At 08:20 PM 1/9/03 -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Of sorts, that is.
http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=030109&cat=frontpage&st=frontpagestroke_bat030109&src=abc
An excerpt:
Research in this week's issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association says a rare protein in the saliva of vampire bats appears promising in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke — the kind of stroke caused by a blood clot that blocks blood supply to the brain.
"So, sir, I hope you don't mind if we injest you with bat spit to save your life." :-)
Really, though, how is that any more "Ew, gross!" than doctors using live leeches to help restore proper blood flow in a reattached limb, or live maggots to remove necrotic tissue?
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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