quote: Some scientists have proposed that when a woman has a baby, she gets not just a son or a daughter, but a gift of cells that stays behind and protects her for the rest of her life. That's because a baby's cells linger in its mom's body for decades and -- like stem cells -- may help to repair damage when she gets sick. It's such an enticing idea that even the scientists who came up with the idea worry that it may be too beautiful to be true.
No worries about apron strings and scissors, now, eh? Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
Like that Star Trek episode where they all turned into cavemen except for the pregnant nurse.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
I don't think I saw that one . . . hmmm.
Posted by Anti-Chris (Member # 4452) on :
You never saw caveman Riker!? Classic!
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I did. Is it bad that I immediately knew the title?
It's Genesis from season seven of TNG.
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
O_o ...Star Trek had some of the strangest plotlines.
* * *
quote:It's not a far-fetched idea. These cells may behave like those famous embryonic cells: They can turn themselves into any cell mom needs.
If she's got a bad heart, they can be healthy heart cells.
Bad lungs? No problem, they can be lung cells. Fetal cells may be the ultimate repairmen (or repairwomen).
Just curious, how would said cells get from Point A to Point B in the monter's body? Just throught the blood? Or are they already there, having developed while she was pregnant?
--j_k, who feels he may have asked a stupid question
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
Wow, that's pretty cool. Next time your mother whips out the "I spent forty-seven hours in labor with you, and then you came out sideways playing a trombone . . . " guilt trip, there's the stem cells comeback.
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
The pregnant nurse? Lieutenant Ogawa, in genesis? She de-evolved. But they used her amniotic fluid to cure the crew. (They had to find her in the arboretum. She de-evolved along the primate line.)
Posted by clod (Member # 9084) on :
You can't listen to news reports about science. Repeat. You cannot listen to news reports about science. Repeat. You cannot listen to news reports about science. Repeat. You cannot listen to news reports about science. Repeat. You cannot listen to news reports about science.
why?
Can't believe everything you read. <wink>
[so sayeth the OSC]
[ February 12, 2006, 12:27 AM: Message edited by: clod ]
Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
WORST EPISODE EVER.
There, I said it. Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
C'mon -- it was NPR news, not Fox . . . doesn't that make a difference?
Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
Ha!
*remembers Troi as a fish*
*claws at eyes*
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
And Worf as the poison-spitting, Troi-biting, sickbay-door-wrecking giant Klingon animal!
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kayla: The pregnant nurse? Lieutenant Ogawa, in genesis? She de-evolved. But they used her amniotic fluid to cure the crew. (They had to find her in the arboretum. She de-evolved along the primate line.)
Yes, it was her baby (and Spot's kittens) who were normal that clued them in.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
Funny how Spot was male for most of the show, but had kittens when it was convenient for the plot!
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Had they mentioned the gender for Spot? I can't recall if Spot was ever called he or she.
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
![[Wink]](wink.gif)