> Larry wrote: > I canno see how that part of the brain can be regenerated at all. It > contains the most complex axions and nerve cells, along with support > cells etc. Any therapy which could possibly regenerate this part of > the brain would be major news. >
Yeah, and my speculation would be that even if you could, at some damage point the original encoding that holds memories and personality is gone. That is, to bring back Terri you'd have to be able to restore not only the cells but also the "state" or the programming that existed before the damage. Obviously there's a bio-electrical mechanism that stores and processes this data so the question is at what point is the data destroyed beyond restoration? Today we can't even restore cells which would mean the first question for Ms. Schiavo is can the body regenerate those cells itself or might there be some therapy that could do it in the future? Either way there's almost a 100% probability that she's gone forever since even if that happened she'd need the encoding back too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148768 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
