X-Message-Number: 24733 Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:30:45 -0700 From: James Swayze <> Subject: Anti-Clotting Drug Based on Bat Saliva http://www.comcast.net/News/HEALTHWELLNESS//XML/1500_Health__medical/e595cfd6-bcee-43ae-a447-128ecfc86e0c.html Anti-Clotting Drug Based on Bat Saliva Tue Sep 28, 11:31 AM LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Stroke victims being treated at a Louisville hospital may benefit from the lessons of the vampire bat. Researchers at University of Louisville Hospital are studying whether the bats' ability to drink the blood of an animal while preventing the blood from clotting might help control damaging strokes.[cont.] Could this be better than Heperin for cryonics perfusion purposes? James -- Membership in order of joining - all comments on any subject are solely my opinion only and not reflective of the official positions of the following: Cryonics Institute of Michigan http://www.cryonics.org The Immortalist Society http://www.cryonics.org/info.html The Society for Venturism http://www.venturist.org Immortality Institute http://www.imminst.org Methuselah Foundation http://www.methuselahfoundation.org Methuselah Mouse Prize http://www.methuselahmouse.org [Give $$$ for life!] World Transhumanist Assoc. http://www.transhumanism.org/ WTA Portland Chapter http://home.comcast.net/~swayzej/pdxwta.html MY WEBSITE: http://home.comcast.net/~swayzej/jspage_main.html Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24733