Scientists aim to regenerate soldiers' lost limbs

Iraq's legacy of hundreds of amputees spurs research race

AP -- PITTSBURGH - Like no war before, the war in Iraq has seen unprecedented numbers of injuries due to surprise bomb attacks. And like no other war before, troops are often surviving those attacks, though many of them lose limbs or suffer severe burns. That has led researchers to create the Soldier Treatment and Regeneration Consortium with the goal of growing back body parts, like ears and fingers, and treating burns.

Researchers say the advancements could have a broad impact well beyond the battlefield. The consortium, which includes the backing of the military, received $1 million in funding from the federal government last week.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11748883/

Too bad they won't be able to re-grow the psyche. What a bunch of freakin morons. What are they gonna do, lay on hands and shout HEAL!?? Can you say stem cells? Sorry, Army guys, Reverend Dobson says it's a SIN against Jay-sus to take away a man's god-given right to be a quadruple amputee. Christ on a crutch, what a bunch of assholes.

Nuff said.

16+5=2006

NGU.

Frankenpenis

Starring John Wayne Bobbit

After one slice of the knife almost ends his sex life, another promises to improve it.

John Wayne Bobbit is back with his new and improved member. He's anxious to try out his new little friend and he does with many beautiful women.

lINK: http://www.evn.com/bobbit.html

Pathetic.

I don't know if there is any chance of this being a realistic pursuit or not, but if we are willing to chip in $1 million, why not $10 million? I mean, c'mon, one million is only enough to set up an office and write another grant request.

Why don't they (coorporations) take part of the tab?

At the rate we're killing science, I doubt we'll see sci-fi medicine like that until next century.

Europe will have it Long before we will.

long before we will...Europe soon after them.

the benefit of stem cell research.

to current controversy. That is how the "miracle cure for cancer" and "new advances" constantly make the news to offset the unmistakable links to cigarette smoking causing cancer. It is so natural for such hope to be touted to offset preventable tragedy that it doesn't take much to keep it going as a media sidebar.

Their whole approach to science is shallow, meant to divert people from crises and choices, and as routine as the sunrise.

They don;t even notice, these avid buffs of "news" that the Pentagon chump change for this pathetic hope is a token insult. They give more funding to mind control and PR than they ever would to medical research that might benefit their soldiers. Or a new screwdriver or anything.

it is only when you get irritated by these blurbs for being particularly offensive that you notice they can't cover any story right and never probe, never stray from predictable incompetence serving national misconceptions.

trouble would be keeping area from getting infected.

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Translation into English:

I was in high school at the time and my dad had shown me an article from (I think) popular science in which a doctor/researcher at an upstate NY VA hospital was doing tests on vets that weren't able to heal various bone fractures properly. He stated that given very small amounts of electricity to the effected area, the bone was starting to regenerate. He had a very high level of success rate. He had gone on to say, that in lab tests on rats, he was able to regenerate the paw of a rat that was severed.

I never heard another thing again, until this report. I doubt that that doctor is involved in this latest research, but it's really interesting to see that it's come a long way. :)

to the producers of the "Living Dead" movies.
:puffpiece:

Then there would not be so many soldiers with missing limbs in the first place

and thats all it's enough for.

Before any soldier regrows even the last few millimeters of a pinky finger.