Comments by steveroot

Comment #314961 by steveroot on January 7, 2009 at 8:17 pm

41. Comment #314533 by Peacebeuponme on January 7, 2009 at 9:51 am
One of my favourite bits of grafitti is

"667: the neighbor of the beast"

Just thought I'd mention.

But wait... there's even MORE:
http://www.dogchurch.org/restroom/index.html#numerology
Ste5e

2. Milky Way 'bigger than thought'

Comment #314012 by steveroot on January 6, 2009 at 5:15 pm

2. Comment #314000 by NewEnglandBob on January 6, 2009 at 4:55 pm

But seriously, what is all the dark matter?

Obviously, that is the cocoa in the milk chocolate! Srsly.
Ste5e

3. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #313983 by steveroot on January 6, 2009 at 4:34 pm

I just picked up the January 2009 issue of Scientific American (huge tip o' the hat to whomever posted a summary of its contents here a while ago). The whole issue devoted to evolution! Can't wait to read.

Calling JG: If you won't click on a link, perhaps you will pick up a magazine. You can find it at your local library. Ya might learn something!
Ste5e

4. A Letter From Hell

Comment #313032 by steveroot on January 5, 2009 at 7:57 pm

600. Comment #310790 by gods_child on January 2, 2009 at 2:57 am
...i'll be in haven crying while i whatch all of you go towards hell and burn for eternity...good luck with that.

Don't you whatch me, or I'll whatch you right back! I went to an elementary school named "Haven". I used to whatch all the other kids eating in the cafeteria. They said the food was hell. I cried too, because it was haven.

C'mon... you can admit it: you like the idea of other people burning and suffering while you whatch (sic). Makes you feel good about yourself. Watch out: that woody will catch on fire!
Ste5e

5. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #312671 by steveroot on January 5, 2009 at 10:32 am

1861. Comment #312582 by jgirolamo on January 5, 2009 at 7:18 am

Dumb people could see how this was a game for money. play on the fear of ~~people~~ hell, get money for ~~research~~ the clergy, write ~~books~~ tracts...

In the 70's the fear was global cooling. this year was the coldest year in a decade. without getting into the debate I use this only to point out the dishonesty.

Anyone who thinks local cooling refutes global warming is a fool.
Ste5e

6. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #312184 by steveroot on January 4, 2009 at 5:15 pm

1610. Comment #312107 by jgirolamo on January 4, 2009 at 3:43 pm

I have read, listened to debates and research some. What I have ~~seen~~ accepted just supports my views.

OK, then...

Not to mention the fact that both of us work off of a presupposition. We look for facts that support our position.

We might call that presupposition our "hypothesis". And we *would* be interested in facts that supported that hypothesis; but some of us would also be interested in findings that refute that hypothesis.
Ste5e

7. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #311915 by steveroot on January 4, 2009 at 11:48 am

1564. Comment #311905 by epeeist on January 4, 2009 at 11:07 am

Is there any substantive difference between the comments of jgirolamo and Dianelos?

A delusion is a delusion is a delusion, isn't it?
Ste5e

8. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #311888 by steveroot on January 4, 2009 at 10:10 am

1491. Comment #311645 by jgirolamo on January 3, 2009 at 8:27 pm

You can't know the scriptures without the Holy spirit.

Can you say "Secret Decoder Ring"? ;-)

I don't think this argument will do much to validate your opinions.
Ste5e

9. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #311369 by steveroot on January 3, 2009 at 7:49 am

1451. Comment #311228 by jgirolamo on January 2, 2009 at 11:05 pm

Jesus spoke in aramaic, hebrew, greek latin, but the gospel were written in greek exept where there is aramaic entries.

Well, *I'm* impressed! I studied "greek latin" in high school. Dang, that language is hard. Easier than "tongues", though.
Ste5e

10. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #311198 by steveroot on January 2, 2009 at 9:08 pm

1415. Comment #311185 by jgirolamo on January 2, 2009 at 8:37 pm
...The next day the doctor was amazed to see a complete healing with no scar.

