Leprosy: Ancient disease able to regenerate organs

[Ming the Merciless]

This is quite the discovery, if the mechanism can be teased out.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63626239

 

[wafter]

Animal experiments have uncovered the bacteria's remarkable ability to almost double the size of livers by stimulating healthy growth.

Does it work on other areas of the body? Asking for a friend

 

[mustang1]

Does it work on other areas of the body? Asking for a friend

Get your friend to send me £10. I will send him my new book "go big or go home".

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Bit heartless, but do we really want to be saving more people, the world has too many of them creatures as it is, although I'm sure if I had a relative whose could be cured by a miracle discovery I'd be all for it.

 

[ColinJ]

Bit heartless, but do we really want to be saving more people, the world has too many of them creatures as it is, although I'm sure if I had a relative whose could be cured by a miracle discovery I'd be all for it.

There ARE too many people on the planet, but a nicer way to control the population would be to persuade people to have fewer children!

People tend to have smaller families when they don't have to have lots of children to ensure that at least some survive to adulthood. Given the choice of having 10 children and 8 dying in youth, or having 2 and both surviving, almost everyone would opt for 2.

So, leprosy-regenerated livers...? Yes please!

 

[mustang1]

Bit heartless, but do we really want to be saving more people, the world has too many of them creatures as it is, although I'm sure if I had a relative whose could be cured by a miracle discovery I'd be all for it.

Weirdly, my SO goes round telling people "those doctors don't know anything, you shouldn't take their medicines" until she or her family needs the meds then she's all over the meds!

But too many people? It's only 8bn and they're all in cities.

 

[markemark]

The overall planet birth rate is the lowest it's been for decades and still dropping. The increase in population is due to people living longer. Unless people keep living longer and longer (my guess is that it'll max out soon) then at some point the population will plateau and potentially even shrink unless the birth rate starts to increase again.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The overall planet birth rate is the lowest it's been for decades and still dropping. The increase in population is due to people living longer. Unless people keep living longer and longer (my guess is that it'll max out soon) then at some point the population will plateau and potentially even shrink unless the birth rate starts to increase again.

You sure about that, life expectancy has been dropping in recent years

 

[Arrowfoot]

You sure about that, life expectancy has been dropping in recent years

 

[markemark]

You sure about that, life expectancy has been dropping in recent years

In certain western countries (short lived and recent covid and lockdown effects) but rising in more populous developing countries.

 

[PK99]

There ARE too many people on the planet, but a nicer way to control the population would be to persuade people to have fewer children!

 

[PK99]

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You are both right.

CURRENT data is distorted by the Pandmic deaths: