A Medical First

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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	A Medical First 10/13/2016 9:48 PM
	This is pretty cool...what next? In a medical first, brain implant allows paralyzed man to feel again For the first time, scientists have helped a paralyzed man experience the sense of touch in his mind-controlled robotic arm. For the cutting-edge experiment, a collaboration between the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, electrodes smaller than a grain of sand were implanted in the sensory cortex of the man's brain. The electrodes received signals from a robot arm. When a researcher pressed the fingers of the prosthesis, the man felt the pressure in the fingers of his paralyzed right hand, effectively bypassing his damaged spinal cord."... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/10/13/in-a-medical-first-brain-implant-allows-paralyzed-man-to-feel-again/ __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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Tornado Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Richland, WA, USA Posts: 21017 Good Answers: 795	#1 Re: A medical first 10/13/2016 11:27 PM
	When the first brain transplant happens, will it be called a body transplant instead? __________________ In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli.
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Mikerho Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Moses Lake, WA, USA, Thulcandra - The Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) Posts: 4216 Good Answers: 194	#2 In reply to #1 Re: A medical first 10/14/2016 4:16 AM
	When I first heard about the planned first head transplant, I got a chill. It seems so, so, so... creepy is the only word that comes to mind. I don't know why this would be. A brain transplant seems mild by comparison and they aren't all that different on a complexity level. __________________ "Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone." - Ayn Rand
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Tornado Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Richland, WA, USA Posts: 21017 Good Answers: 795	#3 In reply to #2 Re: A medical first 10/14/2016 4:50 AM
	Some people could surely benefit from such an operation; it's just a matter of what you call it. __________________ In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli.
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Phys Guru Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: middle of nowhere, Pennsylvania Posts: 2603 Good Answers: 63	#5 In reply to #3 Re: A medical first 10/14/2016 2:15 PM
	Lobotomy comes to mind. __________________ Remember when reading my post: (-1)^½ m (2)^½
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Anonymous Poster #1	#7 In reply to #5 Re: A medical first 10/14/2016 4:56 PM
	I'd rather have a full bottle in front o' me than a full frontal lobotomy.
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#4 In reply to #2 Re: A medical first 10/14/2016 11:09 AM
	The claimed human head transplant is a hoax....If we could heal severed spinal cords we wouldn't need so many wheelchairs....experiments on rats has shown this is not possible to do successfully, as in yes you can sew on another head, but the body is still paralyzed and the foreign head is rejected by the body, resulting in death....anybody who thinks this is possible doesn't know anyone who's had their spinal cord damaged...any success in repairing a spinal cord would make headlines around the world, and dominate network news for weeks, you would definitely know about it..... http://www.upmc.com/Services/rehab/rehab-institute/conditions/spinal-cord-injury/Pages/default.aspx __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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Mikerho Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Moses Lake, WA, USA, Thulcandra - The Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) Posts: 4216 Good Answers: 194	#8 In reply to #4 Re: A medical first 10/14/2016 6:07 PM
	Oh good! I saw it in passing the other day and didn't follow the link. Thanks for the post. __________________ "Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone." - Ayn Rand
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70AARCuda Guru Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 1331 Good Answers: 30	#6 Re: A Medical First 10/14/2016 4:33 PM
	Should we recommend our politicians try those "brain transplants" first, just to SEE if they really work? __________________ ...and the Devil said: "...yes, but it's a DRY heat..!"
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Brave Sir Robin Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Annapolis, Maryland Posts: 7940 Good Answers: 458	#9 In reply to #6 Re: A Medical First 10/14/2016 6:46 PM
	. . . but I'd be more interested if it would help them THINK again. They already do too much feeling.
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tonyhemet Guru Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Hemet, Land of milk and honey. Posts: 2365 Good Answers: 36	#10 In reply to #9 Re: A Medical First 10/15/2016 1:20 AM
	Touché !
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James Stewart Guru Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 14331 Good Answers: 162	#12 In reply to #6 Re: A Medical First 10/17/2016 11:52 AM
	One cannot transplant what is not present to begin with. However, removing straw from one vessel, and inserting it into the other vessel will not guarantee even one new thought. __________________ If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Just build a better one.
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#11 Re: A Medical First 10/16/2016 8:46 PM
	First fist bump... http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2016/10/15/obama-shakes-mind-controlled-robot-hand-wired-to-sense-touch/ __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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