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carbonel ([personal profile] carbonel) wrote2009-07-28 04:19 pm

Blue M&Ms key to healing spinal cord injuries?

You have to love an article that contains the sentence, "The only side effect was that the treated mice temporarily turned blue." Apparently the blue dye contains a precursor that blocks ATP, thus helping prevent cell death when the spinal cord is injured. There's a picture, too.

via [livejournal.com profile] taraljc

[identity profile] carose59.livejournal.com 2009-07-28 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
That blue mouse is the most adorable thing I've seen in a long time. *g*