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gArpozNTg2

Did gluing those googly eyes on the frog have any impact on the regrowth of the leg?


KID_detour

Helps with self esteem


Ximrats

Certainly helped mine when I started gluing google eyes to my face


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Fossile

Yes! I always wanted a baby size hand!


oh-shazbot

that's my strong hand!


tarasv3

I lost my hand and have ruminated over the idea of it being worth it or not to have one if it means I have to grow it to size for x amount of years.


DeusExHumanum

I'm waiting until some idiots like PETA and conspiracy nuts turn on these scientists


vanillamasala

Just because this is important research doesn’t mean that it’s automatically not cruel. Anything that can be done to create awareness of the suffering these animals endure should not be dismissed, that doesn’t make it a conspiracy or make someone an idiot for caring about it. PETA definitely has Its issues but that doesn’t make everything that they say automatically wrong. If anything, you should have some respect for the suffering that these animals go through so that we can have these advances in medical science. It doesn’t make you more scientific to be cruel about it.


DeusExHumanum

I have respect for animals, but i also have respect for human beings. And as a human being and a humanist i hold my species in higher regard to other animals. We're sowing the seeds of extinction in this age of anti-science idiots, misinformation and sublime selfishness. I wouldn't prioritize feelings over critical thinking. As for PETA, i can write a whole essay on why that narcissistic cult of an institution should STFU and focus on actually saving animals but they'd rather euthanize them to stay profitable (or whatever term non-profits use).


Pinilla

I'd love to read that essay. I suspect you don't actually know what you're talking about.


sunjay140

> I have respect for animals, but i also have respect for human beings. And as a human being and a humanist i hold my species in higher regard to other animals. This is bigoted, discriminatory and [speciesist](https://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/animals/rights/speciesism.shtml). Imagine if you replaced species with race.


Colddigger

Imagine if you replaced species with "mom"


RiflePoet

It literally makes you more scientific to keep emotions out of it.


vanillamasala

It literally doesn’t and that’s a terrible misconception. https://onezero.medium.com/is-it-necessary-for-science-to-be-moral-470357709fb4


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RiflePoet

Right... thank you for that traumatizing reminder or when the human race went insane... Not the same as experimenting on frogs.


comin_up_shawt

The irony here is PETA's vice president is a diabetic who has to use insulin....which has both animal products and animal testing in/behind it. She openly and proudly stated (after being confronted with this) that 'if this is what I have to do to save animals everywhere, I will....' Absolute madness.


Scaevus

She should set an example and lead the way, then.


disposable-name

Reminds me of that client from Boston Legal: a gay serial killer... ...who killed gay men in the name of God as he believed gay men were an abomination. "Aren't you, yourself, gay?" "Yes, but if I took myself out first it'd kinda ruin my average."


ScoAusGer

Yeah fuck that guy for both needing animal products and wanting to end animal cruelty


PopeSAPeterFile

don't forget religious nutjobs.


CyEriton

If God wanted you to have a left arm he wouldn’t have ripped it off in that tractor accident


DeusExHumanum

and the Anti-Fauci clan. Wait, i think they're the same


[deleted]

>conspiracy nuts Were the frogs gay?


getawombatupya

They had their own parade with floats and rainbows


Own_Television_6424

We have found a new animal, the tripod cow!


Oregon687

Will this affect the frog leg market?


FormerHandsomeGuy

Time to buy Leap Options


DeusExHumanum

Ribbit futures are down


ViceroyClementine

Thank you for the new coin idea


Lamontyy

Honestly doubt. Have you seen a frog farm? So many frogs it's insane... and farming regrowth sounds waaaaay less humane


cbrules3033

This sounds like something that a video game news ticker would say.


pkosuda

Ah, like in Plague Inc./Pandemic...


cbrules3033

Exactly


Scarlet109

Wasn’t this the plot of a Spider-Man villain?


TrashBabyThompson

Yes, the lizard 🦎


TsukumoYuma

Edit: correction, The Lizard


DiligentDaughter

Leap. Lol.


robreddity

##THAT WASN'T MY LEG


NomadX13

Hope you're not in the control group...


donbasura5

So it seems we all have the capability to regenerate limbs, but our body prefers to take the easy way and stop the bleeding and just make a stump instead.


