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Re: Total Medical Awesomeness

Postby TA1LGUNN3R on Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:17 pm

thegreekdog wrote:
TA1LGUNN3R wrote:Yeah that's what caught my eye as well.

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I think people can do eye transplants as well.


I wish they did. I'd totally get in on that. I have terrible vision.

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Re: Total Medical Awesomeness

Postby natty dread on Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:10 pm

Artificial eyes have been done. That's pretty awesome - they connect a small video camera to the visual cortex. They don't give as good vision as real eyes, but for people who are totally blind they sure are an improvement.
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Re: Total Medical Awesomeness

Postby safariguy5 on Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:35 pm

natty_dread wrote:Artificial eyes have been done. That's pretty awesome - they connect a small video camera to the visual cortex. They don't give as good vision as real eyes, but for people who are totally blind they sure are an improvement.

I've heard about stuff like that, I think they give decent peripheral vision, but if you are just a little nearsighted or something, I think Lasik is still the way to go.

I'll be impressed when they can do that Minority Report stuff.
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Re: Total Medical Awesomeness

Postby PLAYER57832 on Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:44 pm

safariguy5 wrote:
natty_dread wrote:Artificial eyes have been done. That's pretty awesome - they connect a small video camera to the visual cortex. They don't give as good vision as real eyes, but for people who are totally blind they sure are an improvement.

I've heard about stuff like that, I think they give decent peripheral vision, but if you are just a little nearsighted or something, I think Lasik is still the way to go.

I'll be impressed when they can do that Minority Report stuff.

They have devices that can help with certain kinds of macular generation, etc. The thing about eye transplants, apparently, is that they are best for people who have had vision. Else, they can be simply disorienting.
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Re: Total Medical Awesomeness

Postby BigBallinStalin on Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:31 pm

This will be me 40 years from now:

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Re: Total Medical Awesomeness

Postby TA1LGUNN3R on Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:03 pm

bump.

Exciting stuff for nerve regeneration!!

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/first-randomised-controlled-trial-to-show-spinal-cord-regeneration-in-dogs/

tl;dr Paralyzed dogs were implanted with a type of olfactory cell (cultured from themselves) which facilitated regeneration in their spinal cords, allowing to regain use of their legs. What's so great about this is that the dogs' paralysis wasn't medically induced by the researchers, these were all dogs whose injuries came about naturally. Awesomesauce.

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Re: Total Medical Awesomeness

Postby BigBallinStalin on Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:50 pm

TA1LGUNN3R wrote:bump.

Exciting stuff for nerve regeneration!!

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/first-randomised-controlled-trial-to-show-spinal-cord-regeneration-in-dogs/

tl;dr Paralyzed dogs were implanted with a type of olfactory cell (cultured from themselves) which facilitated regeneration in their spinal cords, allowing to regain use of their legs. What's so great about this is that the dogs' paralysis wasn't medically induced by the researchers, these were all dogs whose injuries came about naturally. Awesomesauce.

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They sniffed their legs back into motion?
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Re: Total Medical Awesomeness

Postby TA1LGUNN3R on Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:01 pm

Yes. If a dog sniffs its own ass then they can cure themselves. Now modern medicine is utilizing this for future applications.

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