Johnny "Ratman" Carruthers announced today that he hopes to pick up his guitar again soon, and that his recovery has inspired another album in him to rival his blockbuster breakout, "Ciphogene Blues".
-- Steve's baby left him, just to make him cry/and the rent money's gone, but he just won't quit and die... *guitar slide*
I was tempted to post this, for the benefit of mjschaef, but it's only good for immediate treatment of the injury and not a cure for a 5 year old spinal injury.
as sick as it is, there is a tiny part of me that says "hmmm may be if i get a spinal injury, i can get blue dye treatment and be the first blue human!"
"Nedergaard agrees that more research is necessary, and her group hopes to pursue a phase I clinical trial as soon they can get funding. Unfortunately, because blue food dye is so cheap, they’re not likely to find a drug company to sponsor the trials. “There’s no commercial interest because you can buy it by the pound,”"
So, we have research that could change the lives of millions of injured people around the world, but because it won't make a huge profit, no one wants to sponsor it. How sad (although not surprising)
I was instantly cheered up by looking at the blue rat again though m- how cute!
Considering the difference in costs between blue food colouring and cultured stem-cells (which I am fairly certain are used for most traditional approaches), the cost would be somewhat lessened though I do agree that it wouldn't be nearly as extreme as my earlier hyperbole might indicate.
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Date: 2009-07-29 08:28 pm (UTC)-- Steve's baby left him, just to make him cry/and the rent money's gone, but he just won't quit and die... *guitar slide*
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Date: 2009-07-29 10:26 pm (UTC)ORSON SCOTT CARD WAS RIGHT
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Date: 2009-07-30 12:12 am (UTC)kind of twisted
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Date: 2009-08-01 11:15 am (UTC)Also: Cerenkov blue is prettier.
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Date: 2009-07-30 12:49 am (UTC)Being a different color is an adverse effect?
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Date: 2009-08-01 04:28 pm (UTC)Well, at least that's true in America.
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Date: 2009-07-30 01:02 am (UTC)"Nedergaard agrees that more research is necessary, and her group hopes to pursue a phase I clinical trial as soon they can get funding. Unfortunately, because blue food dye is so cheap, they’re not likely to find a drug company to sponsor the trials. “There’s no commercial interest because you can buy it by the pound,”"
So, we have research that could change the lives of millions of injured people around the world, but because it won't make a huge profit, no one wants to sponsor it. How sad (although not surprising)
I was instantly cheered up by looking at the blue rat again though m- how cute!
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