User Tag List

Results 1 to 10 of 10
  1. 19th February 2010 07:43 PM #1
    Churlant
    Churlant is offline
    Senior Member Array
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
    Posts
    1,922
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Diabetes Cure From Dolphins?

    Researchers found that the mammal can induce the condition when there is little food around and turn it off when food is abundant.

    They believe it is a unique ability in the animal kingdom and results from the mammal’s need to maintain high blood sugar levels to feed its big brain.

    But they also believe it is an ability that humans have lost through evolution and that studying dolphins could lead to techniques to re-activate it.
    AAAS: Study on dolphin ability to switch on and off diabetes could lead to human cure - Telegraph


    Too cool.
    "Exremism in defense of Liberty is no vice." - anti-liberal numbwit trying to quote Barry Goldwater
    Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiTweet this Post!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 19th February 2010 07:49 PM #2
    idk
    idk is offline
    Senior Member Array
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
    Posts
    150
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    I heard an interview with one of the researchers on NPR today. It's very interesting; they were conducting what they thought would be a routine blood screen on Navy dolphins. Scientific discoveries aren't always sought after.
    Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiTweet this Post!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 19th February 2010 07:51 PM #3
    Churlant
    Churlant is offline
    Senior Member Array
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
    Posts
    1,922
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by idk View Post
    I heard an interview with one of the researchers on NPR today. It's very interesting; they were conducting what they thought would be a routine blood screen on Navy dolphins. Scientific discoveries aren't always sought after.
    The best ones seem to be found by accident.
    "Exremism in defense of Liberty is no vice." - anti-liberal numbwit trying to quote Barry Goldwater
    Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiTweet this Post!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 20th February 2010 03:24 AM #4
    Bowerbird
    Bowerbird is offline
    Senior Member Array
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Posts
    552
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by Churlant View Post
    The best ones seem to be found by accident.
    Agreed - which is why the most "useless" research turns out to be the richest.

    But too cool! Knew Dolphins were good for something better than just getting caught in Japanese nets!
    Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiTweet this Post!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 20th February 2010 12:44 PM #5
    Riddley
    Riddley is offline
    Senior Member Array
    Riddley's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
    Location
    New Zealand
    Posts
    570
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    They have amazing eye sight abilities as well. When they put their head out of the water the eye automatically re-adjusts for the air refractive index and they can see just as well above water as below it.
    Very remarkable animals, we better kill them all.
    They put a hot wire to my head
    cause of the things I did and said
    And made these feelings go away
    Model citizen in every way
    PIL-"Rise"
    Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiTweet this Post!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 20th February 2010 12:48 PM #6
    AgentM
    AgentM is offline
    Senior Member Array
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
    Posts
    2,718
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    Just one more reason why Dolphins are cool!
    "I mean, who would have noticed another madman around here?" - Blackadder

    "Politicians like to panic, they need activity. It's their substitute for achievement." - Yes Minister
    Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiTweet this Post!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 22nd February 2010 10:23 AM #7
    Towski
    Towski is offline
    Elitist Array
    Towski's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
    Location
    Dallas
    Posts
    1,530
    Thanks
    9
    Thanked 199 Times in 109 Posts
    They shall know me by the tang of my bitter and untenable jadedness.

    “Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
    - Steinbeck
    Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiTweet this Post!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 22nd February 2010 12:39 PM #8
    gopman
    gopman is offline
    Senior Member Array
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
    Posts
    135
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by AgentM View Post
    Just one more reason why Dolphins are cool!
    As if going undefeated in 1972 wasn't enough.
    Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiTweet this Post!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 23rd February 2010 01:32 PM #9
    Birdzeye
    Birdzeye is offline
    Senior Member Array
    Birdzeye's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Posts
    276
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by bowerbird View Post
    Agreed - which is why the most "useless" research turns out to be the richest.

    But too cool! Knew Dolphins were good for something better than just getting caught in Japanese nets!
    Yes, research sometimes takes us in directions and to discoveries the scientists hadn't anticipated.
    Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiTweet this Post!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 23rd February 2010 01:33 PM #10
    Birdzeye
    Birdzeye is offline
    Senior Member Array
    Birdzeye's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Posts
    276
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by gopman View Post
    As if going undefeated in 1972 wasn't enough.
    LOL! Thanks for the chuckle!
    Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiTweet this Post!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote

 
« Bloom energy | Lomborg book slammed »

Similar Threads

  1. White House Adminstration Restricts Findings On Gulf's Dead Dolphins.....
    By Midwest Media Critic in forum Science and Technology
    Replies: 15
    Last Post: 31st March 2011, 09:58 AM
  2. Vaccines Found to Cause Diabetes in Children
    By michaelr in forum Healthcare
    Replies: 21
    Last Post: 2nd September 2008, 07:15 PM
  3. Vitamin D 'cuts risk of diabetes'
    By johnflesh in forum Healthcare
    Replies: 9
    Last Post: 13th March 2008, 12:40 AM
  4. Study: Dolphins Not So Intelligent On Land
    By ilikeGW in forum The Lounge
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 10th August 2006, 11:27 PM
  5. Sleeping too little, or too long, tied to diabetes
    By News Poster in forum Healthcare
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 12th March 2006, 09:29 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 11:02 AM.

Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.5.2