Any doctor with half a brain would have published that as a case report. Without documentation, this is nothing more than an anecdote. What's more, it points up the wild inconsistency of the supposed intervention... there are good, sincere people who are devoutly religious who pray for something considerably more important than the healing of a finger. Like a child who is dying of cancer. I know such people. Your finger story makes a mockery of people with *real* problems.
Ste5e

11. What Will Change Everything?

Comment #311142 by steveroot on January 2, 2009 at 4:00 pm

102. Comment #311123 by Gustavus29 on January 2, 2009 at 2:48 pm

No. This is between me and Dawkins. Don't try to piss with the big boys. You little nippers stay out of this.

I fart in your general direction. Dick.
Ste5e

12. Atheists Sue to Get Prayer, God Out of Obama's Swearing-In

Comment #310853 by steveroot on January 2, 2009 at 9:06 am

43. Comment #310168 by Wosret on January 1, 2009 at 5:38 am
Doesn't the medical oath involve Apollo or something?

The first line of the Hippocratic Oath, from Wikipedia:

Original, translated into English:[1]
“I swear by Apollo, Asclepius, Hygieia, and Panacea, and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep according to my ability and my judgment, the following Oath."

Not just *one* god! Lucky for me, dentists make a pledge involving *zero* deities... a more accurate number.
Ste5e

EDIT: to correct an omission.

13. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #310422 by steveroot on January 1, 2009 at 12:17 pm

1169. Comment #310398 by jgirolamo on January 1, 2009 at 11:49 am

I do not have to prove they were not lying as I have said before, you look at all the info, the claims of Jesus and deicide for yourself what info is credible. eliminate the impossible.

A "Freudian slip"? ("deicide")

1170. Comment #310401 by jgirolamo on January 1, 2009 at 11:53 am

There are Christians now and in the past that believe the SCIENCE POINTS TO GOD!!!

Science *does* point to god... and laughs!
Ste5e

14. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #310323 by steveroot on January 1, 2009 at 8:52 am

1148. Comment #310056 by jgirolamo on December 31, 2008 at 11:16 pm

...it doesn't hurt me or scare me off. however , I don't want to annoy, just ~~talk~~ proselytize.

Thought so.
Ste5e

15. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #309509 by steveroot on December 31, 2008 at 8:48 am

1117. Comment #309480 by jgirolamo on December 31, 2008 at 7:59 am
Just because the bible is bound and considered Holy by many does not mean it can't be reliable historical documents

It doesn't have to be a case of mutual exclusivity; where corroborative evidence is available, parts of the bible may be regarded as historically accurate. Here are two short books that explore that evidence. FWIW, the author, my father-in-law, is not an atheist, and has given some fascinating talks at several local churches on this subject.
Ste5e

http://www.amazon.com/Adam-Ahab-Myth-History-Bible/dp/1557788529/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230741309&sr=1-2
http://www.amazon.com/Myths-Dreams-Theology-Early-Christianity/dp/1419641247

16. Hobbyists try genetic engineering at home

Comment #307331 by steveroot on December 27, 2008 at 5:01 pm

4. Comment #306968 by maxamillion on December 26, 2008 at 10:43 pm

1. Comment #306957 by ronfac
I made Sarah Palin in my garage workshop.

That explains a few things.

Yes, but where was *Bristol* made? ;-)
Steve

17. What do atheists do at Christmas?

Comment #306637 by steveroot on December 25, 2008 at 8:30 pm

Just finished listening to The Messiah, as I predicted. What a gorgeous piece of music.

Now, going from the sublime to the... beyond ridiculous... the band "Sonseed":
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=sonseed&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#
(Hint: Don't spill it on the ground!)

I don't know... the Tarvuism sounds more reasonable, except the frequency of prayer depends on the state of the union (read: "Norovirus").

Tarvu tarvooti,
Oboonoo cTooti,
Mimmin O'tibbi noonah,
Mdfitty fitty noonah,
Arvu immentiBarvu,
Tarvu.

(To be said when you wake up, go to bed, and after you have visited the toilet.)

As Hitchens said, sometimes all you need is to repeat something!
Merry Christmas!
Steve

18. What do atheists do at Christmas?

Comment #305839 by steveroot on December 23, 2008 at 5:59 pm

I will spend a lot of time at home with my wife and two kids. We'll visit the extended family, exchange gifts, express wishes for a happy, healthy holiday season and year. I'll listen to Handel (The Messiah, of course). At no time will I feel awkward, and neither will it cross my mind that there might be a god.

