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- jboitnott, on 01/02/2009, -4/+31Dugg for being buried by someone because Mr. Baby Man had dugg the story. Holy moly -- has my life really come to this?
- katzeyes, on 01/02/2009, -0/+19Very cool story... neat to see sci fi become science :-)
- peheimbach, on 01/03/2009, -0/+13For those of us facing the prospect of advanced Parkinsons (even early-onset) this is at least as exciting as stem cell research!
- LucasVB, on 01/03/2009, -0/+11Hah. Is there anything carbon nanotubes can't do? What's next? Nanotubes cure cancer?
- TangerineCheese, on 01/03/2009, -0/+7Nanotech will solve all the problems of the world if we can work it out.....
- frogman54, on 01/03/2009, -2/+9The brain is a series of tubes?
- the2989, on 01/03/2009, -0/+7Man I love nanotubes. They can do anything.
- inactive, on 01/03/2009, -1/+8I'm going to get me some nanotube neurons. Stephen Hawking here I come, prepare to be not the smartest anymore!
- buckrogers1965, on 01/03/2009, -0/+5
Nanoparticles, engineered materials about a billionth of a meter in size, could damage DNA and lead to cancer:
http://www.physorg.com/news96041735.html
Ironically nano-particles are being used as a cancer cure already:
Team develops nanoparticles to battle cancer
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/bhatia.html
It would be a cancer cure that caused cancer again later, a win-win for people and the pharmaceutical companies. - s4g4n, on 01/03/2009, -2/+7its a series of nanotubes
- KarthVader, on 01/03/2009, -0/+4Can I have these nanotubes now so I can learn faster and pass all of my med school exams? I don't mind being a guinea pig.
- Ozherbie, on 01/03/2009, -1/+5I honestly don't care who submitted this.
As someone who's been in a wheelchair due to a spinal injury for the last 24 years and spends each day in an incredible amount of pain this news excites me greatly. Even if it does me no good it will eventually mean that people that experience injuries similar to mine will be able to live a normal life once they have a successful surgery to repair the injury. A surgery that isn't possible today but thanks to this discovery will be sometime in the next 10-20 years. - Myztry, on 01/03/2009, -0/+2Borg Tech 101
- vtbrak, on 01/03/2009, -0/+2Parkinson's is due to cell death so it is doubtful that increasing the electrical properties of a neuron would do anything for a disease like this. This also isn't mentioned in the article as a possible use.
- inactive, on 01/03/2009, -1/+2I was just trying to figure out why I have a front page story buried before I clicked anything.
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one burying that fella. - alappat1, on 01/03/2009, -0/+1Why does this sound like one of the procedures done to enhance the Spartans in Halo?
- diggydougie, on 01/03/2009, -0/+1I once read a sci-fi story about a guy that was augmented by having his entire nervous system replaced with wires. This made him super fast because the wires work at the speed of light but nerves take some time. Now if someone could come up with a virus that makes nanotubes and latches on to nerve fibers and leaves nanotubes in it's place...
- etsa, on 01/03/2009, -0/+1Ehm.. interesting but doesn't carbon nanotube potentially cause other biological problems in humans?
- Alheithinn, on 01/03/2009, -1/+2My mother died of complications from Parkinsons. The last years of her life were hellish. I hear there are a lot of problems still with nanotechnology but if these problems can be resolved we'll be living in a whole new world.
- shedourskin, on 01/03/2009, -0/+1I believe they're talking about amplifying signals from remaining neurons in order to compensate for lost signals via cell death (kinda like a more targeted version of DBS).
- ladyattis, on 01/03/2009, -0/+1Future of neuromedicine: it's a series of tubes.
- iancgi, on 01/03/2009, -1/+2I almost want to bury this article because of the comments
- Sinn3r, on 01/08/2009, -0/+0I buried your comment for making me google JimmySpaza
- Sinn3r, on 01/03/2009, -1/+1An ad hominem argument, also known as argumentum ad hominem (Latin: "argument to the man", "argument against the man") consists of replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or appealing to a characteristic or belief of the source making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim.
- Wikipedia - charr44, on 01/03/2009, -0/+0this is just a preview for more beautiful things to come.
- the2989, on 01/03/2009, -3/+2Newsflash: Buries don't actually reduce the number of diggs on the article.
- thorZeus, on 01/03/2009, -1/+0Jimmy's favorite reply to anything is ad hominem. I buried this comment for making me think of JimmySpaza...
- freedomjoe, on 01/03/2009, -5/+4who is mr baby man??
Interesting article, nonetheless. - africafreak, on 01/03/2009, -3/+1After carbon tennis rackets...they're going for carbon nanotubes, huh?!! Why not...
I could definitely use some of those... - number01, on 01/03/2009, -3/+1Great stuff here, add me as a friend people who like stories like this. Also if you live in San Fran add me cause I'm moving there in Feb.
- lordspesh, on 01/03/2009, -2/+0Obligatory Skynet comment.
- LukeBeaumont, on 01/03/2009, -5/+2***** hell get ***** over MrBabyMan. Look what Digg has become, a bunch of whiny girls.
- DavidinBoston, on 01/03/2009, -5/+1Nanotube articles: The biggest vaporware-ish stories of 2008.
- inactive, on 01/03/2009, -6/+1Where is MrBabyMan?
We are addicted to digg. - MelekTawus, on 01/02/2009, -29/+2Buried for being dugg by Mr. Baby Man.
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