Team Creates Rat Heart Using Cells of Baby Rats

Filed under:Technology — posted by 3wire on 1/14/2008 @ 11:15 am

From: Accelerating-Intelligence News

University of Minnesota researchers created a beating rat heart in a laboratory by using the valves and outer structure of a dead rat’s heart as scaffolding for new heart cells injected from newborn rats.

Scientists should be able to grow a human heart by taking stem cells from a patient’s bone marrow and placing them in a cadaver heart prepared as a scaffold.

Big Brother Wants to Control Your Thermostat

Filed under:Bill of Rights — posted by 3wire on @ 9:48 am

From: Fox

California energy regulators are considering taking control of residents’ thermostats, giving them the ability to control the temperatures of homes during energy crises, the New York Times reports.

The California Energy Commission is expected to vote on the rules next month, which would give utilities the power to control home thermostats via radio control to manage electricity shortages, the paper reports.