rats are different than people, but they aren't that different." I resemble that remark.

Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at June 02, 2012 08:16 AM (MCDCp)

41 Off, Chicago vermin sock!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 02, 2012 08:17 AM (MCDCp)

42 34 - Heh. I know a kid in my neighborhood who would probably enjoy the job of taking a hammer to the tiny backs of those rats. I call him the future serial killer. And I'm only partially kidding.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 02, 2012 08:17 AM (2pG7H)

43 Comicon?

Nah, it's become too hip. They're harvesting at Origins as we speak.

Posted by: Alex at June 02, 2012 08:17 AM (tGh6R)

44 37 I keep telling people you better get used to the idea of most of us living well past 100. As the breakthroughs keep coming, we're going to have to figure out how to reevaluate the course of our lives, because retirement in the 60s or even 70s is just not going to be realistic. Posted by: BurtTC at June 02, 2012 12:15 PM (2pG7H) I see myself opening up a breast massage kiosk at Disneyland after I retire.

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 02, 2012 08:18 AM (niZvt)

45 No the Slinky would be the mid-section.

*****

AHhhhhh. Okay. Now I get it!

It makes much more sense now!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 08:18 AM (piMMO)

46 My father had diabetes, Type I, or juvenile as it used to be called.

He was in his late 20s (I suppose - he served in WWII and was born in 1926 so someone can do the math) and when his mother was given the news she fainted dead away.

That was because she'd had schoolmate diagnosed with this years before, and that poor girl was dead in six weeks.

My father lived for 63 years, fathered 3 children and lived a full life, sadly he did not outlive his mom who made it to 93.

Insulin was a MIRACLE. This treatment might be another.

We must thank the good God who gave us reason for these miracles.

Posted by: jocon307 at June 02, 2012 08:18 AM (bbVJG)

47 Rats are different than people

Excuse me?

Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at June 02, 2012 08:19 AM (Iyg03)

So....maybe we can use this new discovery to re-grow the spines of our GOP members of Congress?

Posted by: wheatie at June 02, 2012 08:20 AM (YzQ1g)

49 42 34 - Heh. I know a kid in my neighborhood who would probably enjoy the job of taking a hammer to the tiny backs of those rats. I call him the future serial killer. And I'm only partially kidding. Posted by: BurtTC at June 02, 2012 12:17 PM (2pG7H) You wouldn't happen to have a hammer handy, would ya?

Posted by: Some kid in your neighborhood at June 02, 2012 08:20 AM (niZvt)

50 Rats are different than people

Excuse me?

Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at June 02, 2012 12:19 PM (Iyg03)

*****

In your case, he should have been more specific.

Rats are betterthan people.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 08:20 AM (piMMO)

51 The Slinky Dog also has a spring for a tail but it is smaller and just a decoration. That wouldn't be part of the operation.

Posted by: Tyler Rincon at June 02, 2012 08:21 AM (2Y56z)

52 34 Wow! Where did they find so many rats with spinal cord injuries? Posted by: nickless at June 02, 2012 12:14 PM (MMC8r) ======== WI Clinton rallies

Posted by: have a great weekend: cheers! at June 02, 2012 08:21 AM (HOOye)

53 So....maybe we can use this new discovery to re-grow the spines of our GOP members of Congress?

*****

Ha! Now I'm surprised it took 50 comments for someone to make that connection.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 08:21 AM (piMMO)

54 48
So....maybe we can use this new discovery to re-grow the spines of our GOP members of Congress?

Yeah, but what will we use as the treat at the end of their run? I doubt a piece of chocolate will do it.

Posted by: pep at June 02, 2012 08:22 AM (6TB1Z)

55 54 48 So....maybe we can use this new discovery to re-grow the spines of our GOP members of Congress? Yeah, but what will we use as the treat at the end of their run? I doubt a piece of chocolate will do it. Posted by: pep at June 02, 2012 12:22 PM (6TB1Z) ME! Use ME!!!

Posted by: Barney Frank at June 02, 2012 08:23 AM (niZvt)

56 Comicon?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 12:14 PM (piMMO)

There is no con, but DragonCon. Peace be upon it.

Posted by: Slurpee Liberation Front at June 02, 2012 08:23 AM (NVu2l)

57 48 So....maybe we can use this new discovery to re-grow the spines of our GOP members of Congress? Posted by: wheatie at June 02, 2012 12:20 PM (YzQ1g) ========== God love ya'!

