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Dye Used In Blue M&Ms Can Lessen Spinal Injury 324

Posted by kdawson from the lands-where-the-jumblies-live dept.
SydShamino writes "Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found that the dye used in blue M&Ms and other foods can, when given intravenously to a lab rat shortly after a spinal injury, minimize secondary damage caused by the body when it kills off nearby healthy cells. The dye is called BBG or Brilliant Blue G. Given that 85% of spinal injury patients are currently untreated (and some doctors don't trust the treatment given to the other 15%), a relatively safe treatment like this could help preserve some function for thousands of patients. The best part is that in lab rats the subjects given the treatment turn blue." The researchers are "pulling together an application to be lodged with the FDA to stage the first clinical trials of BBG on human patients."

Comment Re:Games (Score 1) 1365

by psYchotic87 (#27999009) Attached to: Why Linux Is Not Yet Ready For the Desktop
Imagine a company selling corkscrews. Would it be its shortcoming if this single and particular bottle of wine you like requires an entirely different instrument to open it?
Linux simply isn't Windows. The general goals are the same, but they're still different. So don't expect every feature of Windows to be available in Linux. That would be the same as expecting a Ferrari and a Toyota Prius to have identical specs.

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