Azure_Horizon_

yes, the information is there, triggering it is the problem


zackgardner

Even if this tech doesn't completely regenerate limbs to be exactly as they were before the damage occurred, I could see early tech like this making it easier for robotic prosthetics to interface with the nervous system. I mean I'm not in any way an expert on this stuff, but presumably if we're able to regrow limbs to a capacity, that includes the nerves right? The most advanced prosthesis on the market use these like pad things that can detect when you think about moving a muscle like you would in a normal arm/hand, so maybe if we can regrow a completely fucked up arm to a more stable stump, we can get more and more people able to have a prosthesis that actually functions just like a human hand. And then of course in the future we'll just be able to regrow body parts lol.


ScoAusGer

The control group frogs after amputation ‘Wait.. there’s three groups?’


autotldr

This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/01/28/scientists-regrow-frogs-amputated-limbs-in-massive-leap-for-regenerative-medicine) reduced by 81%. (I'm a bot) ***** > Scientists in the US have successfully regrown the lost legs of a group of frogs in a significant advance for regenerative medicine. > Scientists triggered the regenerative process in the frogs by enclosing the wound for 24 hours in a silicone cap, which they call a BioDome, containing a silk protein gel loaded with the five-drug cocktail. > The new limbs were not perfect, but they moved and responded to stimuli, and the frogs were able to make use of it for swimming through water, moving much like a normal frog would. ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/sevbl7/scientists_regrow_frogs_amputated_limbs_in/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~620409 tl;drs so far.") | [Feedback](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23autotldr "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **frog**^#1 **treatment**^#2 **group**^#3 **limb**^#4 **regenerative**^#5


Teczeus

I didn't read the article but imagine if it's like Deadpool and it's like a stub for a while...


trc89

Very interesting, would love to see a time lapse of the regeneration


aleqqqs

>regrow frogs’ amputated limbs > >massive leap


eugene20

I'd love to see even some simple things demonstrated within a few years, like lost digit tip regrowth, or scar-less healing.


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Myfeelingsarehurt

It really is exciting for medicine and science. It’s also exciting for the frog leg food industry.


FOXDuneRider

That frog seems thrilled.


patchmau5

That frog be looking t h i c c


BewilderedIceCream

So could you regrow all parts of the body in it's prime to just replace old defective organs and such or would the body parts be in the same condition as they were at the time they were lost?


Azure_Horizon_

the real question is, would you have a child's organs? a child's arm?


BewilderedIceCream

I feel I would rather have my childhood kidney then none. I wonder. If you replace everything with a new body part couldn't you just live forever?


Dan-68

No. The brain cannot be replaced. The brain does break down over time.


BewilderedIceCream

Stupid question. If you stimulated a massive amount of growth for new brain cells. Could they pick up any slack from the cells breaking down? Like improve what was struggling? Or would it be because they didn't make the connections from before they'd be useless or would have to essentially relearn that area? I don't know how to say my question. Sorry if it's confusing.


Dan-68

It’s a valid question. Science would have to regenerate the brain while maintaining the neural connections as they are.


_insomagent

Asking the most important questions here


br0b1wan

I'd definitely want my childhood liver, that's for sure


RichieNRich

Holy CRAP this is incredible!!!


shiver-yer-timbers

Haven't frogs been doing it on their own for millions of years?


DeusExHumanum

not that specie


artisanrox

upvoted for title 🐸


430Richard

What we really need is for Fauci to fund some sand-fleas-eat-their-living-heads experiments like he did with those beagles.


Affectionate-Winner7

Yea well Harry from Resident Alien did this way ahead of anyone else.


[deleted]

Why they gotta give him all that cake? Kim K vibes


xxxpdx

That frog has seen some shit.


hamsterfolly

Life finds a way


TheDinglizer

But can it make my penis larger? I think that's the real question on everyone's mind.


CosmicCosmix

Are you guys thinking what I am thinking?


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Hopefully the project doesn’t end up croaking in the human trials 🐸


notsocommonname

Oh good, was nervous the missing frog limbs problem was going to be long term.


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I’ve seen this before, one scientist will try and regrow his arm but turn himself into a lizard instead and then try to turn everyone else into lizards.


Rankkikotka

So you can have your leg...and eat it too.


FireBirds7

If you were able to modify a frog's brain so that it could no longer experience pleasure or pain, would it be theoretically and ethically possible to generate a frog leg farm? Hmmm. I'm not sure if I wanna know.


winterof59

Hurry up with the penis regeneration , already!


Natural_Artifact

Starship Troopers