Comments for "Regenerative Powder Grows Back Man's Severed Fingertip" Video at VideoSift.com

By uhohzombies

uhohzombies (http://uhohzombies.videosift.com) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:27:09 -0700

And to think our current government wants to limit or halt this kind of research altogether.

By my15minutes

my15minutes (http://my15minutes.videosift.com) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:23:21 -0700

^ yep. one of the biggest issues of the '06 midterms, other than the war.

remember how Michael J Fox came out to support Claire McCaskill?

but instead of rational debate from the GOP, we get an ad hom puppetshow.

By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://marinegunrock.videosift.com) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:29:00 -0700

That's not true. They have simply refused to fund research into infantile stem cells. That is not what this is.

By uhohzombies

uhohzombies (http://uhohzombies.videosift.com) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:26:53 -0700

>> ^MarineGunrock:
That's not true. They have simply refused to fund research into infantile stem cells. That is not what this is.

Fair enough. I was generalizing a bit. Still an important issue to be considered because they are impeding on research that can potentially save lives and vastly improve the quality of life for many people. Just my personal opinion though, I know some people have a different view on when "life" begins (even though it's okay to kill hundreds of thousands of already born Iraqis overseas, just so long as we don't harm a complex cellular organism with no recognizable human features).

By JAPR

JAPR (http://www.videosift.com/member/JAPR) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:01:27 -0700

This is amazing, and I hope it makes the top 15.

By PlayerX

PlayerX (http://www.videosift.com/member/PlayerX) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:24:43 -0700

According to this recent Scientific American article (Page 4), finger-tips grow back naturally. They're one of the few body parts that do.

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=regrowing-human-limbs&ec=su_limbs

By JAPR

JAPR (http://www.videosift.com/member/JAPR) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:36:06 -0700

Yet I know many people who lost their fingertips, never to have them grow back.

By spoco2

spoco2 (http://www.videosift.com/member/spoco2) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:02:37 -0700

Thanks for that info PlayerX, didn't know that. So effectively this just encourages a natural process at present. (And JAPR if you put skin over the wound or otherwise stop it from naturally healing then it will impede the regrowth, which is what happens to many people and their chopped off fingers)

Also note this doesn't include bone.

Pretty darn cool, but not the limb regenerator we were hoping for!