 Angelmassb
Male, 18-29, S. America
 15474 Posts
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 5:07:14 PM
Umbrella company must be behind all this |
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 Aedran
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
295 Posts
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 1:58:22 PM
@Isobel, by nerve-regeneration, they mean the dendrites and axons are regrowing, not the cell-body. The cell body is very much alive, just not able to communicate. Thus, no cell-regeneration is going on.
/facepalm |
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 Isobel
Female, 18-29, Europe
248 Posts
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 11:29:52 AM
@Justin9235: "And those of you who speak of immortality or resurrection are idiots and don't understand basic biology /facepalm Nerves = feeling ... cells = life. If it was cellular regeneration, then yes we're talking about never aging and never dying of old age. "
/Facepalm
Nerves are made of neural cells.
Nerve regeneration = cellular regeneration. |
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Aedran
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
295 Posts
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 11:25:48 AM
"So while they're hiding out from shotgun-wielding day-walkers, they can be making zombie babies."
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You're right. Let's just go with our original plan. o.o;; |
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 beternal
Male, 18-29, Europe
1848 Posts
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 5:32:39 AM
ooo, knockout mutants... science has made a giant leap!!!
/sarcasm
There are tons of ways they could have done this... knockouts, upregulation, gene silencing/ RNAi... or even just running all the cellular proteins on an SDS gel and cutting the axon then doing it again and doing a 'spot the difference'
meh |
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 SvampeBob
Male, 18-29, Europe
3088 Posts
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 5:16:39 AM
zombie babies
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 CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 1:13:08 AM
How the hell did this get twisted into a 'Zombie' conversation ? |
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 skullgrin
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
855 Posts
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 12:43:29 AM
even if zombies could feel pain, they would still need the brain power to realize getting shot going after a human is going to hurt. It would only help slow their attacks down, but it wouldnt stop them from coming altogether |
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 xelous
Male, 18-29, Western US
2535 Posts
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Saturday, September 24, 2011 10:29:44 PM
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 OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8748 Posts
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Saturday, September 24, 2011 10:08:10 PM
Of course, if zombies could feel pain, they would also feel pleasure, giving them an incentive to reproduce. So while they're hiding out from shotgun-wielding day-walkers, they can be making zombie babies. |
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Aedran
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
295 Posts
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Saturday, September 24, 2011 8:15:09 PM
@Justin9235
Actually, if you think about it, this would be the end to a zombie apocalypse. If zombies were capable of feeling pain, they would run away from people (or be unable to move after getting shot because the pain was so bad). Eventually they would avoid humanity at all costs and cases of Zombies would be minimal. Then we'd hunt them down from helicopters. Mass extinction of the zombie race. Course...getting this into the zombie population would be a problem.
I digress. Clearly, Piperfawn (or IAB if they changed his original caption) does not understand biology. |
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 Justin9235
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
1560 Posts
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Saturday, September 24, 2011 7:14:47 PM
Nothing stated in here has anything to do with zombies. And those of you who speak of immortality or resurrection are idiots and don't understand basic biology /facepalm Nerves = feeling ... cells = life. If it was cellular regeneration, then yes we're talking about never aging and never dying of old age.
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 AirborneJT
Male, 18-29, Western US
127 Posts
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Saturday, September 24, 2011 3:48:35 PM
Don't you guys watch zombie movies? There is never mention of zombies until it is too late. I've wanted to get a rifle for a while... maybe this is a sign that I should? |
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 bigbangbilly
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
705 Posts
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Saturday, September 24, 2011 3:33:28 PM
Closer to immortality
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grindinblade
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
229 Posts
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Saturday, September 24, 2011 3:03:03 PM
We always new that peripheral nerves (ie the ones in your arms & legs) can regrow, but CNS (ie brain and spine) can't. This just gives us a mechanism, not sure how useful it will be, I'd worry if you inhibit they growth inhibitor that you could develop CNS tumors. We'll see if this leads anywhere though, good find. |
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 Pooptart19
Male, 18-29, Southern US
2101 Posts
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Saturday, September 24, 2011 2:56:11 PM
No mention of anything zombie-related. tsk tsk |
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 Theyoyoguy
Male, 18-29, Western US
443 Posts
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Saturday, September 24, 2011 2:52:35 PM
All nerve repair will do is bring feeling back to disabled limbs. Not resurrect a dead person..
Also, perhaps the scientists could somehow salvage the axon growth inhibitors to have medication specifically damage the axons in a certain area of the body and restricting axon growth temporarily, becoming a fast acting painkiller, but at the expense of losing all feeling wherever the pain is. |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23995 Posts
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Saturday, September 24, 2011 2:27:41 PM
Sweet... one step close to zombie world. So what will be first zombies or robots to take over the world! |
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 Revolutioniz
Male, 18-29, Western US
914 Posts
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Saturday, September 24, 2011 2:23:41 PM
Wtf? the thumb nail stole my picture! |
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Aedran
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
295 Posts
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Saturday, September 24, 2011 2:13:17 PM
Yes. Nerve repair =/= resurrection |
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 piperfawn
Male, 30-39, Europe
3165 Posts
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Friday, September 23, 2011 7:24:54 PM
Link: Biologists Discover Genes That Repair Nerves [Rate Link] - Am I the only one that thinks this is the classic begin of a Zombie Apocalypse? |
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