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garrie
Sub Adult

United Kingdom
1148 Posts

Posted - 31/10/2011 : 22:28:34

http://io9.com/5854605/a-recipe-for-growing-bigger-hearts-found-in-the-blood-of-pythons

Ooooh, the possibilities!

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Sta~ple
qeeun speler

United Kingdom
6129 Posts

Posted - 01/11/2011 : 08:54:25

What could they use if for though?

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stotty01
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United Kingdom
1168 Posts

Posted - 01/11/2011 : 21:23:16

cool story :)

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Dancross0
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United Kingdom
1315 Posts

Posted - 02/11/2011 : 14:00:36

I love stuff like this. The applications for this is great. It'll help people with poor circulation, athletes, and probably help with many sorts of breathing disorder.

I read the other day about glucose powered cells. They run off sugar and water in the body and produce an electric current, which would be ideal for people fitted with pacemakers, and they are devoloping prostectic limbs that can be run off of the cells.

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garrie
Sub Adult

United Kingdom
1148 Posts

Posted - 02/11/2011 : 15:08:08

It is all fascinating stuff I reckon, science is advancing at such an incredible pace!

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Kez
Hatchling

United Kingdom
378 Posts

Posted - 02/11/2011 : 18:41:00

Wow, it's fascinating, so many possibilities!

I'm a diabetic who is now insulin dependent, but prior to that I was a human guinea pig trialling a new drug called Byetta (aka Exenatide). It was made using the saliva of a gila monster (a big black and orange monitor) as scientists realised that the species could go for long periods of time without food. It worked in several ways for diabetics, one meaning that it caused you to feel full for longer thus helping weight loss which in turns helps bring down blood sugars. It also worked by getting your pancreas to kick in with insulin so that after 15 mins you could eat a meal and it would be processed properly, rather than leaving the high levels of sugar in your blood caused by unprocessed food due to lack of insulin.

It's very complex and unfortunately, made me so ill that I believed I had become destined to be housebound. Having said that, it works for many, many other diabetics and for a lot of them is a real godsend as it means that they don't have to become dependent upon insulin, which can cause all sorts of other issues in itself.

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