Researchers use human cells to engineer functional anal sphincters in lab

http://medicalxpress.com ^ | 08-09-2011 | Provided by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

[TheOldLady]

You made me scare the cats.

[Boogieman]

While we're on the subject of the lower intestinal tract... check out this commercial with 80's soft rock superstar Richard Marx advertising colonics:

Fountain of Health Commercial

[TheOldLady]

Prayers offered up that this or other research is successful in time to cure you, and that you live a long and healthy life with your family and friends by your side.

[Grizzled Bear]

This is scary stuff! What if a bunch of them escape from the lab? We could have giant, mutant buttholes rapaging across the countryside!

[Grizzled Bear]

You can’t have an article like this and not expect juvenile responses. It’s just the way it is.

[WayneS]

Well then, juvenile jokes and jesting aside, I wish you all the best in your treatment and recovery.

I hope you continue to be able to maintain your sense of humor; and I hope that should you need it, the research described in this article helps you in some way.

Take care.

[dforest]

Oh my, I can’t think of a more “apopo” place to begin this exercise.