Posted by: Biden at June 02, 2012 08:23 AM (HOOye)

58 44 - You know, these two topics do go together. Lots of men don't really figure out how to seduce women until they're old enough that most women worth seducing aren't even open to the possibility of being seduced by them. If we can eventually find a way to keep our bodies working and looking better longer, there will be many MANY more happy couples in their older ages who finally find happiness. As they say, youth is wasted on the young. Well what if we stick around long enough to really, finally get a second chance at it?

Posted by: BurtTC at June 02, 2012 08:23 AM (2pG7H)

54, 48

Yeah, but what will we use as the treat at the end of their run?

Treats? ...No treats. ....Chase them with hammers!

Posted by: wheatie at June 02, 2012 08:25 AM (YzQ1g)

60 The Slinky Dog also has a spring for a tail but it is smaller and just a decoration. That wouldn't be part of the operation.

****

Well, of course not. If they REALLY want to turn them into athletes, they will substitute a monkey tail so that they can swing from trees.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 08:25 AM (piMMO)

61 Lots of men don't really figure out how to seduce women until they're old enough that most women worth seducing aren't even open to the possibility of being seduced by them.

I foresee bad things in your future. Very bad things.

Posted by: pep at June 02, 2012 08:25 AM (6TB1Z)

62
Treats? ...No treats. ....Chase them with hammers!

****

Works for me!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 08:25 AM (piMMO)

63 If we can eventually find a way to keep our bodies working and looking better longer, there will be many MANY more happy couples in their older ages who finally find happiness.

****

RIGHT!

Because men don't already have the edge on aging in a "distinguished" way.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 08:27 AM (piMMO)

64 As they say, youth is wasted on the young. Well what if we stick around long enough to really, finally get a second chance at it?

Posted by: BurtTC at June 02, 2012 12:23 PM (2pG7H)

Deciever! How can there be a woman not worth seducing?

Posted by: Slurpee Liberation Front at June 02, 2012 08:28 AM (NVu2l)

65 61 - I always say the good ones ARE happily married. The ones who are single after a certain age, there's a very good reason they're single, and it usually doesn't take long to figure out what it is. There are exceptions to every rule of course, but they are, indeed, exceptions.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 02, 2012 08:29 AM (2pG7H)

66 64 - I know, it's kinda like saying there's no such thing as bad pizza, and it's true... sort of. But honestly, I've had some really REALLY bad pizza in my day.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 02, 2012 08:31 AM (2pG7H)

67 Deciever! How can there be a woman not worth seducing?

Asking ? like that around here will spontaneously generate a RicRol'd Helen Thomas pic.

Posted by: DaveA at June 02, 2012 08:33 AM (NqmTy)

This is awesome news. I'm glad they were able to get the info out before they go under the Islamic long night. We will avenge them.

Unless, of course, we are executed for soda hoarding.

Posted by: Slurpee Liberation Front at June 02, 2012 08:34 AM (NVu2l)

69 Do they still market microwave pizza? That was some skanky pizza.

Posted by: Barney Frank at June 02, 2012 08:34 AM (niZvt)

70 63 If we can eventually find a way to keep our bodies working and looking better longer, there will be many MANY more happy couples in their older ages who finally find happiness. **** RIGHT! Because men don't already have the edge on aging in a "distinguished" way. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 12:27 PM (piMMO) That's just payback for all the school dances full of tall, fully developed girls and short squeaky-voiced nerd boys, NDH.

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 02, 2012 08:36 AM (niZvt)

71 Advances in medical science are truly amazing. I have keratoconus - a degenerative condition of the cornea (kind of like progressive astigmatism on steroids). 15 years ago, the only treatment was a corneal transplant. Now they can do therapies to stiffen the cornea, implant plastic "girdles", and do all sorts of amazing stuff.

They've also made huge advances in contact lens technologies. As a result, while I would be resigned to slowly going blind a short while ago, I now look forward to eventually getting almost perfect vision back.

I also look forward to getting new knees eventually.

The brain disfunction, I'm sorry to say, I'm stuck with. Once a Moron, always a Moron.

Posted by: RightWingProf at June 02, 2012 08:39 AM (bHgwn)

72 Asking ? like that around here will spontaneously generate a RicRol'd Helen Thomas pic.

Posted by: DaveA at June 02, 2012 12:33 PM (NqmTy)

I heard she gives a great gum job.

