Comments on: Primates have hidden ability to repair their own damaged spines

By: roz

roz — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:02:33 +0000

i dont like monkeys, but i dont kill them.

By: An Elephant's Child.

An Elephant's Child. — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:26:06 +0000

Well that’s given me some hope for Jackson.
[That wont make anysense unless you watch Emmerdale !]

By: Jasper Mathews

Jasper Mathews — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:56:01 +0000

Sorry, that sounds a bit rude. I was just trying to be snappy

By: Jasper Mathews

Jasper Mathews — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:49:43 +0000

Just because you like monkeys. I like cows. And chickens.

By: jake

jake — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:43:35 +0000

even though a few monkeys broke their backs and probably died, it is great to know that we (and other primates) can heal minor injuries to our spinal cords. to the scientists: great job, but try to keep the monkey casualties to a minimum. not that you guys are heartless SOB’s but you know what they say . A clean conscious is a working conscious.

I do still wonder how they are going to improve this ability we (primates) have.

By: T K

T K — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:54:43 +0000

Great, but not too great for the monkeys. It is chilling reading thinking that an organism just as capable of experiencing pain as humans had to have its back broken (and killed) just for us to learn from the experiment.

I cannot imagine what sort of people work on these sorts of experiments.

By: roz

roz — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:39:44 +0000

this encouraging news is why i support the christopher & dana reeve foundation. too bad the scientist had to kill 14 monkeys to discover this, tho.

By: Andy W

Andy W — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:12:36 +0000

Reminds me of Christopher Reeve.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:23:18 +0000

Well I’ll be a…