That is awesome, like it actually inspires awe. Like sand on the beach magnified, only on a much greater level because this is actual life, the earth is teeming with it, amazing.
"Dead could be brought 'back to life' in groundbreaking project Scientists believe that a combination of therapies could stimulate regeneration CREDIT: GETTY Sarah Knapton, science editor 3 MAY 2016 • 12:15PM A groundbreaking trial to see if it is possible to regenerate the brains of dead people, has won approval from health watchdogs. A biotech company in the US has been granted ethical permission to recruit 20 patients who have been declared clinically dead from a traumatic brain injury, to test whether parts of their central nervous system can be brought back to life. Scientists will use a combination of therapies, which include injecting the brain with stem cells and a cocktail of peptides, as well as deploying lasers and nerve stimulation techniques which have been shown to bring patients out of comas. The trial participants will have been certified dead and only kept alive through life support. They will be monitored for several months using brain imaging equipment to look for signs of regeneration, particularly in the upper spinal cord - the lowest region of the brain stem which controls independent breathing and heartbeat. The team believes that the brain stem cells may be able to erase their history and re-start life again, based on their surrounding tissue – a process seen in the animal kingdom in creatures like salamanders who can regrow entire limbs. Dr Ira Pastor, the CEO of Bioquark Inc. said: “This represents the first trial of its kind and another step towards the eventual reversal of death in our lifetime. “We just received approval for our first 20 subjects and we hope to start recruiting patients immediately from this first site – we are working with the hospital now to identify families where there may be a religious or medical barrier to organ donation. "To undertake such a complex initiative, we are combining biologic regenerative medicine tools with other existing medical devices typically used for stimulation of the central nervous system, in patients with other severe disorders of consciousness. “We hope to see results within the first two to three months." The patients will be monitored using MRI scans for several months CREDIT: CHRONIS JONS The ReAnima Project has just received approach from an Institutional Review Board at the National Institutes of Health in the US and in India, and the team plans to start recruiting patients immediately. The first stage, named 'First In Human Neuro-Regeneration & Neuro-Reanimation' will be a non-randomised, single group 'proof of concept' and will take place at Anupam Hospital in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand India. The peptides will be administered into the spinal cord daily via a pump, with the stem cells given bi-weekly, over the course of a 6 week period. Dr Pastor added: "It is a long term vision of ours that a full recovery in such patients is a possibility, although that is not the focus of this first study – but it is a bridge to that eventuality." Brain stem death is when a person no longer has any brain stem functions, and has permanently lost the potential for consciousness and the capacity to breathe. A person is confirmed as being dead when their brain stem function is permanently lost. However, although brain dead humans are technically no longer alive, their bodies can often still circulate blood, digest food, excrete waste, balance hormones, grow, sexually mature, heal wounds, spike a fever, and gestate and deliver a baby. Recent studies have also suggested that some electrical activity and blood flow continues after brain cell death, just not enough to allow for the whole body to function. And while human beings lack substantial regenerative capabilities in the central nervous system, many non-human species, such as amphibians and certain fish, can repair, regenerate and remodel substantial portions of their brain and brain stem even after critical life-threatening trauma. “Through our study, we will gain unique insights into the state of human brain death, which will have important connections to future therapeutic development for other severe disorders of consciousness, such as coma, and the vegetative and minimally conscious states, as well as a range of degenerative CNS conditions, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease,” added Dr Sergei Paylian, Founder, President, and Chief Science Officer of Bioquark Inc. Commenting on the trial, Dr Dean Burnett, a neuroscientist at the Cardiff University’s Centre for Medical Education said: “While there have been numerous demonstrations in recent years that the human brain and nervous system may not be as fixed and irreparable as is typically assumed, the idea that brain death could be easily reversed seems very far-fetched, given our current abilities and understanding of neuroscience. “Saving individual parts might be helpful but it's a long way from resurrecting a whole working brain, in a functional, undamaged state.”" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...breaking-project/?cid=sf25553600&sf25553600=1
Bear probably just ate... The photog probably did not see it coming. Other people would have soiled themselves ten times over... I don't know if it is photo-shopped but this one has better taste:
The video was somewhere in some kind of wildlife preserve where bears migrate to eat salmon annually, so the bears don't pay much attention to humans since they are full, and satisfied, and have eating salmon on their minds. Still, if that bear or any of those other, what like 20 bears down by the water, thought that guy was a threat, they could have gutted him with one swipe.
^Yep, there were a load of them down by the river. The photog started to panic when the bear was trying to come near him. Hey! Hey! Hey! On Thursday..."Monster Weekend" starts on Animal Planet. Bears, crocs, sharks, flying stinging insects...
Happened to this guy Timothy Treadwell: There was a doc about him living and studying bears... In the end, one large bear who was old and cannot hunt properly anymore figured he was an easy meal had a go at him ending his life. Got his lady too who was with him during the attack...
I read a book called "Death in Yellowstone", you do not mess with bears, you don't get anywhere near them unless you're at a zoo. Also avoid those hot springs, mind the danger signs, stick to the designated pathways, freaking horrible way to die, some of those stories haunt me.
Well of course if it's a Mountain Lion HABITAT you stay away! Been on a couple hikes where I've seen and heard coyotes.