Posted by: Slurpee Liberation Front at June 02, 2012 08:40 AM (NVu2l)

73 How soon after the injury did the scientists start the treatment?

Posted by: eman at June 02, 2012 08:40 AM (6KkLK)

74 @72: Pass the brain bleach. Please.

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 02, 2012 08:41 AM (niZvt)

Some moron (and not in a good way) in the original comments section is pining over the rats.

Liberals attempt to ruin everything good, huh? Never happy, always bitching.

Posted by: 29Victor at June 02, 2012 08:44 AM (ES9R7)

Rats and humans differ only in a single atom in their DNA molecule!!!! Thus proving that Evolution by Natural Selection is TRUE!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Let me be the first to say . . . at June 02, 2012 08:48 AM (wMsKw)

77 Who did you vote for in the last election? Ohhhh, that's too bad. You're not eligible for spinal nerve repair... See ya!

Posted by: Obamacare Treatment Panel at June 02, 2012 08:49 AM (G9qZk)

78 Rats and humans differ only in a singleatom in their DNA molecule!!!! Thus proving that Evolution by Natural Selection is TRUE!!!!!!!! Posted by: Let me be the first to say . . . You win a cookie.

Posted by: eman at June 02, 2012 08:52 AM (6KkLK)

79 Rats are different than people, but they aren't that different. Me Mum was raped by a rat... I am not an animal- I am a libtard!

Posted by: Valerie Jarrat at June 02, 2012 08:52 AM (G9qZk)

80 71 Advances in medical science are truly amazing. I have keratoconus - a degenerative condition of the cornea (kind of like progressive astigmatism on steroids). 15 years ago, the only treatment was a corneal transplant. Now they can do therapies to stiffen the cornea, implant plastic "girdles", and do all sorts of amazing stuff.

This is a topic of real interest to me, since I also have keratoconus and had the corneal transplant about 15 years ago. My opthomalogist hasn't said anything to me about new procedures, but I suppose that's because I've already had the transplant.

Even better for you, when the zombie apocalypse comes, you won't have any zombies chasing you to get their cornea back.

Posted by: pep at June 02, 2012 08:54 AM (6TB1Z)

81 The Goddess Irony says the repaired rats will still get fed to the snakes in the lab down the hall.

Posted by: eman at June 02, 2012 08:57 AM (6KkLK)

82 Rats are different than people

But not very different from dogs.
Tasty, tasty ~~dog~~ rat.

Posted by: Barky Obama at June 02, 2012 08:58 AM (Qxdfp)

83 Do they still market microwave pizza?

That was some skanky pizza.

****

Red Baron microwave singles aren't bad.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 08:58 AM (piMMO)

84 This is a topic of real interest to me, since I also have keratoconus and had the corneal transplant about 15 years ago. My opthomalogist hasn't said anything to me about new procedures, but I suppose that's because I've already had the transplant. Even better for you, when the zombie apocalypse comes, you won't have any zombies chasing you to get their cornea back. Posted by: pep at June 02, 2012 12:54 PM (6TB1Z) I have keratoconus, too, and have been waiting for an alternative to corneal transplant. Excellent news.

Posted by: eman at June 02, 2012 08:59 AM (6KkLK)

85 I have keratoconus, too, and have been waiting for an alternative to corneal transplant.

Excellent news.

You haven't lived until they stick a hypodermic full of antibiotic into your eyeball, with the admonition that it may sting a bit.

Sting a bit as in full body rigor mortis.

Posted by: pep at June 02, 2012 09:15 AM (6TB1Z)

86 79: " Me Mum was raped by a rat..." Maybe it was just nesting?

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 02, 2012 09:19 AM (IGMB2)

87 34 Wow!
Where did they find so many rats with spinal cord injuries?

_________________
As God is my witness, I thought rats could fly.

Posted by: Lessons from the Ceramic Throne at June 02, 2012 09:20 AM (rz0yi)

88 Amateurs

Posted by: Dr. Victor Frankenstein at June 02, 2012 09:21 AM (qZb8X)

89 The Obama Administration estimates that this breakthrough will save Medicare millions of dollars because of all the tiny motorized wheelchairs that will no longer be needed.

Posted by: Cicero at June 02, 2012 09:23 AM (qhHI4)

90 Wow! This is the first I've heard about alterntive keratoconus treatment! I've got it, too, and my right eye has been largely useless for about six years now.

I figured it was gone for good.

