Scientists Trick Flatworms Into Growing Brains Of Other Species
- Thread starter Fanghawk
- Start date
What kind of creepy God do you believe in who regularly cuts heads of things to see what happens?Karadalis said:
While this is all very interesting, I saw the thumbnail for this article before I read the title.
And my mind interpreted it as... rather adult. I was wondering why the Escapist was doing a news piece on those sorts of toys.
And my mind interpreted it as... rather adult. I was wondering why the Escapist was doing a news piece on those sorts of toys.
Why does this feel like very clever viral marketing for either a new Stephen king book/show or Spore 2?
But it is fun playing God.
But it is fun playing God.
Say, isn't this how Swamp Thing came about? That everything in the swamp - including the flatworms - ate his body and grew the new him?
Yeah, this is totally useless. Why do scientists waste time on trying to figure out how we can get stem cells to differentiate into other cell types than what they would otherwise turn into? This is especially useless since it's in vivo. Seriously scientists, why don't you focus on applied science rather than trying to get a basic understanding of things first?DoctorM said:
That sounds great. we can force cell growth to take forms that are different than the genetic coding. meaning we can literally grow organs that are different from the ones in genetic material. this could have so many applications in biological augmentation.
oh, id love Spore 2. just i wish they would do it properly and not the rushed mess that Spore 1 was. and let us stay a bit longer than a few seconds in each stage before space.Silentpony said:
Japonica is latin for dickhead... Well, that is how I interpret it from the picure!Katherine Kerensky said:
OT: An interesting read. The pics of the results are just freaky though. It reminds me of monsters in early Final Fantasy games... the second image is just the palette swapped versions you find in later dungeons.
I'm not sure if you're joking or if you misunderstood. Planaria felina is a species of flatworm.Frankster said:
This experiment is actually trying to determine how we can manipulate developmental pathways to grow specific structures. Stem cell research is actually held back by the fact that making the cells become what we want is incredibly complex. This lets us study simple characteristics, but it might actually lead us closer to using stem cells for medical purposes. It's a small step and I think we're still a long way from that to be feasible. I hope I'll be alive when the first attempts in humans are tested, but I'm not holding out too much hope.Dr. Crawver said:
Clearly the next step is to make the dog/bird hybrids from Bloodborne. What could possibly go wrong?
Okay first off? Right off the bat? Either you people are desperately horny and haven't noticed, or you need to see more penises... Or a mixture of the two, because those worms didn't look like penises to me. That a thing is long and possibly curved does not a penis look necessarily give. Porn and sex people, get going.
That is really neat. Unfortunately sounds like any permanent change would require permanent stimulation - DON'T RUB THE WORMS! - because after a short time they revert to their normal developmental processes. What this situation obviously calls for is a serious investigation by Krieger.
That is really neat. Unfortunately sounds like any permanent change would require permanent stimulation - DON'T RUB THE WORMS! - because after a short time they revert to their normal developmental processes. What this situation obviously calls for is a serious investigation by Krieger.
This reminds me of some plant physiology techniques. Interesting.
Are they tapeworms? They look more like Turbellaria to me.CaitSeith said: