DailyDirt: Braaiiins...
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
Halloween is here, so what better time to talk about human brains? Zombies are always looking to eat fresh human brains, and evil scientists need to re-stock their supply of replacement organs, too. So here are just a few links for any parties that might be interested in getting their hands on some grey matter.- Whole brain transplants don't seem to be a practical medical procedure (yet), but maybe brain tissue engineering could help people with brain damage with brain grafts. Restoring neural pathways would be tricky, and growing viable brain tissue isn't a walk in the park either. [url]
- Dr. Robert White performed some experiments that could have been useful for doing a human brain transplant. White successfully removed a living monkey's head and attached it to another monkey's body -- and it survived for about a week. [url]
- A human brain about 2,684 years old was found, preserved in a bog, in excellent condition for its age. It apparently belonged to an Iron Age man who was hanged and decapitated -- and when 2,684 years old you reach, look as good you will not. [url]
- Scientists have isolated the brains of monkeys, dogs and cats -- keeping them alive for varying amounts of time without a body -- and a guinea pig brain has lasted about 8 hours in a fluid-filled tank. This is a repeatable procedure, but it apparently requires a lot of attention to keep the guinea pig brain going (and it only works for a day). [url]
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Brain transplants will be great until they use the brain marked Abby someone.
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Here's Joss Whedon on Romney, zombies, and brains...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TiXUF9xbTo
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bwahahaha, that was great!
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