NEWS: Growing Life from the Dead

GEEK: Growing Life from the Dead

Published in the journal Nature Medicine, the results of a team of US scientists’ stem cell research have created a pitter-patter* of excitement among the medical community.

You’re goddamn right; they brought a heart back from the dead. The process is already used to create small amounts of heart tissue and blood vessels. A whole heart seemed like the logical next step.

At some point in the future, the researchers hope that this method will be used to create new, healthy organs from the stripped organ “scaffolds” of pigs or human cadavers. Using cells from the recipient’s own body in order to reduce the rate of rejection, they could craft a new organ and transplant it instead of waiting for a suitable donor.

Go ahead and hurry up on that, guys.

* Bad pun: accomplished.

punk does have a slight fear of rat zombies.

Fuck the zombie rats it's the damn zombie dogs that scare the hell outta me.

"How is this news?"

Somewhere, Poe's corpse just shuddered.

Somewhere, Poe's corpse just shuddered.

I didn't write it, chief, they did.

What could go wrong!?!

As a resident of NYC let me say gee thanks just what we need - super-rats

They did this a couple of years ago with a dog. He was only dead for a few hours though.

Please I have ridden the NYC subway system, you guys already HAVE super rats, I'm surprised they don't mug people at knife point with their prehensile blade wielding tails for cheese at this point.

Do you have a link? I've only ever heard that a dog was brought back after being fully drained of blood and cryogenically preserved for a few hours.

Additionally, the article does not state that the animals were brought back to life; merely that new heart cells could be used to regenerate an organ.

Yeah, that was the one. I don't have a link though, I had read it in the NY Post.

Aside from the OMG, WTF factor, this could be pretty cool.

But then again, the likelihood that this organ regrowing procedure will be ready for use in the next twenty years seems slim.

Ohfuckohfuckohfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck.

/sharpens machete...

/loads shotgun

/gets RPG out of the shed

I don't think there was any animal re-animation in this case.
Just the heart, and even that was completely rebuilt. Like a 37 Ford stripped to the frame.
The heart was stripped down collagenic structure and implanted with fresh cells, which then grew in a lab, presumably in a solution or petri dish, and when adequately grown performed their normal function as heart muscles.

Sounds fascinating.

Okay, lovely. Yes, science is amazing. We know this. But some things should just be left alone. Like the dead.

Kindle will be re-reading her copy of the "The Zombie Survival Guide" just in case. There will probably be a new spot for it under her pillow, too.

Yes but now not even you will be able to kill them... When they finish with us they will come for you

/eats some pie

Sounds like everyone's favorite mad scientist is back at work.

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/grabs spatula

Let me stick with you guys. I can't do much... But I am the master of unlocking.

Just remember, folks:

Greatest original RE reference EVER dude.

Tho Don't wear the shoulder pads and Beret they looked silly enough on Jill.

/grabs sword and pwns