tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post112930822233406944..comments2024-03-21T01:01:49.406-04:00Comments on The Phantom Soapbox: Suuuper cool materials discoveryThe Phantomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-1129395432159990482005-10-15T12:57:00.000-04:002005-10-15T12:57:00.000-04:00Nothing for spinal cord, but the guy is thinking a...Nothing for spinal cord, but the guy is thinking about replacement spinal disks. At the moment all that can be done for disk injuries is a fusion, where they pretty much take the disk out and screw the two vertebrae together.<BR/><BR/>At the moment there is no known material that can take the pounding a spinal disk takes, but this new rubber stuff could probably do it.<BR/><BR/>Hell, he may be able to grow disks eventually. Its a bioprotein, after all. Just need to program the bugs right and give them a scaffold to spin the stuff on. Kinda like coral.The Phantomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-1129359281762738452005-10-15T02:54:00.000-04:002005-10-15T02:54:00.000-04:00cool - does that mean that Spiderman might become ...cool - does that mean that Spiderman might become a reality???<BR/><BR/>On a serious note, how would that effect things like spinal chord injuries? (I'm too lazy to register & read it myself)Candacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05903011672174393312noreply@blogger.com