Merry Christmas!
Ste5e

19. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #305597 by steveroot on December 23, 2008 at 9:28 am

818. Comment #305294 by jgirolamo on December 22, 2008 at 10:17 pm
I guess it just comes down to what we do not want to believe.

No, it just comes down to what we do not *need* to believe.

Hmmm... I see I missed the end of that line of discussion while I was outside shoveling out of 12" of snow.
Ste5e

20. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #305229 by steveroot on December 22, 2008 at 8:53 pm

794. Comment #305223 by jgirolamo on December 22, 2008 at 8:39 pm

Let the games begin!

21. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #305220 by steveroot on December 22, 2008 at 8:32 pm

787. Comment #305190 by Brian English on December 22, 2008 at 7:46 pm

http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19025
The irony, it hurts!

I'm not sure that is what gets you on your knees in the bathroom.<_<

That post (780. Comment #304805 by jgirolamo on December 22, 2008 at 9:14 am) sounds more like a classic "breakdown" to me: "I know he died for me and that he thinks I am crazy beautiful, something I never believed about myself." Yet the mind is an amazing thing. I've known several people who have reported this sort of conversion experience; without exception there was a background of stress or disease. Somehow they were able to convince themselves that their lives were different, yet this was not apparent to anyone else. I was never bothered by this except when I was targeted for evangelism.

EDIT: First, Goldy... what happened to your face? Is this a consequence of fatherhood? Belated congratulations on the new member of your family.

Second: Why don't my brain work like 2nd Soprano (#791 above)? (Don't answer that!)

22. Obama Chooses Divisive Inaugural Pastor

Comment #303950 by steveroot on December 19, 2008 at 9:02 pm

Is there another address for article submission? I sent a link on this subject this morning:
http://www.richarddawkins.net/articleComments,3353,Is-Obama-the-Antichrist,Lisa-Miller-Newsweek,page5#303738
but *sob* it seems Josh never posts my submissions anymore.

Ste5e

EDIT: Actually, I sent the link yesterday when I heard it on the PBS news. This was posted this morning.

23. Is Obama the Antichrist?

Comment #303738 by steveroot on December 19, 2008 at 7:46 am

Maybe Obama *is* the antichrist and he's trying to rehabilitate himself. Look who's giving the invocation at his inauguration:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28296499/

Apart from "tradition", I suppose, why is there an invocation anyway? How is this a separation of church and state?
Steve

24. Orangutan's Spontaneous Whistling Opens New Chapter In Study Of Evolution Of Speech

Comment #301428 by steveroot on December 14, 2008 at 8:24 pm

3. Comment #301309 by Don_Quix on December 14, 2008 at 1:18 pm

My first question is when would hom(e)o sapiens have started to whistle.

When the first female homo sapiens started wearing the first revealing mammoth skins, of course.

Please. It was in the Garden of Eden, when Adam heard the serpent whistle at Eve.
Steve

25. Atheists want God out of Ky. homeland security

Comment #301427 by steveroot on December 14, 2008 at 8:13 pm

Was it something I said? Is it because I'm from Illinois?
;-)
Steve

26. Tiktaalik: The Music Video

Comment #301259 by steveroot on December 14, 2008 at 8:51 am

8. Comment #301194 by Roy_H on December 14, 2008 at 1:46 am
I want this book!

It's a great book... what's stopping you? Heck, it's probably out in paperback by now. ;-)
Steve

http://www.richarddawkins.net/article,2125,Fish-out-of-water-Your-Inner-Fish,Neil-Shubin

27. Vatican tightens in vitro opposition

Comment #300891 by steveroot on December 12, 2008 at 8:37 pm

2. Comment #300847 by j.mills on December 12, 2008 at 7:00 pm

*Sigh*. What is all this nonsense about? If god wants you to be pregnant, there is clear theological precedent to show that he is capable of bringing it about. How can anyone think it coherent to believe in an omnipotent interventionist god whose will can be thwarted with a scrap of latex? [Bangs head on keyboarpijaddf'#dafj.]

