http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article5594539.ece http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/4357829/Immortal-jellyfish-swarming-across-the-world.html I'm trying to find a scientific journal describing this creature, because we all know you can't really trust news sources on scientific findings. they tend to blow things out of proportion. But if this creature can truly revert its mature cells back into immature larval cells, that's pretty incredible. I'm going to keep looking for more info EDIT: I just found the paper that led to these articles. I just skimmed it and it seems legit enough. I'm going to have to print it out and give it a good read http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/reprint/190/3/302
Incredible. They propagate yet still regenerate endlessly? Hopefully they are a very sought after delicacy for many other creatures. Otherwise, there goes the neighborhood.
Hate to say it but I beat you to this. Look up cheating death. Sorry, but it is an amazing thing and if we can find a way to use it to our advantage, WOW. http://8e.devbio.com/preview_article.php?ch=2&id=6 on 10/30/08
yup you are defintely right there-- sorry bro i completely missed this the first time it came out and you posted it. its definitely amazing though, and i sure hope we can gain some scientific know-how from all this
No problem, I too think its amazing and can see great things for us come from this. The only thing , for me, is that I won't be here to see them. Such is life.
