This could put Saw Stop out of business!
Came accross this today:
NEW YORK – Researchers are trying to find ways to regrow fingers – and someday, even limbs – with tricks that sound like magic spells from a Harry Potter novel.
There’s the guy who sliced off a fingertip but grew it back, after he treated the wound with an extract of pig bladder. And the scientists who grow extra arms on salamanders. And the laboratory mice with the eerie ability to heal themselves.
This summer, scientists are planning to see whether the powdered pig extract can help injured soldiers regrow parts of their fingers. And a large federally funded project is trying to unlock the secrets of how some animals regrow body parts so well, with hopes of applying the lessons to humans.
The implications for regrowing fingers go beyond the cosmetic. People who are missing all or most of their fingers, as from an explosion or a fire, often can’t pick things up, brush their teeth or button a button. If they could grow even a small stub, it could make a huge difference in their lives.
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Hastings
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you mean they don't grow back now???
Those who have cut off their nose to spite their face, will be able to have a second chance.
"And the scientists who grow extra arms on salamanders. " Salamanders have been regrowing lost limbs since long before scientists existed, LOL.
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
"extra arms" perhaps 12 arms on one salamander. Not sure how usefull that would be though.
"Not sure how usefull that would be though." Complex glue-ups come to mind. ;-)forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
last time I had some salamanders do glue up work they made a mess. I can't see a single 12 arm salamander doing any better.
Think about it. With extra arms we wouldn't need feather boards or hold downs when we push wood through the table saw. Rich
Hastings: Have you seen the story on the "Bionic Eye"? Just as you read in a sci-fi book: electronic eye connected to the retina. The story is in all the papers etc.
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All this talk of growing back severed limbs and bionic eyes reminded me of this post from the Knots archives:
http://forums.taunton.com/fw-knots/messages?msg=29983.130
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