MetaFilter posts tagged with Regeneration

Big bladder heals. Vegetarians at an impasse.

Alex404 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:38:53 -0800

Video of man regrowing finger. Although covered before, we now have video. WATCH THE VIDEO.

Regrowing Limbs

homunculus — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:40:06 -0800

Can People Regenerate Body Parts? "Progress on the road to regenerating major body parts, salamander-style, could transform the treatment of amputations and major wounds."

Man gave birth to a upper jaw.

Free word order! — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:49:19 -0800

Grow your own spare parts. At last we're regenerating properly. Scientists took stem cells from patients fat tissue, cultivated bone cells from them, crafted a nice comfy titanium cage where to grow and put the cage into man's abdomen. After 9 months, install new upper jaw.

Sea squirts are totally sweet

homunculus — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:58:32 -0800

Sea Squirt Regrows Entire Body from One Blood Vessel. Most famous as the creature that settles down and eats its own brain (though that is not exactly correct), it appears the humble sea squirt has spectacular regenerative abilities as well, thanks to regeneration niches packed with stem cells. All glory to the sea squirt!

"Keep the tip"

orthogonality — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:33:55 -0800

"Up to about age 2, people can consistently regrow fingertips...." If you're older, try extract of pig-bladder. Or, if you don't mind the lupus, a Heber-Katz's Murphy Roths Large.

* Makes TARDIS noise, dematerializes*

PinkStainlessTail — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:59:39 -0800

Christopher Eccleston, the new Doctor Who, has tendered his resignation. Geez, his first episode wasn't that bad.