From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Mon Oct 21 2002 - 05:18:49 MDT
On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, FutureQ wrote:
> Eugene,
>
> But do you feel that in the case of mad cow could the remaining tissue of
> dead neurons might be rebuilt by nanotech or does the body/brain reabsorb
No. The structure is gone irretrievably. Try finding an MRI scan (showing
extensive lesions) of your average Alzheimer patient, it should be
possible to find one on the web. BSE lesions are even more extensive
('spongiform' illustrates rather vividly you how the brain looks like).
In general MRI scans of even healthy but elderly patients tell a stark
story.
> the dead tissue? In other words is there any hope at all of perhaps the
> trackways remaining, or some kind of physical remnant of the depleted
> neurons, some hint as to structure? I have no knowledge of how the disease
Unfortunately, no. It pays to die in your prime, assuming there's no
delay, the suspension is done competently and runs smoothly (there's a
multitude of opportunties to screw you up, and dead patients tell no
tales), even not considering that we don't know how much information gets
erased even with a best case (which is very rare).
> presents the remaining brain tissue so I am asking perhaps a dumb question
> but that is how one learns.
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