Bauke

Couldn't it also be a trigger for the parent to tend to the crying infant? Much in the same way as a baby's cry is a cue for a mother to start lactating.

I doubt this is feasible. It would be extremely hard to get rid of all infected cells, and with only a few cells remaining, the virus could multiply again after a bone marrow transplant. Meanwhile, you leave the patient even more vulnerable to attacks of other pathogens. Personally, I think it's better to look at how to selectively kill infected cells or to make T cells 'immune' for infection.

It is impossible for an individual, especially one being 14 years old, to set up experiments to test the efficacy of a certain treatment.

I cannot imagine that a brain that has been 'wired' for someone, is compatible with the body of someone else. There are so many connections being formed and developed throughout brain development and life, how is that ever going to be compatible with another body? Maybe I'm thinking too simplified, but I cannot imagine it

I doubt it. It seems unlikely that the right set of chemicals on Mars would take a ride on a rock that ends up on Earth and then spreads to create life. Perhaps there have been areas on Earth where the right conditions did occur for life's chemicals to arise, even though scientists say that the conditions on Mars may have been better. I find the theory quite speculative.

Scientists have succeeded in giving rats an artifical cerebellum, which is a start I guess. Also it seems to be possible to transplant groups of cells into the brain. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128315.700-rat-cyborg-gets-digital-cerebellum.html http://www.sciencema...t/334/6059/1133 I doubt full brain transplant will ever be possible. It would not be compatible. But I do think we can transplant parts. Makes me wonder if we can ever replace memories.