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...doesn't even happen in amphibians, those wondrously regenerative little creatures, some of which can regrow a cut-off limb or tail. Try to grow an organism from a frog cell, and what do you get? You get, to quote biologist Colin Stewart, "embryos rather ignominiously dying (croaking!) around the tadpole stage...
...growth. These are present in the central nervous systems of mammals but not in fish or salamanders, which are capable of regenerating damaged spinal cords. By blocking these inhibitory proteins with antibodies, Martin Schwab, of the University of Zurich's Institute for Brain Research, has discovered that he can regrow severed nerves in rats. The results are even better when the animals also receive nerve growth factors. "The question," says Schwab, "is whether the restored nerves are functionally meaningful" -- a matter he is studying...
...here, they think they are going to suffer if they see a man on horseback," says Day. "We want to show them that we are not the enemy." Out of the corrals, the mustangs are rotated to one of twelve pastures, then moved periodically to allow the grass to regrow. "I'm a grass specialist," Day explains. "Though some people have romantic notions of the operation, I have to look at it as cash flow. It has to make financial sense." This year potential profits evaporated in the worst drought in memory...
...trade name Rogaine, it is the first product ever cleared by federal regulators for treating hair loss. Its key ingredient: minoxidil, a highly touted drug that, in tablet form, had already been approved to treat high blood pressure. Only by accident did researchers discover that minoxidil could also regrow hair. Anticipating a vast new market for the drug, Upjohn developed a liquid version and began testing it on bald heads. After twelve months, 39% of the men tested had moderate-to-dense hair growth on their crowns; 61% showed no growth...
...Cathy comic strip, while ABC's Nightline has given it more serious treatment. To millions of men, it may, in fact, be a more promising potion than the elixir of love. Reason: minoxidil, which is otherwise used to treat high blood pressure, apparently can regrow hair on balding heads. When a Washington hospital announced three years ago that it was seeking gleaming pates on which to test the hair restorer, 10,000 eager volunteers called in, jamming the switchboard for three days and forcing the staff to use disaster control lines...