Beauty! LMFAO. Who writes your stuff? ;-)
Ste5e

28. How to stop creationism gaining a hold in Islam

Comment #300459 by steveroot on December 11, 2008 at 7:28 pm

1. Comment #300432 by Clairebear on December 11, 2008 at 5:45 pm

Still, as far as I can tell, a theist can still believe in evolution.

Yes, as long as they haven't lost the ability to compartmentalize.
Ste5e

29. Atheists want God out of Ky. homeland security

Comment #299403 by steveroot on December 9, 2008 at 3:09 pm

200. Comment #297823 by Roger Stanyard on December 6, 2008 at 2:34 am

So Colonel Saunders married more than one of his sisters?"

Hmmm... does this have anything to do with their motto*?
Ste5e

(*"Finger-lickin' good!") :-O

30. Muslim pilgrims stone devil amid tight control

Comment #299051 by steveroot on December 9, 2008 at 3:31 am

8. Comment #298962 by Chris Davis on December 8, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Ooh: just discovered http://live.gph.gov.sa/index.cfm

See the amazing swirling mass!

Well, they've come to welcome the Doctor, and they've never seen a Tardis this close-up before. Can you blame them?
;-)
Ste5e

31. Atheists want God out of Ky. homeland security

Comment #297591 by steveroot on December 5, 2008 at 7:21 am

193. Comment #297590 by Roger Stanyard on December 5, 2008 at 6:53 am

Better change my name to Isaac Hunt then.

Roger that!

(I'll go quietly!)
Ste5e

32. 'Prop 8 - The Musical'

Comment #296535 by steveroot on December 3, 2008 at 7:25 pm

Steve,
Thanks for the images. How many megabites were in that Dell cake? :-)
Ste5e

33. 'Prop 8 - The Musical'

Comment #296399 by steveroot on December 3, 2008 at 1:58 pm

40. Comment #296392 by Fuller on December 3, 2008 at 1:52 pm

I can take a wild stab at why they may struggle to sleep with those thoughts swimming around their head.

"Why can't I stop thinking about this'! I'm getting the devils horn again!"

Yes, it's a hard problem to grapple with, but they probably enjoy it even though officially they risk their souls.
Ste5e

34. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #295148 by steveroot on December 1, 2008 at 8:48 pm

594. Comment #295088 by jgirolamo on December 1, 2008 at 7:00 pm

I am your typical tongue speaking hand raising woman of God.

The bible has this to say:
1 Timothy
2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
2:15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

One thing I take out of this and I suspected this before I even came to this site , that Atheists hold on to their faith as I do.

"Atheism is a faith the way not collecting stamps is a hobby."

May God bless you richly, Jesus loves every last one of you.

It gives you warm fuzzies to say that, doesn't it? Did it ever cross your mind how arrogant that makes you sound... that you can speak for god or Jesus?
Ste5e

35. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #295139 by steveroot on December 1, 2008 at 8:28 pm

559. Comment #295019 by jgirolamo on December 1, 2008 at 5:01 pm
so be it! some things with numbers on their side should cause one to rethink his position, however, i understand if you don't. I was there once.
By the way there are many many scientists, past and present that do believe.

So you were "there" once. Can I hazard a guess that you experienced a life-changing event, possibly qualifying as a "nervous breakdown", which led to your present world view?

570. Comment #295040 by jgirolamo on December 1, 2008 at 5:47 pm

By the way, the reason I sight most of the world believing in god is not to prove my faith but to show you that man was created to worship God.

Do you know what "non sequitur" means? This is a good example. Also, what kind of narcissistic prick would create pets for the purpose of worshiping him?
More learning for you: here are three words that sound the same... sight, site and cite. In the text quoted above, you meant "cite".
Ste5e

36. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #295133 by steveroot on December 1, 2008 at 8:02 pm

550. Comment #294985 by jgirolamo on December 1, 2008 at 4:10 pm

I can't help it I am compelled to do this.

We know that remote intercessory prayer does nothing. It happens to be true. Knock yourself out.

Again, God created the universe. How do I know? I was not there so I have to break it down. Just like knowing Washington was the first pres. I wasn't there but it happens to be true.