Posted by: Kensington at June 02, 2012 09:24 AM (uaEZS)

Their America "tiny paralyzed rats suffer"

Our America "tiny paralyzed rats walk again and become rat olympians"

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 02, 2012 09:30 AM (RZ8pf)

92 90 Wow! This is the first I've heard about alterntive keratoconus treatment! I've got it, too, and my right eye has been largely useless for about six years now. I figured it was gone for good.

I spent my 20s like that. I highly recommend that you get the alternative treatments if they're right for you, but get the surgery if they aren't.

Posted by: pep at June 02, 2012 09:32 AM (6TB1Z)

93 My eye doc is involved in one of the corneal collagen crosslinking studies to treat keratoconus. It's amazing that a squirt of Vitamin B2 and looking into a UV light can (potentially and simplifying) treat a disease like that.

Posted by: J. Random Dude at June 02, 2012 09:38 AM (72afg)

94 I had Fuch's Dystropy. They went in and peeled off the back layer of my cornea and put in a donor layer. They put in a new lens (and did away with the cataracts) Put in an air bubble to hold it all in place. Had to look at the ceiling for 2 days. But I had 4 stitches instead of a bazillion and 1 week recovery time! Had worn glasses for 55 years, now wear readers occasionally. Ain't technology grand?

Posted by: Oklahoman at June 02, 2012 09:56 AM (A/bg2)

95 #36

Actually, there usually is a blood drive at Comicon, and there are drugs that can be used to induce high levels of tear production. Combine the two and you've got the nerds saving the world once again.

A genuine cure for a large portion of spinal injuries would save immense amounts of medical expense over the lifetime of the sufferer. I'd far rather see the government throw tax dollars into research for something like this than just throwing cash at life support for chronic conditions that are never going to get better left to themselves.

Posted by: epobirs at June 02, 2012 10:02 AM (kcfmt)

96 #88

Well, you didn't publish any of your techniques. What else can they do but start from scratch?

Posted by: epobirs at June 02, 2012 10:04 AM (kcfmt)

97 #54

chocolate ear marks.

Posted by: epobirs at June 02, 2012 10:08 AM (kcfmt)

98 and this breakthrough was awesomely accomplished without the use of embryonic stem cells.

Posted by: cheetah at June 02, 2012 10:40 AM (zXhtZ)

99 Very cool

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 02, 2012 10:46 AM (tWWSF)

100 >>Rats are different than people, but they aren't different.

That's right, we have a full Congress and White House full of them.

Posted by: sTevo at June 02, 2012 10:53 AM (VMcEw)

101 I thought this was an article about Alec Baldwin.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at June 02, 2012 10:56 AM (Qxdfp)

102 I'm not interested. I like my spine flexible.

Posted by: Richard Lugar, United States Senator at June 02, 2012 11:04 AM (IoNBC)

103 Does it only thtiffen thpines?

Posted by: Bawney Fwank at June 02, 2012 11:06 AM (IoNBC)

104 >> Paralyzed Rats Regain Full Motion & Nerve Control

Which nerves are we talking about exactly?

Posted by: Oh-so-horny Larry Flynt at June 02, 2012 11:16 AM (UCR1O)

105 My paraplegic father-in-law (a tough old WWII vet who did marine salvage operations) would never have his legs removed, because he figured as soon as he did, they would come up with a cure. I never told him how unlikely I thought that was. Wish he was still around to hear this.

Posted by: Mr. Khan at June 02, 2012 11:25 AM (6MiMG)

106 _________________
As God is my witness, I thought rats could fly.

Posted by: Lessons from the Ceramic Throne at June 02, 2012 01:20 PM (rz0yi)

*****

Just catching up and LMAO

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 12:08 PM (piMMO)

107 @64. How can there be a woman not worth seducing? Don't spend much time at the Walmart do ya.

Posted by: teej at June 02, 2012 12:20 PM (sbimF)

108 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at June 02, 2012 12:23 PM (Xb3hu)

109 If it doesn't involve dead babies, we don't care.

Mind you, we'll still run it on page B4 with headlines about "Stem Cells Cure Paralysis" and imply throughout that we mean the "good" stem cells that come from cloned, murdered, human babies.

Posted by: the MSM at June 02, 2012 12:51 PM (nrW1y)

110 109 comments, and nobody mentioned whose cheese got moved?

Posted by: comatus at June 02, 2012 05:52 PM (ZOlM3)

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