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Topic: Turns Out Female Mammals Actually *Do* Generate Eggs After Birth
reader
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posted March 10, 2004 02:01 PM
Fascinating. Thanks for posting the link.
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gwan
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posted March 10, 2004 02:03 PM
That is kind of interesting, I've never thought about that before.
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Book
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posted March 10, 2004 02:03 PM
Hey, now I can use "Hey, I bet you didn't know that a new study in mice suggests female mammals produce eggs after birth," as a pick up line. [ March 10, 2004, 02:12 PM: Message edited by: Book ]
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eslaine
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posted March 10, 2004 02:07 PM
Stem cell research should continue if only for that purpose....
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PSI Teleport
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posted March 10, 2004 02:07 PM
Wow, my mom told me this when I learned about reproduction. Could it be my mom was actually right about something???
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rivka
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posted March 10, 2004 02:09 PM
Oh, cool ! And the potential uses are great. Just watch, soon they'll determine that we actually CAN grow new nerve cells as adults, too.
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Noemon
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posted March 10, 2004 02:12 PM
Actually, rivka, I think they've already realized that. It's startling, isn't it? I'll see if I can dig up some articles for you.
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rivka
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posted March 10, 2004 02:15 PM
New cells ? Chris Reeve'll be happy . . . I thought it was just new parts of existing cells, and some of the "support" cells.
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aka
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posted March 10, 2004 02:32 PM
This is very cool! I love Noemon's cool science links!
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Noemon
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posted March 10, 2004 02:59 PM
Thanks Anne Kate! Rivka--well...you may be right. I thought, though, that they had discovered that under very limited circumstances new nerve cells were produced, and that they were working to harness that so as to allow for full spinal regeneration. I think I read that they'd managed to reconnect a severed spinal cord in a rat, but that it hadn't regained full mobility for some reason. Does that ring a bell with anybody? I haven't had time to dig for a link.
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Bob the Lawyer
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posted March 10, 2004 03:05 PM
I'm pretty sure I remember reading something like that as well.
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rivka
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posted March 10, 2004 03:07 PM
Hmm. A vague bell. Is it this ?
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Dan_raven
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posted March 10, 2004 03:07 PM
You will like them Sam-I-Am You will like Green Eggs and Ham mmmmm Mammal eggs.
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Noemon
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posted March 10, 2004 03:21 PM
Yep Rivka, that looks like what I was thinking of (well, that and the related stories in the sidebar). Bob--yeah that is cool, isn't it?
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Christy
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posted March 10, 2004 03:39 PM
That's funny, a guy I work with had just mentioned this to me, but couldn't remember where he had read it. That's amazing news!
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