> -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 6:47 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Mice Regenerate limbs,hearts and other organs! > > http://tinyurl.com/88mum > > " SCIENTISTS have created "miracle mice" that can regenerate amputated > limbs or damaged vital organs, making them able to recover from > injuries that would kill or permanently disable normal animals. > > The experimental animals are unique among mammals in their ability to > regrow their heart, toes, joints and tail.
I dunno... perhaps the article is misrepresenting the research but, unless the regeneration is nearly instantaneous could any animal live without a heart long enough to regrow it? Without the blood pumping to carry oxygen to the cells how would their be enough energy to continue the regeneration process? And how would such a process keep up with the massive amount of other cell death that no pumping blood would cause? Seems hinky to me. The rest seems perfectly understandable (toes, tail, etc) - but I don't see how any organism, even if it could regenerate, could survive when a vital organ was destroyed if the regeneration process took longer than the organism could live without the organ... and I have to assume that the regeneration process would take longer. Still very interesting! Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:172375 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