Surely, in spite of your professed ignorance, you must see that this analogy does not hold. We have many independent sources of evidence that Washington was the first president; there are no such sources for the creation of the universe.
Ste5e

37. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #295081 by steveroot on December 1, 2008 at 6:44 pm

492. Comment #294809 by jgirolamo on December 1, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Again, I can't prove God exists you can't prove he does not therefore we eliminate the impossible and see what is left. that is scientific.

I've been trying to catch up on this thread, and I mus say I laughed out loud at this. Elementary, my dear Watson!
Ste5e

Edit: Curses! I see Epeeist has beaten me to this.

38. Children of God?

Comment #293803 by steveroot on November 30, 2008 at 6:45 am

11. Comment #293685 by Diacanu on November 29, 2008 at 6:48 pm
When I was little, I thought mirrors were a window into opposite world, and reflected flashlight beams were really the beam going through, and shining into that world.

I also thought toilet flushes vanished into nothing, or else went to the center of the earth.

And I thought faucet water came from nowhere, and if you removed the faucet it would still make water like in a cartoon.

Kids are fucking stupid.

This sounds familiar... (does some research)...

Biblical wisdom!
1 Corinthians
13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

;-) Diacanu channeling Corinthians... Wow! :lol:
Ste5e

39. Children of God?

Comment #293677 by steveroot on November 29, 2008 at 6:21 pm

Why is belief in supernatural beings so common? Because of the design of human minds. Human minds, under normal developmental conditions, have a strong receptivity to belief in gods, in the afterlife, in moral absolutes, and in other ideas commonly associated with 'religion' … In a real sense, religiousness is the natural state of affairs. Unbelief is relatively unusual and unnatural.

Shoot. J. Mills has beaten me to my first chance at an intelligent comment in a good while. It also occurs to me that implications of the sentence I've bolded above may not be as negative as they might seem: we unbelievers may be on to something!
Ste5e

40. Does Religion Make You Nice?

Comment #290226 by steveroot on November 24, 2008 at 8:44 pm

337. Comment #290164 by Goldy on November 24, 2008 at 6:50 pm

We can see wind. We can't see the little molecules, but light a fire and add some bigger, more visible molecules and voila - visible wind.

Case in point, channeling Brian English:

http://video.yahoo.com/watch/142063/561757
:-)
Ste5e

41. Is Obama the Antichrist?

Comment #289854 by steveroot on November 24, 2008 at 10:07 am

158. Comment #289804 by Rachel Holmes on November 24, 2008 at 8:33 am
I recommend this article on magical thinking from RaptureReady.com. It's a masterpiece on living with cognitive dissonance:
http://www.raptureready.com/rr-magical-thinking.html

Yes, but once you get over your smug superior feeling and look around the site, you find some very persuasive information. For example, this caption under an image of a tornado:

(Tornadoes) The most violent winds on earth are those found in the phenomenon called a tornado. Winds can reach a top speed of 300 mph, and the path of these funnel shaped columns can stretch for miles. Tornadoes are seen as general indications of end time wrath.

I mean, how much truth do you need to be laid out in front of you?
Ste5e
(:lol:)

42. Just a little jab, won't hurt

Comment #289660 by steveroot on November 24, 2008 at 3:58 am

49. Comment #289623 by k1mgy on November 24, 2008 at 1:48 am

Some might consider this a time bomb.

Sort of like a malignancy in the time period before it becomes clinically detectable or even metastatic.
*Boom*
Ste5e

43. Just a little jab, won't hurt

Comment #289519 by steveroot on November 23, 2008 at 8:34 pm

Caligurl: "thimerosal"
http://www.fda.gov/CbER/vaccine/thimerosal.htm#tox

Decius said it better, but there is no such thing as total freedom from risk. It is true that if your child is the one who has the serious adverse reaction the low incidence is small consolation. But when the risk of the alternative is so much greater, how would you feel in the case that your child developed cancer? There will be many more parents in the latter position, given equal numbers of those receiving and declining the vaccine.
Ste5e

44. 'Imagine No Religon' Billboard Only Lasts a Few Days in Rancho Cucamonga

Comment #289503 by steveroot on November 23, 2008 at 7:51 pm

I sent the company the following brief message:

How sad it is that circumstances conspired to motivate your removal of the innocuous billboard rented by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Perhaps someday a free interchange of ideas will be possible in your area.
Best regards,
Steve Weeks, DDS

45. 'Probably' the best atheist bus campaign ever

Comment #289367 by steveroot on November 23, 2008 at 4:05 pm

636. Comment #289021 by Roger Stanyard on November 23, 2008 at 4:36 am

Shroomer: "How does a glove 'come back to life' after the hand has left it? A hand goes back in."

