Scientists aim to regenerate soldiers' lost limbs

[Call me Deacon Blues]

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.

[ClassWarrior]

1. Doc Conners tried that. Turned him into The Lizard.

Nuff said.

16+5=2006

NGU.

[saigon68]

16. I WONDER IF JOHN WAYNE BOBBIT IS EXCITED.?

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

[MGKrebs]

2. One million dollars??? That's all?

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.

[Lost-in-FL]

4. If soldiers are defending coorporate greed...

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

[onehandle]

3. Bullshit. This medical technology won't be here for decades.

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.

[Mythsaje]

5. ASIA will have it

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

[Catch22Dem]

6. Or longer if we have elected fundies who refuse to see...

the benefit of stem cell research.

[PATRICK]

10. Parallel ludicrous hope

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.

[KittyWampus]

7. If one keeps skin from growing back, fingers etc might regenerate

trouble would be keeping area from getting infected.

[Kailassa]

8. Try translating this out of the "Newspeak".

Newspeak:

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.

Translation into English:

AP -- PITTSBURGH - Like in every war, the war in Iraq has seen huge numbers of injuries due to surprise bomb attacks. Unprecedented troops are surviving those attacks, though lost limbs or severe burns have left many of them now unproductive as battlebots. That has led researchers to create the Soldier Recycling Consortium with the goal of harvesting body parts, like hearts and brains, to donate to the countries leaders, who, at present, have neither.

Researchers say the advancements could have a broad impact well beyond the battlefield. The consortium, which includes the backing of the military, is also considering the largely untapped resources within America to be used in the production of body parts, fertilizer and Soylent Green.

[Javaman]

9. I remember first reading about this about 26 years ago...

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. :)

[htuttle]

11. Yup -- gonna be kind of hard to do that without stem cell research

[M155Y_A1CH]

12. The next million will go....

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

[anotherdrew]

13. anyone else? or just soldiers? n/t

[DBoon]

14. Too bad they can't regenerate our leaders' souls

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

[eppur_se_muova]

15. $1M? Feel-good money. Chump change for research this basic. nt

[w4rma]

17. Yup. 1 million is about enough to get a couple of articles in the news

and thats all it's enough for.

[daleo]

18. I expect to see the draft re-generated

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

[henslee]

19. But they'll be doing it without stem cell technology.