Some of the waste that humans flush away every day could become a powerful source of brain cells to study disease, and may even one day be used in therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. Scientists have found a relatively straightforward way to persuade the cells discarded in human urine to turn into valuable neurons.
http://www.nature.co...m-urine-1.11985
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Brain cells made from urine
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, Dec 10 2012 08:23 PM
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Posted 10 December 2012 - 08:23 PM
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Dishonest and stupid. Feel free to ignore everything I say.
Posted 10 December 2012 - 09:40 PM
So instead of calling someone a pea-brain, you can call them a pee-brain??
Illegal immigration isn't a new concept in the US. Just ask the Native Americans.
"...it is the fault of our science that it wants to explain all; and if it explain not, then it says there is nothing to explain."
"...it is the fault of our science that it wants to explain all; and if it explain not, then it says there is nothing to explain."
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Eleanor Roosevelt: Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Posted 10 December 2012 - 10:16 PM
So many jokes...so politically incorrect... 
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Posted 10 December 2012 - 10:41 PM
Inorite?
Illegal immigration isn't a new concept in the US. Just ask the Native Americans.
"...it is the fault of our science that it wants to explain all; and if it explain not, then it says there is nothing to explain."
"...it is the fault of our science that it wants to explain all; and if it explain not, then it says there is nothing to explain."
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Posted 10 December 2012 - 10:42 PM
My first thought was 'has Still Waters lost it?' Then everything became quite radical, if not a bit icky.
~MEH~
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Posted 10 December 2012 - 10:43 PM
I've always said there is an upside to be a pisshead. Now I am scientifically correct.
It also seems like Bear Grylls is correct as well. Everyone is happy. 
It also seems like Bear Grylls is correct as well. Everyone is happy.
Edited by EllJay, 10 December 2012 - 10:47 PM.
"Opinions are like a**holes, everyone seems to have one" - Dirty Harry
"All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand... "
"I have a black belt in Feng Shui, the subtle martial art. I go home to you and move a lamp and a chair... twelve years later you lay there on the floor with broken kneecaps and destitute."
"All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand... "
"I have a black belt in Feng Shui, the subtle martial art. I go home to you and move a lamp and a chair... twelve years later you lay there on the floor with broken kneecaps and destitute."
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Posted 12 December 2012 - 08:04 AM
Great discovery.....by a man called Duanqing Pei....
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Posted 12 December 2012 - 11:16 AM
Oh dear, first we make jokes then science kills the joke right out of it. bye piss for brains I'll miss you.
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Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:39 PM
Ahhhh,an episode of Black Adder .....
YOU'VE GOT A WOMAN'S LEGS ...
YOU'VE GOT A WOMAN'S LEGS ...
LUMENA – PAX TE – CUM FI
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