Eyes Roll. Read a biology text book.

I *had* to go back and see where this was actually posted, owing to its suggestion of flabbergasting ignorance. On the way, I had many good belly laughs. What a looney.
Ste5e

46. It came from outer space: Fireball streaks across Canadian Prairie, crashes

Comment #289320 by steveroot on November 23, 2008 at 2:07 pm

I saw one of these in the summer of 1968, when I was working on the railroad in Pennsylvania. It was during daylight, and it was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen.
Ste5e

47. Transplant of windpipe grown from stem cells heralds new era in medicine

Comment #287617 by steveroot on November 20, 2008 at 12:00 pm

28. Comment #287540 by Sarmatae1 on November 20, 2008 at 10:22 am

Actually there is a little known use for foreskins. Doctors used to turn them into wallets, when the wallet was vigorously rubbed they doubled as brief cases also. FYI

Yes, and there was an unfortunate case of a researcher who made a coat of foreskins. The fit and finish were fine, but a pretty woman walked by and the guy was strangled.

I'll get my (cloth) coat, but first:

Q: Did you see the advert for the job at the zoo circumcising elephants?
A: Yes. The salary isn't much, but the tips are great.

*Leaves in a hurry*
Ste5e

48. Transplant of windpipe grown from stem cells heralds new era in medicine

Comment #287614 by steveroot on November 20, 2008 at 11:53 am

27. Comment #287527 by FatherNature on November 20, 2008 at 10:02 am

They used a technique developed in Padua to strip the windpipe of its donor's original cells, a procedure that took six weeks, to create a "scaffold".

If they stripped the original cells, what was left from the donor's windpipe?

The trachea is mostly cartilage, which is fairly acellular:
(from http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/CorePages/Respiratory/respir.htm#LARYNX)
Tracheal cartilages

The trachea is stabilised by 16-20 C-shaped cartilages (hyaline cartilage). The free dorsal ends of the cartilages are connected by bands of smooth muscle (trachealis muscle) and connective tissue fibres. Longitudinal collagenous and elastic connective tissue fibres (annular ligaments) link the individual cartilages and allow both the lengthening and shortening of the trachea for example during swallowing or movements of the neck. They are inseparable from the fibres of the perichondrium. The tracheal cartilages may ossify with age.

Cartilages, annular ligaments and the trachealis muscle form the "skeleton" of the trachea which sometimes is referred to as tunica fibromusculocartilaginea. If you want to impress someone with this term make sure that you can pronounce and/or spell it.

A "scaffold" can be any tissue-compatible material that will serve to support (duh) the new cells, and ideally has the same basic shape as the future part. Here at UIC there have been some temporomandibular joint parts made this way. We also have had success using blood clots inside teeth as scaffolds for new tissue growth, so in some cases teeth with degenerated pulps have been re-vascularized (not just at UIC).
Ste5e

49. Transplant of windpipe grown from stem cells heralds new era in medicine

Comment #287377 by steveroot on November 20, 2008 at 4:09 am

This is not my personal are of expertise, but there is some pretty cool stuff going on at my dental school.
http://tigger.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/newsbureau/cgi-bin/index.cgi?from=Releases&to=Release&id=2229&start=1207862111&end=1215638111&topic=0&dept=0
Steve

50. God enough

Comment #287115 by steveroot on November 19, 2008 at 7:18 pm

166. Comment #287084 by Goldy on November 19, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Completely off topic, but
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3481932/Nazi-leader-Hitler-really-did-have-only-one-ball.html
Well, I never...

Does Godwin's Law apply here? ;-)
Ste5e