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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:18 pm
by GORDON
Once upon a time, I had a beloved kitty cat that contracted a blood disease. We could have kept her alive if once a month we would have gotten her a full blood transfusion.... which would have killed a different cat each month the blood was needed.
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:55 pm
by TheCatt
Are you equating killing kittens to stem cells?
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 8:06 pm
by GORDON
Just a parable; make you think.
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 8:18 pm
by Cakedaddy
Since my cats are the best cats in the whole wide world, the others become expendable.
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 10:23 pm
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote:Just a parable; make you think.
Well, not really.
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:20 pm
by GORDON
TheCatt wrote:GORDON wrote:Just a parable; make you think.
Well, not really.
Unfortunate.
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 5:11 pm
by Paul
AAAcualy, I saw some video of stem cells doing to pretty incredible things with rats. What I saw was:
They broke, and removed a chunk of the rat's spinal cord. Like, 2 or 3 vertabrae worth. Didn't just break, but actually removed it. So, there was a gap in the spinal cord. They put a glob of stem cells in there. And that's really what it was. Just a glob of it. The stem cells actually started reconnecting the cord. The rat started walking again. Cool thing was, the stem cells didn't connect the stuff correct. In other words, there's like tons of 'wires' going down your cord. When the stem cells reconnected them, it was all random. It didn't match the top half of the wire to the bottom half. So, they figured the rat was gonna be all mucked up. Brain sends a signal to move it's right leg down the old wire. But, the signal ended up in the left toe or something. Cool thing is, the brain figured this out. It eventually started sending the leg move signal down the wire that would actually move the leg. So, things were all jacked up, but the brain sent the signals down different wires till it figured it all out. The rat was able to walk again and was gaining aditional functions all the time. It was clumsy, but walking none the less. I was impressed as hell from that.
I hope that made sense.
Are you saying that we can now have a race of genetically enhanced super-rats?
Sweet!
I for one welcome our new vermin overlord. All hail Ben!
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 5:15 pm
by Paul
A) When I was a kid I remember my brother reading a story about a vampire cat.
B) I have eaten cat.
c) Cats are inferior pets.
D) 
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 5:26 pm
by GORDON
Schroedinger's Gordon: is he alive or dead? Somebody look!
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:17 pm
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote:TheCatt wrote:GORDON wrote:Just a parable; make you think.
Well, not really.
Unfortunate.
Not relevant enough.
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:24 pm
by GORDON
TheCatt wrote:GORDON wrote:TheCatt wrote:
Well, not really.
Unfortunate.
Not relevant enough.
I gave a little story that illustrates the opposite of my personal opinion of stem cell research.
It's deep or something.
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:35 pm
by Kabup
TheCatt wrote:Kabup wrote:Alright, go ahead, say 'What a pussie', or whatever.
But I believe there´s something more to life than buying the latest DVD player or having a 40" television in your room.
I<s>´m</s> know what I´m talking about. I've already seen that. Hundreds of miles burned<s>,</s> to become a cow<s>´s</s> farm, and make money for someone, living elsewhere, to have a good life.
Good for that guy. Bad for me. And for you, although you don´t know it.
I think that's what he meant.
You´re right. Sorry, English is my second language.
And fell free to fix my posts, I can learn from it.
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:37 pm
by GORDON
So what's your first language.
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 8:53 pm
by Kabup
Portuguese, I´m from Brazil.
I can read English very well, no trouble on that, but to speak... it´s a pain.
This forums are making me to work hard, I´m learning.
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 9:12 pm
by GORDON
Well hell... your written English is a crapload better than my Portuguese. 
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 9:46 pm
by TPRJones
Hell, his English is better than most forum visitors for whom English is their first language.
This place is more gramatically correct than most by a wide margin.
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 11:03 am
by mbilderback
TPRJones wrote:Hell, his English is better than most forum visitors for whom English is their first language.
This place is more gramatically correct than most by a wide margin.
Amen to that.
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:00 pm
by Kabup
Good to listen that.
You must see my German writing, looks like a Orc.
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:57 pm
by Leisher
Hey Gordo.
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 12:14 am
by GORDON
Bump?