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    Blue M&M's / Gatorade will make you He-Man

    i really just wanted to post the picture of the badass blue mouse

    Blue M&Ms linked to reducing spine injury - CNN.com

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    (CNN) -- The same blue food dye found in M&Ms and Gatorade could be used to reduce damage caused by spine injuries, offering a better chance of recovery, according to new research.
    The rat before being injected with BBG.

    Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center found that when they injected the compound Brilliant Blue G (BBG) into rats suffering spinal cord injuries, the rodents were able to walk again, albeit with a limp.

    The only side effect was that the treated mice temporarily turned blue.

    The results of the study, published in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences," build on research conducted by the same center five years ago.

    In August 2004, scientists revealed how Adenosine triphosphate, which is known as ATP and described as the "energy currency of life," surges to the spinal cord soon after injury occurs.

    Researchers found that the sudden influx of ATP killed off healthy cells, making the initial injury far worse. But when they injected oxidized ATP into the injury, it was found to block the effect of ATP, allowing the injured rats to recover and walk again.

    "While we achieved great results when oxidized ATP was injected directly into the spinal cord, this method would not be practical for use with spinal cord-injured patients," said lead researcher Maiken Nedergaard, professor of Neurosurgery and director of the Center for Translational Neuromedicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

    "First, no one wants to put a needle into a spinal cord that has just been severely injured, so we knew we needed to find another way to quickly deliver an agent that would stop ATP from killing healthy motor neurons. Second, the compound we initially used, oxidized ATP, cannot be injected into the bloodstream because of its dangerous side effects."

    Back in 2004, Nedergaard's team discovered that the spinal cord was rich in a molecule called P2X7, which is also known as "the death receptor" for its ability to allow ATP to latch onto motor neurons and send the signals which eventually kill them.

    Nedergaard knew that BBG could thwart the function of P2X7, and its similarity to a blue food dye approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1982 gave her the confidence to test it intravenously.

    It worked. The rats given BBG immediately after their injury could walk again with a limp. Those that didn't receive a dose never regained their mobility.

    Nedergaard told CNN that there is currently no standard treatment for patients with spinal injury when they reach the hospital emergency room.

    "Right now we only treat 15 percent of the patients we receive with steroids and many hospitals question if that even works for that 15 percent; it's a very moderate benefit to only a subset of patients. So right now 85 percent of patients are untreated," she said.

    Nedergaard said the research team isn't claiming that BBG can cure spinal injuries, instead that it offers a potential improvement in patients' condition.

    "Even a moderate improvement in functional performance of the patient is a big, big event for these patients," she said. "They can control their bladder. If they can just take small steps instead of sitting in a wheelchair all the time, it's a tremendous benefit for these patients," she added.

    The dose must be administered immediately after the injury, before additional tissue dies as a result of the initial injury.

    Researchers are currently pulling together an application to be lodged with the FDA to stage the first clinical trials of BBG on human patients.

    "Our hope is that this work will lead to a practical, safe agent that can be given to patients shortly after injury, for the purpose of decreasing the secondary damage that we have to otherwise expect," said Steven Goldman, Chair of the University of Rochester Department of Neurology.

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    Wow neat.

    The He-Man thing sounds cool as long as we don't revert back into Prince Adam afterward.

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    Imagine a Mixture of Blue M&Ms, Cool Blue Gatorade, and Viagra Ice Cream!!



    Italian entrepreneur joins hype with Viagra ice cream
    Ice Cream June 5, 1998
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    MONEGLIA, Italy (CNN) -- A small-town Italian culinary entrepreneur is hoping to make his mark with a new flavor of ice cream -- Viagra.

    Franco Corradi says he got the idea when he was having dinner with a pastry chef who suggested making pastries with the new impotence-fighting drug. So Corradi went home, thought up the recipe overnight and started churning out the blue ice cream in the morning. He even serves it in cones.

    So is there really Viagra in the ice cream? Corradi is keeping his recipe a secret. At more than $7 per tiny blue tablet, it would seem unlikely, but Corradi remains coy.

    "The taste is nice. As far as the rest, one should not say it here," he says.

    Strangest of all, though, the new treat being dished out at the Bar Centrale in this coastal tourist town seems to be a particular hit with an unlikely audience -- women.

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    I'm there.

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    Now I want a blue mouse

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dimmauk View Post
    Imagine a Mixture of Blue M&Ms, Cool Blue Gatorade, and Viagra Ice Cream!!



    Italian entrepreneur joins hype with Viagra ice cream
    Ice Cream June 5, 1998
    Web posted at: 9:45 p.m. EDT (0145 GMT)

    MONEGLIA, Italy (CNN) -- A small-town Italian culinary entrepreneur is hoping to make his mark with a new flavor of ice cream -- Viagra.

    Franco Corradi says he got the idea when he was having dinner with a pastry chef who suggested making pastries with the new impotence-fighting drug. So Corradi went home, thought up the recipe overnight and started churning out the blue ice cream in the morning. He even serves it in cones.

    So is there really Viagra in the ice cream? Corradi is keeping his recipe a secret. At more than $7 per tiny blue tablet, it would seem unlikely, but Corradi remains coy.

    "The taste is nice. As far as the rest, one should not say it here," he says.

    Strangest of all, though, the new treat being dished out at the Bar Centrale in this coastal tourist town seems to be a particular hit with an unlikely audience -- women.
    Viagra's clinically been proven to provide a similiar level of arousal in women as in men, so makes sense. OFC could just be placebo

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    Viagra ice cream...I'm one step closer to saying I've seen everything, and yet know I'm so much further away lol

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    This far in without any Eiffel 65 jokes?

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    Imagine if Ben and Jerry's were the ones making Viagra ice cream. You'd have this guys viagra ice cream(probably w/ crushed viagra in the cream), individual fudge covered pills, some marshmallow fluff (for innuendo purposes) and little chocolate candies shaped like boners/tits

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    Think you meant Superman in the title.

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    Pair all that stuff up with Methylene Blue and you can pee blue too

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ququroon View Post
    This far in without any Eiffel 65 jokes?
    haha well played.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZarakiKujata View Post
    Imagine if Ben and Jerry's were the ones making Viagra ice cream. You'd have this guys viagra ice cream(probably w/ crushed viagra in the cream), individual fudge covered pills, some marshmallow fluff (for innuendo purposes) and little chocolate candies shaped like boners/tits
    That'd be a great idea, if not for the fact I can see lonely people deciding it's a great idea to eat a whole quart at once.

    "I'm so lonely! This ice cream will cheer me up!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ququroon View Post


    That'd be a great idea, if not for the fact I can see lonely people deciding it's a great idea to eat a whole quart at once.

    "I'm so lonely! This ice cream will cheer me up!"
    No... but masturbating for 24 hours will.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ququroon View Post
    This far in without any Eiffel 65 jokes?
    Or smurf ones?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mizango View Post
    Wow neat.

    The He-Man thing sounds cool as long as we don't revert back into Prince Adam afterward.
    Better than Bow
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